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Rafael Hernandez
Strategic Partnerships & National Accounts Leader, Fortune 100 CPG
Hernandez is an enterprise strategist who understands that the skills required to manage $100 million retail portfolios — cross-functional leadership, supply chain navigation, C-suite relationship building, and disciplined execution under pressure — are the same skills required to build institutional partnerships that create lasting value. His 12+ years in Fortune 100 environments have sharpened an ability to operate in complexity, identify growth opportunities, and convert strategic vision into measurable outcomes.
Narrative
Rafael Hernandez is a strategic partnerships leader who has spent over a decade navigating the most complex commercial environments in America — managing portfolios ranging from $2 million to $100 million in annual revenue across Fortune 100 consumer packaged goods companies. From PepsiCo to Coca-Cola to Keurig Dr Pepper, he operates at the intersection of enterprise strategy and executive relationship management, translating corporate complexity into sustained growth. Bilingual in English and Spanish, he brings the same disciplined, solutions-oriented approach to the ecosystem that has earned him trusted advisor status with C-suite stakeholders at the nation's largest retailers.
Hernandez sees business partnerships as infrastructure — not transactions. His ability to convert 100% of customer renewals into 7-year deals at Coca-Cola reflects a philosophy that sustained value creation requires long-term relationship architecture, not short-term wins. He applies the same enterprise discipline to the ecosystem's institutional partnerships.
Anima Key
Partnerships are infrastructure, not transactions.
Why They Belong
- Brings Fortune 100 enterprise strategy and partnership architecture to the ecosystem
- 12+ years managing national accounts across PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Keurig Dr Pepper
- Bilingual executive who navigates multicultural business environments with precision
- Translates corporate complexity into sustained growth — the same skill set institutional building demands
Legacy Vector
Rafael Hernandez brings the discipline of Fortune 100 partnership management to the ecosystem — proving that the skills required to build $100 million retail portfolios are the same skills required to build hemispheric institutional partnerships.
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