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Jeff Fernandez

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CEO & Cofounder at Dandi

New York City Metropolitan Area

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About

Jeff Fernandez is an advisor to Kedify, a Kubernetes autoscaling platform where he previously served as founding CEO. He co-founded and led Dandi, an AI-powered HR analytics company acquired by Jolly, and earlier co-founded the enterprise learning company Grovo, which was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand in 2018. A Harvard graduate and guest lecturer at Cornell's ILR School, he also advises companies including Imio, AIVF, and Sealed and is a limited partner at the venture firm Combine.

CEO & Cofounder at Dandi

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Dandi's investors · 4

AAF Management Ltd.WashingtonAtlassian Ventures$1M – $5M checksTiferes VenturesBrooklyn · since 2024Winklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Dandi

SMSurag Mungekar
Surag MungekarCofounder & VP Engineering
MAMamdouh AlRamadan
Mamdouh AlRamadanCofounder & CTO
VPViktor Persson
Viktor PerssonCofounder & CPO
RSRyan Schell
Ryan SchellCofounder & VP Revenue

Experience

  1. KedifyAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
  2. KedifyFounding CEO2025New York, New York & Brno, Czechia
  3. IMIOFounding Advisorcurrent2018 — presentBurlington, Vermont, United States
  4. Praxis LabsAdvisor2024 — 2025Los Angeles, California, United States
  5. Cornell UniversityGuest Lecturer2023 — 2025New York, New York, United States
  6. DandiCEO & Cofounder2018 — 2025New York, New York & Stockholm, Sweden
  7. AIVFAdvisor2024Tel Aviv, Israel & Athens, Greece
  8. SealedFractional CRO & Advisor2018 — 2022New York, New York, United States
  9. JimdoFractional CRO2019 — 2021Hamburg, Germany & Tokyo, Japan
  10. LivingbridgeSubject Matter Expert2018 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
  11. HoneSeed Investor2017San Francisco, California, United States
  12. GrovoCEO & Cofounder2010 — 2017New York, NY & San Francisco, CA
  13. CombineLimited Partner2017San Francisco, California, United States
  14. Doostang (acquired by Universum Global)Advisor2009 — 2011Palo Alto, California, United States
  15. Doostang (acquired by Universum Global)Founding Director of Sales & BD2006 — 2009Palo Alto, CA & New York, NY
  16. Clickable (acquired by Syncapse)Sales & Product Director2009 — 2010New York, NY & Hyderabad, India
  17. McMaster-Carr Supply CompanyManagement Development Program2005 — 2006Princeton, New Jersey, United States

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Start-ups99Entrepreneurship83Business Development81Management53Marketing41Leadership40Sales29SaaS19Venture Capital21Strategy30Online Advertising68User Experience24
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Who is Jeff Fernandez?
Jeff Fernandez is an advisor to Kedify, a Kubernetes autoscaling platform where he previously served as founding CEO. He co-founded and led Dandi, an AI-powered HR analytics company acquired by Jolly, and earlier co-founded the enterprise learning company Grovo, which was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand in 2018. A Harvard graduate and guest lecturer at Cornell's ILR School, he also advises companies including Imio, AIVF, and Sealed and is a limited partner at the venture firm Combine.
Where does Jeff Fernandez work?
Jeff Fernandez is CEO & Cofounder of Dandi.
What companies did Jeff Fernandez found?
Jeff Fernandez founded Dandi.
Where did Jeff Fernandez go to school?
Jeff Fernandez studied at Harvard University (A.B., Psychology); Dumont High School.

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