Alan Francis

Current

• Senior Developer at JPMorganChase
• Software Therapist at Cardboard Software

Past

• Voice of Reason at JP Morgan
• Consultant at ThoughtWorks
• Mentor at ObjectMentor

• Senior Engineer at sferics.com
• Engineer at Panasonic-Owl

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Education

• Napier University
• Queen Anne High School

Recommended

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Connections

144 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Home Page and Blog
• Current Project

Alan Francis’s Summary

Debugging Agile Teams

Alan Francis’s Specialties:

Extreme Programming, Agile Methods, Object Design

Alan Francis’s Experience

• Senior Developer

  JPMorganChase

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)

  May 2005 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  J2EE and Ruby development with an XP team inside the bank.

• Software Therapist

  Cardboard Software

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  April 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Consulting and custom software development using Java, Ruby and Agile methods.

• Voice of Reason

  JP Morgan

  (Computer Software industry)

  2005 — 2008 (3 years)

• 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.

• 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.

• Senior Engineer

  sferics.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

  Inevitable dot.com experience.

• 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

• 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.

• Queen Anne High School

Additional Information

Alan Francis’s Websites:

• Home Page and Blog
• Current Project

Alan Francis’s Contact Settings

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