Former Major League Baseball executive joins area consulting firm

TAMPA — Former Tampa Bay Rays executive Mark Fernandez has joined Stonehill, a Tampa-based strategic consulting firm, as a principal.

Fernandez, according to a press release, will oversee operational and sales services that include creative development, brand storytelling, marketing and business growth strategies. His background includes a 10-year stint with the Rays as a senior vice president responsible for corporate sales and marketing, ticket sales and service, broadcasting, community relations and the Rays Baseball Foundation. He also spent a decade with the Arizona Diamondbacks in a similar executive role.