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Trailblazer 40 Below: Fernandez Takes Career Path Less Traveled

As an electrical engineer, Fred Fernandez never imagined when he was just lending a hand at Bethex Federal Credit Union that it would lead to a permanent career.

By Myriam DiGiovanni | Updated on August 12, 2012
 

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// As an electrical engineer, Fred Fernandez never imagined when he was just lending a hand at Bethex Federal Credit Union that it would lead to a permanent career.

“I never thought I’d be in the financial sector. In college, I had interned at IBM and Citibank on IT/financial matters but studied to be an electrical engineer and moved to California,” said Fernandez, who is vice president of IT/remittances at the Bronx, N.Y.-based credit union. “I left California after 9/11 to go back home to the Bronx because I wanted to give back to my community. At the time, I thought the credit union was a good way to do that until I found a real job. I mean an electrical engineer, credit union. It just seemed incompatible. But I learned so much and being able to do everything possible to help meet member expectations, develop and deliver solutions that make a difference in members lives, I knew this was where I wanted to be full time.”

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