Steve Franks
Data Platform Engineer Apple
Cary, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Franks is a seasoned data platform engineer and former CTO-level technology leader with 11 years of focused industry experience and a multi-decade background in distributed systems, parallel computing and architecture. Currently building AIML data platform scheduling and orchestration at scale for Apple via Bayside Solutions, he manages platforms running 30,000+ jobs and specializes in Scala, Akka and cloud-native tooling. His career blends hands-on engineering (Scala, Typelevel, Akka Streams) with senior leadership roles across fintech and telecom—most notably leading Telenor Financial Services’ technology strategy for 20M+ customers. He has founded and led product/technology teams, driven blockchain and smart-contract proof-of-concepts for information assurance, and repeatedly transformed integration landscapes for major banks. Based in Cary, NC, Steve pairs deep academic training in parallel and distributed computing with pragmatic delivery experience across AWS, Kubernetes and enterprise modernization programs. An uncommon strength is his ability to move between low-level system design and executive strategy, turning complex technical risk into operational roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Computer Science - Parallel and Distributed Computing, MSc Computer Science - Parallel and Distributed Computing at Missouri University of Science and TechnologyPhD Candidate All But Dissertion Computer Science - Parallel Processing / Visualization, PhD Candidate All But Dissertion Computer Science - Parallel Processing / Visualization at University of Calgary
Github Skills (45)
sax-parser7
asynchronous7
continuation7
rebuild7
macros7
xml6
dotty6
effects6
scala-xml6
raii6
sane6
scala6
json6
scala-native6
fluent-interface5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
odenzo/ripple-local-signing
Jun 2019 - Dec 2021
Implements local Ripple Transaction Signing for secp256k1 and ed25519 crypto schemes
Contributions:2 releases, 10 PRs, 43 pushes in 2 years 6 months
cryptographysigningssisignethereum
odenzo/ripple-ws-models
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
Ripple WebSocket Message Models with Circe JSON Codecs for XRPL
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 35 pushes in 2 years 4 months
websocket-messagexrplcircewebsocketripple
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