Stephen Francis is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in London with 11 years of hands-on software and product leadership experience and a career stretching back to senior IT consulting roles in the 1990s. He combines strategic portfolio, programme and project management with deep systems design and business analysis skills, having led product and delivery for myRecruiter at Rullion and later technical teams across startups and agencies. As CTO of Careerbook and former Lead Software Engineer at HelloSelf, he balances high-level roadmapping with practical full-stack and front-end engineering experience. He has an Oxford first-class degree in Physics and later formal training in UX, signalling a rare blend of analytical rigor and user-centred design. Stephen’s background as a tech entrepreneur and director shows he thrives at the intersection of product, engineering and commercial delivery, often stepping into both hands-on build and strategic governance. He is known for translating complex organisational requirements into pragmatic, auditable systems and for mentoring teams through growth and operational transitions.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BA (1st class) Physics, BA (1st class) Physics at University of Oxford
part-time course User Experience Design, part-time course User Experience Design at General Assembly
Contributions:16 PRs, 46 pushes, 23 branches in 3 years 5 months
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