Franklin Franklin
AI Tech Lead Software Architect at Zilliant
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolFranklin Franklin is an AI tech lead and software architect with over six years focused on turning LLM prototypes into production-grade systems and shaping GenAI strategy at Zilliant. He combines hands-on Python development and computational creativity with a strong background in full-stack and Salesforce architectures built over two decades of engineering roles. At Zilliant he advocates responsible GenAI adoption, drives cross-team architectural coherence, and mentors engineers on industry best practices. His open-source contributions include meaningful enhancements to AudioKit’s Swift-based audio processing framework, highlighting an unusual blend of mobile audio DSP experience alongside AI systems work. Based in Phoenix, he brings a pragmatic, product-focused approach to making experimental ML capabilities reliable and maintainable in enterprise settings.
6 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts Computer Science at Transylvania University
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Github Skills (14)
midi-instrument10
audio10
midi10
swift10
ios10
audiokit10
unit-testing9
macos7
mouse-events6
xcode6
gameplaykit6
right-click6
event-handling6
swiftui6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
AudioKit/AudioKit
Nov 2020 - Jun 2021
Audio synthesis, processing, & analysis platform for iOS, macOS and tvOS
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:27 reviews, 20 commits, 10 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Franklin primarily contributed to the AudioKit project by modifying and extending the Swift-based audio processing framework. Their commits focused on enhancing the functionality of MIDI instruments, specifically implementing features like default parameter values for initializers. They also worked on debugging and restoring features, such as Reverb2 node, and refactored existing code into extensions, and added unit tests. These changes suggest an effort to improve the overall usability and maintainability of the AudioKit library.
swift-playgroundsapplemusicmidisynthesisios
btfranklin/btfranklin
Oct 2022 - Jan 2025
Contributions:100 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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