Zanele Fernandez

Summary

Zanele Fernandez is a healthcare professional with a track record of shipping high-impact work. Known for clear written communication and a bias toward measurable outcomes. Comfortable working across product, engineering, and design in fast-moving environments.

Experience

• Senior Nurse Practitionerat Acme2019–now

  • Shipped a healthcare initiative that improved retention by 46%.
  • Built a data pipeline adopted by 4 teammates.
  • Mentored 2 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Clinical Researcherat Pied Piper2016–2018

  • Shipped a healthcare initiative that improved latency by 49%.
  • Built a design system adopted by 5 teammates.
  • Mentored 3 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Senior Nurse Practitionerat Vodacom2013–2015

  • Shipped a healthcare initiative that improved NPS by 52%.
  • Built a tooling framework adopted by 6 teammates.
  • Mentored 4 engineers; ran the interview loop.

Education

• BA · Healthcare

  University of Pretoria · 2009–2013

Communication log

Recent comms

• outboundnote8/5/2026, 2:02:59 AM

  Touching base on the AI Solutions Architect · mid · axdemo #048 search. Happy to share more context when useful.

• inboundemail8/4/2026, 7:02:59 PMby Elle
  Feedback from the panel

  Touching base on the AI Solutions Architect · mid · axdemo #048 search. Happy to share more context when useful.