Fernando D.

Chief Talent Officer | Global Enterprise Workforce Strategist | Board & CEO Advisor

Austin, Texas, United States

About

Experience

  • YETI (9 mos)
    • Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition
      Jun 2025 - Feb 2026 · 9 mos

      Roy and Ryan Seiders founded YETI in 2006 based on a deep love for the outdoors and the belief that if something doesn’t work, fix it. And if it doesn’t exist, build it. Since then, we've been designing products that last for generations, get you out into the Wild, and keep you there longer.

    • Vice President Talent Acquisition
      Jun 2025 - Feb 2026 · 9 mos

      Led global recruiting strategy for publicly traded consumer brand supporting corporate, technical, and operational hiring.

  • Global Head, Talent Acquisition at Input Output (IOHK)
    Dec 2022 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Founded in 2015 by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, IOHK is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies. We are a fully decentralized remote working organisation committed to the highest principles of academic rigour and evidence-based software development. The company builds high-assurance blockchain infrastructure solutions for public, private sector and government clients. It is also the driving force behind the decentralized and smart contract platform, Cardano.

  • Crypto.com (4 mos)
    • Vice President, Global Executive Talent Acquisition
      May 2022 - Aug 2022 · 4 mos

    • Executive Search
      May 2022 - Jul 2022 · 3 mos

      Established executive search infrastructure during rapid global expansion.

  • Johnson & Johnson (2 yrs)
    • Global Head, Executive Talent Acquisition
      Jul 2020 - May 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Executive Search
      Jun 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs

      Led global executive recruiting organization supporting leadership hiring across R&D, commercial, and digital functions.

  • Vice President, Talent Acquisition at Blackbaud
    Sep 2019 - May 2020 · 9 mos

    • Led Americas recruiting organization supporting enterprise growth. • Built internal executive search function reducing agency spend by $1.5M annually. • Presented workforce strategy and talent planning updates to Board of Directors.