Hernando is a mechanical engineer with a master's degree. He works for Universidad distrital in Bogota Colombia as a professor. He has worked in the oil and gas industry, transportation industry, structures manufacturers, ceramic industry, conveying equipment manufacturer industry, mining and others like maintenance and reliability engineer. He has performed projects in RCM2, total productive maintenance for food industry, and oil and gas. He is now performing research in the application of industry 4.0 in predictive maintenance using software tools like matlab. He has utilized CMB techniques like vibration analysis and thermography. He is doing studies for a PhD in Universidad Nacional Bogota Colombia in the area of materials science.