Franklin Davis Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

In-house consultant to customers on programming and applying our programming environment. Develop and deliver training.

Consultant to Novarra, Inc. (Chicago area) in mobile web optimization strategy, product design, competitive analysis, market positioning.

Found, evaluated and selected web technologies to enhance Nokia’s Symbian platform. Became an industry expert at mobile web optimization, formed close partnerships with all leading mobile optimization vendors, negotiated contracts to integrate top two vendors into Nokia devices.Built successful alliances and negotiated agreements with 3rd parties.

Drove radical change from in-house to open source browser strategy, and won top management approval with “excellent quality and groundbreaking ideas.” Based the proposal on hard data, including product speed comparisons, features, and cost/benefit analysis. Turned Nokia’s browser strategy 180° from WAP to HTML “True Web.” Expanded R&D team target from.

Resolved Nokia browsing-related problems for US operators, especially AT&T and T-Mobile US.Drove product requirements with input from OEMs, product management, and product development. Successfully supported sales to Samsung, Motorola.

As member of the Advanced Development group, designed and implemented WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) mobile web applications. Developed Nokia WAP Showcase, a portal for demonstrating applications.

Co-founded Boston chapter of MobileMonday.net, a monthly gathering of mobile professionals. Gave presentations on mobile browsers, organized speakers, and raised funds from sponsors.

Drove the World Wide Web Consortium’s mobile web developer guidelines to be forward-thinking and promote leading-edge technologies.

Designed, implemented, tested and documented SideClick.com and Bookmarks2Go.com for Switchboard.com. Developed marketing strategy with Switchboard.Implemented SideClick using Microsoft IIS, ASP, VB and C++ COM components, SQL Server, integrated with Continuum's Linux back-end search engine.

Responsible for driving Open Media Framework as an industry. Managed 7 in engineering and marketing to implement and standardize OMF.Evangelized Open Media Framework to video/film/audio SW vendors and to end-users in the digital post-production industry. Designed and executed NAB '95 OMF multi-vendor showcase.

Cambridge, MA

Developed strategy, requirements specifications, technical marketing materials.Managed 7 engineers developing parallel relational database system for CM-5 massively parallel supercomputer for Amex. Decision/SQL was the only system to complete the full benchmark.Specified and managed development of Mac WAIS application. WAIS was the first Internet search.

Mse, Masters Of Sw Engineering

Concentration in relational database systems internals, operating systems.

Ba, Mathematics (Focus On Computer Science)

Activities and Societies: OSCA (Oberlin Student Cooperative Association)BA Math, concentration on computer science. Worked in computer.

Education record

Freshman year only

High School Diploma