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Manuel A. Fernandez has held the position of Managing Director of SI Ventures, LLC, a venture capital partnership, since its inception in 1998. SI Ventures focuses on Information Technology (IT) and communications infrastructure companies that enable e-business. Mr. Fernandez also is Chairman Emeritus of Gartner, Inc.
Prior to his present position, Mr. Fernandez was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gartner Group from 1991 to 1997. Prior to Gartner, Mr. Fernandez held President and Chief Executive Officer positions at Dataquest, Inc., an information services company; Gavilan Computer Corporation, a laptop computer manufacturer; and Zilog Incorporated, a semiconductor manufacturing company.
He serves on the board of directors of The Black & Decker Corporation, Flowers Foods, OpenNetwork Technologies, Relay Health, Corp. and RealVue Technologies.
Mr. Fernandez holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, and completed post-graduate work in solid-state engineering at the University of Florida and in business administration at the Florida Institute of Technology. In addition, he is the Chairman of the University of Florida Board of Trustees. | 