Darren Fernandes

About Darren Fernandes

Experienced software professional with over 20 years of multi-disciplinary expertise in Product Management, Quality Assurance and Customer Support, with a customer focused vision and proven track record of executing and delivering high value capabilities, aligned with customer’s needs and the company\'s goals.A hands-on, domain-agnostic champion with a knack for quickly grasping new technologies, responsible for driving launch of critical product capabilities in Enterprise storage, Cybersecurity, IT Infrastructure management, Multi-region Disaster recovery, High availability and Cloud tiering.Extensive collaboration with customers, partners, and sales teams to demonstrate product value and handle strategic escalations, assisting with closing multi-million dollar deals across critical infrastructure and major verticals, such as Financial, Insurance, Healthcare, IT and Federal.Cross-functional expert translating customer issues into clear product requirements, prioritizing needs, and aligning stakeholders across leadership, engineering, User experience, marketing, sales, and services to deliver customer value.

Experience

1. Principal Product Manager

   Oracle

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  Master in Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2001 — 2002

• Boston College

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2014

• Maharashtra Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Java
• Distributed Systems
• Sql
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Fashion
• Cloud Computing
• Software Engineering
• Saas
• Test Planning
• Xml
• Unix
• Product Management
• Perl
• Quality Assurance
• Agile Methodologies
• Leisure Travel
• Career Counseling
• Software Quality Assurance
• Testing
• Public Speaking
• Storage Management