Heart and Soul at Scotland on Rails
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Software Therapist at Cardboard Software
- Heart and Soul at Scotland on Rails
- Past
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- Consultant Developer at EdgeCase
- Independent Ruby Programmer at FiveRuns, Corp.
- Voice of Reason at JPMorganChase
- Consultant at ThoughtWorks
- Mentor at ObjectMentor
- Mentor at Object Mentor
- Senior Engineer at sferics.com
- Engineer at Panasonic-Owl
- Education
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- Napier University
- Queen Anne High School
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Alan Francis’s Summary
Debugging Agile Teams
Alan Francis’s Specialties:
Extreme Programming, Agile Methods, Object Design
Alan Francis’s Experience
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Software Therapist
Cardboard Software
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Consulting and custom software development using Java, Ruby and Agile methods.
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Heart and Soul
Scotland on Rails
(Partnership; Computer Software industry)
September 1997 — Present (11 years 11 months)
Scotland on Rails is an annual Ruby conference in Edinburgh, organised by myself, Paul WIlson and Graeme Mathieson. We had 90 people in 2008 and 220 in 2009. We're aiming to be the premier Ruby conference in Europe by 2010.
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Consultant Developer
EdgeCase
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
May 2008 — April 2009 (1 year)
Rails and iPhone projects with EdgeCase
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Independent Ruby Programmer
FiveRuns, Corp.
(Computer Software industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
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Voice of Reason
JPMorganChase
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)
May 2005 — May 2008 (3 years 1 month)
J2EE and Ruby development with an XP team inside the bank.
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Consultant
ThoughtWorks
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2002 — April 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Consulting and custom software development in Java using Agile methods. UK-based, with six months in Australia.
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Mentor
ObjectMentor
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
Training and Consulting on XP and Agile Methods. US-based company, I Worked in US and UK.
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Mentor
Object Mentor
(Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
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Senior Engineer
sferics.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
Inevitable dot.com experience.
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Engineer
Panasonic-Owl
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years)
Multimedia (DVD/Digital TV) Authoring systems in C++ and Java.
Alan Francis’s Education
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Napier University
BSc(Hons) , Computing, Software Engineering , September 1989 — May 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- 16 Months industrial placement in 1991-92 with Scottish Hydro-Electric - Power and Control Systems.
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Queen Anne High School
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