Francisco Fernández

Francisco Fernández

Vicepresidente Asociado de Desarrollo del Tecnológico de Monterrey.
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Bio

Francisco resides in Monterrey, Mexico with his wife and four daughters. He is the Associate VP for Development at Tec de Monterrey, the leading private university in Mexico. 
 
He has also held key executive level positions in various profit and non-for-profit organizations over the last 20 years.  Amongst these, from 2012 to 2015 he was Organizational and Talent Development Director at Frisa Industries; from 2010 to 2012 he was Managing Director at Adizes Institute Mexico and from 2007 to 2010, he served as CEO for Hombre Nuevo and Guadalupe Radio in Los Angeles, California.

Francisco earned a Master’s Degree in Political Science and Nonprofit Organizations from the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid, Spain, and an Industrial and Systems Engineering Degree from Tec de Monterrey.  He has several Executive Programs from several institutions such as IESE Business School, Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford University. 

He is a certified Adizes Consultant, from the Adizes Institute in Santa Barbara, CA and a Certified Coach from Newfield Consulting. 

In addition to this, he is co-founder and  former President of Comunidar, Monterrey´s first Community Foundation.  Francisco also founded DOXA, an academic and psychopedogogic counseling center, as well as Esfuerzos Unidos, which seeks the integration of people with disabilities in the work place.