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Mr. Fernandez held various positions with ITT, Harris Corporation, and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation before becoming president of Zilog Incorporated in 1979. In 1982, he founded Gavilan Computer Corporation and served as president and chief executive officer and, in 1984, became president and chief executive officer of Dataquest, Inc., an information technology service company. From 1991, he served as president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Gartner Group, and was elected chairman emeritus in 2001. Since 1998, he also has been the managing director of SI Ventures, a venture capital firm.
Mr. Fernandez was first elected a director of Black & Decker in 1999. He also serves as a director of Brunswick Corporation, Flowers Foods, and several private companies and foundations and is chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Florida. | 