Graham French

Current

• VP Engineering & Operations at ShoZu

Past

• Server Architect at ShoZu
• Team lead at Digital Rum
• Analyst Programmer at Tessella

• Contractor at Smartlogik
• Research Scientist at National Physical Laboratory

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Education

• The University of Birmingham
• The University of Birmingham

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company

Graham French’s Summary

A software engineering leader with extensive knowledge of the mobile software industry, strategies and trends. 12 years’ proven experience in planning, developing and releasing high quality, scalable mobile services and applications.

* Ability to influence strategic direction and drive product roadmap
* Proven track record working across functions to deliver projects on time and on budget
* Proven presentation and communication skills across multiple audiences at Board level, senior executives, sales and business development teams and technical teams.
* Extensive experience leading technical due diligence through multiple M&A activities
* Significant experience growing, motivating and managing multi-disciplined international development teams
* Successful delivery of high quality applications and services on multiple platforms including Symbian (S60), iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, J2ME, Android, J2EE, web and mobile web.
* Have worked closely with major handset manufacturers to ensure timely delivery of quality controlled releases for pre-load onto devices.
* Scalable, cost effective infrastructure and hosting.
* Extensive knowledge of design and architecture of scalable J2EE, Oracle and MySQL database systems.
* Management of IP / patent portfolios

Graham French’s Specialties:

Mobile, Web, Technical leadership, Server architecture, databases, business intelligence, social media

Graham French’s Experience

• VP Engineering & Operations

  ShoZu

  (Privately Held; Wireless industry)

  January 2007 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Lead Engineering and QA activities across multiple teams based in London, San Francisco and Bangalore.
  
  Defining and scheduling all Engineering projects.
  
  Accountability for all live and internal service operations
  
  Member of senior management team with Board level reporting.

• Server Architect

  ShoZu

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  June 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 7 months)

• Team lead

  Digital Rum

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

• Analyst Programmer

  Tessella

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

• Contractor

  Smartlogik

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• Research Scientist

  National Physical Laboratory

  (Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Graham French’s Education

• The University of Birmingham

  MPhil , Science & Engineering of Materials , 1997 — 1998

• The University of Birmingham

  BSc , Physics with Electronics , 1994 — 1997

Additional Information

Graham French’s Websites:

• My Company

Graham French’s Groups:

•    MobileMonday
•    Advancing Mobile World Group
•    University of Birmingham Alumni and Friends
•    Tessella Employees & Alumni

Graham French’s Contact Settings

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