Paul Francis

Current

Group CTO at MultiTrode
CEO & Co-Founder at www.thursdayclub.com

Past

Chief Technology Officer at Citect
Software Solutions at Volante
Sabbatical at -

Director of Technology And Resources (CTO) at Saltmine
Co-founder & Director at Devron Integrated Systems
Group IT Manager at IIR
Analyst / Programmer at Lotus Development Corp
Analyst / Programmer at Spur Electron

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Education

Kingston University

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Paul Francis’s Summary

A senior leader with over seventeen years experience in business, consulting and technology, I am experienced in not only technology and consultancy processes, but also business and people leadership. I have extensive international experience in formulating and articulating vision and strategy, business development and building teams. I consider myself to be commercially aware, strategically minded, technically very competent, assertive in leadership and credible at all levels of an organization.

Paul Francis’s Experience

Group CTO

MultiTrode

(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
CEO & Co-Founder

www.thursdayclub.com

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)

Serious social notworking .. cool bars, clubs, restaurants and nightlife from around the World. Members profiles, maps mashup, add your own venues, reviews and news, find recommendations and plan nights out, meet like-minded people....
Chief Technology Officer

Citect

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CTL; Computer Software industry)

August 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 5 months)

Citect is the leading global provider of industrial automation (SCADA), facilities automation, real-time intelligence (EMI), & next generation manufacturing execution systems (MES) solutions. Citect has representation now in over 130 countries worldwide. Formerly listed on the ASX, Citect were acquired by Schneider Electric (CAC: SU.PA) in March 2006.
Software Solutions

Volante

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; VGL; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2005 — August 2005 (8 months)

Based in Sydney, Australia. In July 2005 I was headhunted for the Citect role.
Sabbatical

-

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

September 2004 — January 2005 (5 months)

After 12 years in business, I decided to leave the UK, take time-out to travel, recharge and establish myself in Australia.
Director of Technology And Resources (CTO)

Saltmine

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

February 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 8 months)

Based in London, UK
Co-founder & Director

Devron Integrated Systems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Events Services industry)

December 1996 — January 2002 (5 years 2 months)

Based in London, UK
Group IT Manager

IIR

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

August 1995 — December 1996 (1 year 5 months)

Contract position. Based in Amsterdam, New York and Florida
Analyst / Programmer

Lotus Development Corp

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

April 1994 — August 1995 (1 year 5 months)

Based in Staines, UK.
Analyst / Programmer

Spur Electron

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

June 1992 — April 1994 (1 year 11 months)

Based in Havant, UK

Paul Francis’s Education

Kingston University

BSc (Hons) , Computer Science , 1988 — 1992

Additional Information

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Paul Francis’s Groups:

Executive Suite
High Tech Industry Executive Network
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
TEN - Top Executives Net
Overachievers Club
Schneider-Electric
Lighthouse Venture Group's Alternative Investments Roundtable
Professional and Amateur Mentoring Group
The Enterprise Architecture Network
Software Engineering Institute Virtual SPIN
Professional Speakers and Seminar Leaders
Foodies
Leadership Think Tank
Fortune Global Group
Innovation Management Group
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
Speakers and Panelists
Australian New Media
Wines & Spirits (Number 1 W&S group on Linked)
VIP
International Entrepreneur Club
Australia NetWork
----- The Startups & Societal Ventures Network ----- Innovating more effectively
Friends of Australia
FastTrack 100 (8,000+ members!)
M & A advisors
Startup Specialists
InvitesWelcome.com (Open Networkers)
Business Ideas Generators
Millionaire Business Club
Top Strategy Networkers
SIT Man - Sydney IT Management
Sydney Media People
1 Australia - Australian ICT Professional Network
BIT Man - Brisbane IT Management
Citect Staff & Ex-staff
21st Century Network
Social Media, Social TV, Monitoring, Mobile Social Networks, Marketing, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, PR
Next Director - Emerging and Aspiring Company Directors
Brisbane IT Professionals
500+
Water Technologies
Automation & Control Engineering
i.lab Incubator
Australian Institute of Management
The Global Innovation Leaders