Raul J. Fernandez is Chairman and CEO for ObjectVideo. A native Washingtonian and of Cuban family origins, Fernandez holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maryland (Office of Science and Technology Policy).

Fernandez has over a decade of executive experience in developing and leading technology companies. Fernandez is well known in the technology industry and the Washington , D.C. area as the founder of Proxicom. Under his leadership, the company became a top global provider of e-business services for Fortune 500 companies. After taking Proxicom public in 1999 and growing the business to over $200 million in sales, he sold it to Dimension Data for over $400 million. He has been profiled by The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, CNBC, The Industry Standard, The Washington Post, and CNN (ibid.).

In 2001, Fernandez was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He also led the Information Technology Analysis Team for Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's Commission on Efficiency and Effectiveness. He also serves as a special advisor to General Atlantic Partners, a top investment firm, and sits on the boards of Liz Claiborne and Internosis, an award-winning IT consultancy and systems integrator (ibid.) Along with these accomplishments, Fernandez has done much to effect the world of philanthropy and nonprofits. In 1999, he helped launch Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP). Venture Philanthropy Partners is a philanthropic investment organization striving to improve children’s lives who reside in low-income communities (Venture Philanthropy Partners (1), 2005).

Venture Philanthropy Partners helps strengthen nonprofit organizations, offering major funding as well as management assistance and other non-financial resources. Also, they bring together others in the field to promote the effectiveness and the flow of capital, talent, and other resources to nonprofit organizations meeting the core needs of children. Integral to this goal is their ability to inspire philanthropists, corporate and nonprofit leaders, and public policymakers around the issue. In 2000, VPP incorporated as a nonprofit, and with VPP’s investors, have committed $30 million to VPP’s first fund, the Children’s Learning Fund for the National Capital Region (ibid).