Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 6, 2005

Louis Hernandez Jr. – Open Solutions Inc (open)

LOUIS HERNANDEZ JR. is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Open Solutions Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide enabling technologies for financial institutions. Mr. Hernandez joined Open Solutions from a $300 million publicly-traded enterprise software company, where he served as Executive Vice President and helped lead them from startup to dramatic growth. In addition, Mr. Hernandez has held senior positions at several high technology companies, and began his career at Price Waterhouse LLP. Mr. Hernandez is a recognized technology executive, having been appointed by the Governor of Connecticut to be Vice Chair of the Governor's Council on Economic Competitiveness and Technology as a representative of business with expertise in information technology. He has been named one of the Hartford Business Journal's top executives under 40 and was an Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Mr. Hernandez has had several articles published by leading journals and speaks regularly on the topics of technology, economics, strategic planning and globalization. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Open Solutions

and a picture of the company at the present time?

Mr. Hernandez: Open Solutions was founded in 1992. As a company, we