Kathleen Hernandez (Kathy) began her early career in banking, promoting investment programs as an Account Representative for large banking centers in the greater Los Angeles area. She switched over to the building products industry, providing sales and marketing support to Westinghouse Electric in their plastics division, before joining the wholesale distribution aspect of the construction industry. There, she made a complete 180, took her first credit position and discovered her passion—focusing on the Corporate Credit Management field ever since.