Franklin Davis
Product Management from concept to innovative design, development and delivery.

Expert in mobile web and services.

Strong communicator between engineering and business.

Newton , MA

Franklin Davis's Networking Photo

Websites:
Current Work:
  • Internal Consultant at Ab Initio Software
  • Previous Work:
  • Sr. Technology Alliance Manager at Nokia
  • Product Manager, Software Developer at Continuum Software
  • Product Manager at Avid Technology
  • Manager SW Development at Thinking Machines Corp.
  • Education:
  • MSE, Masters of SW Engineering, Wang Institute of Graduate Studies
  • BA, Mathematics, Oberlin College
  • Documents:

    Summary:
    Seeking an innovative, smart, small- to mid-sized organization that needs software and mobile expertise to take new products and services from concept to delivery.

    Creative, enthusiastic innovator who thrives in highly interactive, collaborative environments.
    Skills:
    Industry expert in mobile web and services.

    Product Management from concept to creative design, development, & delivery.

    SW Architecture, SW Engineer -- I work effectively with senior technical experts as well as with customers, marketing and business stakeholders.

    Detailed Experience Summary:

    Internal Consultant at Ab Initio Software
    August 2010 - Present


    Sr. Technology Alliance Manager at Nokia
    May 1999 - July 2009

    Identified cutting-edge technologies to enhance Nokia's smartphone software platform, including Google, Adobe, Yahoo!, and smaller organizations.

    Drove radical True Web / Open Source browser strategy, turning Nokia strategy 180 degrees.

    Product Manager, Software Developer at Continuum Software
    April 1997 - May 1999

    Designed, implemented, tested and documented SideClick.com and Bookmarks2Go.com for Switchboard.com.

    Product Manager at Avid Technology
    September 1994 - April 1997

    Responsible for driving Open Media Framework as an industry. Managed 7 in engineering and marketing to implement and standardize OMF.

    Manager SW Development at Thinking Machines Corp.
    September 1987 - August 1994

    Managed 7 engineers developing parallel relational database system for CM-5 massively parallel supercomputer for Amex.

    Developed the first (before the web existed!) “search engine” capable of searching full text of a multi-gigabyte database in less than 1/2 second.


    Detailed Education Summary:

    MSE, Masters of SW Engineering, Wang Institute of Graduate Studies
    August 1987

    Databases, Operating Systems, Design Methodologies and Tools

    BA, Mathematics, Oberlin College
    May 1981

    Mathematics, Computer Science, Theater, Dance.

    Conversation History: (10 total)

    Date Person
    10/07/09 Arthur Levine, CPA
    10/07/09 Jeffrey Govendo
    10/07/09 Rick Roberge
    10/07/09 Carla Meola
    10/07/09 joseph grillo
    10/07/09 jonathan cohan
    10/07/09 Philip Mathey
    10/07/09 Allen Falcon
    10/07/09 David Levenson
    10/07/09 Craig Edwards