Inventor and patent holder, in his engineering work an expert at cost reduction, quality, reliability, characterization and specification of components and systems. First to invent, name and document the mousepad, alternate usage "mouse pad". Xerox Disclosure Journal 1979. The mousepad used throughout took its forms, fits, functions and name after his design. Thus helping usher-in the dawning of the age of personal computers.

The mousepad alternate usage "mouse pad" was invented By Armando M. Fernandez with the objective of being a pad, with an enhanced surface to assist the operation of a display pointer. In its first embodiment it was applied to the computer mouse, thus, its first name given by Armando M. Fernandez was "mouse pad" which he later fused the two words as mousepad before the publishing in 1979.
The invention of the mouse preceeded the invention of the mousepad by about 17 years. During this time computers were in use by highly tecnical people due to the high complexity in its usage and very high cost. Additionally the roller ball mouse was not working as the buildup of gunk on the ball and the roller would cause the pointer to move jittery. This caused great frustration to the user in addition to having to deal with the complexity of the operation of the computer. After Armando M. Fernandez invented, named, documented and Xerox published the mousepad. The problems of the rollerball mouse were almost removed and the computer became a more user friendly apparatus as the mousepad surface provided better traction to the roller ball of the mouse. Thus, the mouse functioned for a much longer time before the ball and the rollers had to be cleaned. The mousepad additionally provided, higher speed, more precision; comfort for the user, kept the desk or table surface from being scratched and worn, reduced the collection of gunk under the mouse; reduced jitter of the pointer on the display; reduced eye and mental fatigue as a result of the reduction of jitter on the display. Once the mouse became a much more useful pointing device to use with computers as a result of the improvement derived from the use of the mousepad, Apple Computers picked-up on the idea of making a personal computer with a GUI and a mouse, very similar to the Xerox design, except, much cost reduced. The cost reduction included the use of a cost reduced roller ball computer mouse. This cost reduced computer mouse would clog and hang-up computer usage as bad as its more expensive parent, the steel roller ball mouse. However, by using the mousepad, computer usage was not as frustrating and the mouse would work for much longer periods before it became very frustrating to use due to the jittery movement of the pointer on the display as the mouse clogged on the gunk build-up. Later when the optical mouse showed up, a mousepad with a specialty printed hexagon filled surface was required for accuracy, tracking and speed. As the optical mouse has been improved throughout the years, the mousepad has become an ever present accessory. Thus, continuing to help make the usage of computers personal or industrial, less frustrating, faster, better tracking of the pointer movement, more comfortable.