Rosemary Fernandes

Current

Outreach and Membership Development at Capital IIT (PANIIT-DC Chapter) & Other Organizations
Owner & CEO at Phoenix Rose LLC
Owner & Co-Founder at Ferntech Systems Pvt Ltd, India

EVP & Co-Founder at Ferntech Inc

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Past

US-India Economic Cooperation at INOC - DC Chapter
Outreach Co-Chair for IIT conference in Washington,DC- at PanIIT
Senior Manager at LCC International

Senior Systems Engineer at Binnie & Partners., Brunei Darusallam, Asia

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Education

Asian Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
George Washington University

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Recommended

21 people have recommended Rosemary

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Rosemary Fernandes’s Summary

Rosemary Fernandes, President, Phoenix Rose LLC and Vice-President, Ferntech Incorporated, has been instrumental in achieving various technological firsts for Ferntech Incorporated by nurturing a highly dedicated team giving it a technical edge that set the standards in global software development for the company. Having the foresight to see the long-term advantages of offshore offices, she has established and operated offshore facilities since 1997 in India and Malaysia at phenomenally lower costs.

Ms. Fernandes has over twenty years of multinational multi-faceted experience encompassing years of progressive management, business relationship development & sales, software engineering and entrepreneurial experience in Preventive Healthcare, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Civil /Structural/Environmental/Cellular Engineering, Utilities, GIS and Mapping industries in Government and Commercial sectors. She has utilized Internet and web technology to improve almost every aspect of business. She is an accomplished engineer and software professional having sourced, developed and executed projects in USA, Europe, Malaysia, India, Brunei, Thailand & S. America.

Ms. Fernandes holds a Bachelor's degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) and holds two Masters degrees: one in Structural Engineering and another in Computer Science.

Currently Ms. Fernandes' focus is on developing global business related to Preventive Healthcare Centers; Federal & Government; US-India Collaboration; Social networks; handling various functions in Healthcare, IT, Operations, HR, Management, Business Development and Marketing, Investing and Training aspects

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Rosemary Fernandes’s Specialties:

Business Development, Relationship, Outreach and Network building, Preventive Healthcare, IT, Offshore/Outsourcing Management and Tools, ESIMS-Enterprise Support & Information Management System a versatile tool designed by Rosemary to manage her distributed team spread across the world, Online Testing and Training for Malaysia, Information management,Civil Engineering,Wireless Engineering tools, GIS for sales/market demand, Mapping, Fitness & Wellness USA / India / Malaysia /Asia Business.

Rosemary Fernandes’s Experience

Outreach and Membership Development

Capital IIT (PANIIT-DC Chapter) & Other Organizations

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

Strategic Consulting; Organizing Outreach programs; Building and Managing Membership and Databases
Owner & CEO

Phoenix Rose LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

August 2003 — Present (6 years)

CEO and FOUNDER: Building a global business related to Healthcare, Education and Information Technology. Core areas: Healthcare, Education, IT, Operations, Management, Business Development and Marketing, Training, Distribution Systems, Support Systems & Customer Management, Business Process Management.
Owner & Co-Founder

Ferntech Systems Pvt Ltd, India

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1997 — Present (12 years 2 months)
EVP & Co-Founder

Ferntech Inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Civil Engineering industry)

April 1995 — Present (14 years 4 months)

Senior Executive leading and directing IT Strategy and initiatives to meet the engineering and IT objectives of the enterprise and clients. Instrumental in achieving various technological firsts for the enterprise by nurturing a highly dedicated team and set the standards for global software development. Improved the quality of service, timely delivery and improved reliability at phenomenally lower costs. Planned and executed strategic initiatives for business operations as a member of the executive team reporting to the CEO
US-India Economic Cooperation

INOC - DC Chapter

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

April 2006 — December 2006 (9 months)
Outreach Co-Chair for IIT conference in Washington,DC-

PanIIT

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

October 2004 — May 2005 (8 months)

CO-CHAIR: Building Global outreach team, attendance, fund raising, organizing the Women's Leadership Panel and various aspects of the global IIT conference
Senior Manager

LCC International

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Wireless industry)

February 1988 — April 1995 (7 years 3 months)

Senior Manager leading and directing development, integration and maintenance for Information systems and Cellular Engineering, RF Propagation modeling, GIS amd Mapping Applications to support in-house and Client Site installations for over 500 Cellular engineers worldwide. Led and managed several teams of employees and contractors and championed and improved the functionality and speed of application with innovative design. Conceptualized, designed and programmed several innovative applications to automate the engineering design process. Planned and executed business improvement initiatives reporting to senior executives.
Senior Systems Engineer

Binnie & Partners., Brunei Darusallam, Asia

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Civil Engineering industry)

May 1986 — December 1987 (1 year 8 months)

Planned, developed and managed IT systems for Civil engineering services for a 100 million Capital projects branch in Brunei Darusallam

Rosemary Fernandes’s Education

Asian Institute of Technology

MS , Structural Engineering

Activities and Societies:

AIT Alumni, Bangkok, Thailand
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

B tech , Civil Engineering
George Washington University

Professional , Information Retrieval
OSU

MS , Computer Science

Additional Information

Rosemary Fernandes’s Interests:

contact: tunubul@aol.com IITM, AIT, OSU, GWU; Civil Structural, Computer Science, Information Retrieval, IT, Heatlh Care, Fitness, Wellness Anti-aging, Nutrition, Weight Management, Exercise, Cooking, Learning, Gardening

Rosemary Fernandes’s Groups:

various IIT Alumni Association, IITMAANA, IITMAA, AITAA, AIT Alumni, OSUAA, OSU ALUMNI, PANIIT, CAPITALIIT, GOA , TIE , TIECON East, iit2005 , LinkedIn PowerWomen & others; TopLinked.com with 6000+ connections, LION, ASEIO

IIT Alumni
PIOUS-Professionals of Indian Origin-Global Collaboration Community-Discuss Federal Stimulus Plan
India Biz-THE Global Collaboration Network-Partner with Indian Industries Companies & Consultants
FEDERAL BIZ Network - Government Stimulus Teaming Jobs PMI Consulting Funding Sales Opportunities
Network with IITians in Business-Build Relations-Global & International Engineers Leaders
IITM Business Network - Building Global Relations
AYUSH Preventive HealthCare- A global Health & Wellness Network