Francis Potter

Current

• Product Architect at Nimblefish Technologies

Past

• Vice President of Software Engineering and IT at Nimblefish Technologies
• Senior Technology Consultant at Helium LLC
• Senior Project Manager at Quokka Sports

• Founder at MeadowBase
• Office Manager / Accountant at International Development Exchange (IDEX)
• Teacher / Volunteer at IICD (Angola, Africa)
• Manager / Engineer at Chevron Corporation

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Education

• University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
• Carnegie Mellon University

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Francis Potter’s Summary

I manage world-class technical teams to deliver digital technology products to market, specializing in rich internet applications, digital media, mobile applications, social networking, video production, and online marketing.

Francis Potter’s Specialties:

Product Strategy, Requirements Management, Interaction Design, Project Management, Software Engineering, Database Design, QA Management, IT Management, Financial Analysis

Francis Potter’s Experience

• Product Architect

  Nimblefish Technologies

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  Nimblefish builds and operates large-scale automated marketing systems to drive customers through purchase consideration using variable video, interactive online advisors, personalized direct mail, email, and individualized web sites. We develop and host an enterprise-grade Java-based platform for constructing custom engines quickly and maintaining them continuously. Since moving to LA (away from the main office), I've led the development of our interactive product suite.

• Vice President of Software Engineering and IT

  Nimblefish Technologies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 5 months)

  Before relocating to Los Angeles, I managed the Software Engineering, QA, Engineering Operations, and IT teams at Nimblefish. In this role, I directed the redesign, development, and deployment of an all-new platform for automated direct mail and email with ROI analytics. The platform is in use today by Fortune 500 companies including AT&T and Lowe's and has driven substantial revenue increases for Nimblefish. I also managed the IT procurement, network and systems engineering, and helpdesk functions.

• Senior Technology Consultant

  Helium LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 5 months)

  Helium specialized in business process improvement and technology product concept development. I led a product prototype development effort for Macromedia (now Adobe), built extranet security infrastructure for AXA Rosenberg (global equity management), and lead the design and engineering of a mobile phone application for WeatherNews (weather information, analysis and decision support products and services). I also spearheaded Helium's first public relations and marketing campaigns.

• Senior Project Manager

  Quokka Sports

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 1998 — April 2001 (2 years 6 months)

  Quokka Sports provided immersive coverage of international sporting events on the internet and broadband networks. I managed the live web coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games for NBC Olympics, among other high-profile projects. I also guided the design and development of Quokka's Asset Management Platform, and am an author of the patent application that resulted from that work.

• Founder

  MeadowBase

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1996 — October 1998 (2 years 5 months)

  I developed, marketed, sold, deployed, and supported an advanced open source data management system for small community organizations which is still in use over 10 years later.

• Office Manager / Accountant

  International Development Exchange (IDEX)

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Fund-Raising industry)

  September 1993 — December 1995 (2 years 4 months)

• Teacher / Volunteer

  IICD (Angola, Africa)

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  August 1992 — July 1993 (1 year )

• Manager / Engineer

  Chevron Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  June 1989 — April 1992 (2 years 11 months)

Francis Potter’s Education

• University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management

  Business, Management, Finance 2003 — 2004

  Partial completion of the Executive MBA program.

• Carnegie Mellon University

  BS , Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science , September 1985 — May 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Phi Omega