Diego Fernandez

About Diego Fernandez

I\'m an engineer, leader, and software architect with strong analytical thinking and a…

Experience

1. Solutions Architect Team Lead

   Vizient

   Jun 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Solutions Architect & Team Lead with 20+ years of enterprise architecture experience, including 10+ years leading modernization initiatives. Expert at re‑engineering legacy distributed systems into scalable, cloud-native microservices, APIs, and responsive platforms. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, delivering cross-functional solutions that improve performance, reduce technical debt, and enable business agility.

Education

• Nova Southeastern University

  Master of Science - MS, in Computer Information Systems

  2005 — 2009

• Northeastern Illinois University

  Master of Arts - MA, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

• Florida International University

  Bachelor, Communications

  1992 — 1995

• Universidad del Salvador

  Communications

  1989 — 1991

Skills

• Asp.net Mvc
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Engineering
• Software Design
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Visual Studio
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Instructor-Led Training
• Leadership
• Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
• Architecture
• Agile Methodologies
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Management
• Web Services
• Integration
• Xml
• Database Design
• Business Intelligence
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Web Development
• Mentoring
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Distributed Systems
• Architectures
• Testing
• Soa
• .net Framework
• C#
• .net
• Oop
• Team Management
• Uml