Tonyo Francis
Senior Product Manager at GNOMI
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolTonyo Francis is a Senior Product Manager and seasoned Android engineer with over a decade of experience designing and shipping high-performance, scalable mobile products from New York. He has led cross-functional teams and end-to-end launches at GNOMI, overseeing AI-driven features like speech-to-speech interactions and subscription monetization while previously architecting large-scale consumer apps at Jumbo and iROKOtv. Technically fluent in Java and Kotlin, Tonyo contributes to open-source Android tooling—most notably improving parallel download performance in the Fetch library—demonstrating a focus on concurrency and file-processing optimizations. He pairs hands-on engineering chops with product leadership, driving release readiness for App Store and Google Play at scale. Known for meticulous debugging and performance tuning, he consistently converts complex requirements into reliable user experiences. His background in computer science and habit of exploring new languages and platforms help him bridge technical depth with strategic product decisions.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalaureate of Science Computer Science, Baccalaureate of Science Computer Science at John Jay College (CUNY)
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Github Skills (12)
kotlin10
download-manager10
performance-optimization10
multithreading10
concurrency10
android-intent6
android-webview6
webview6
android-studio6
android6
android-layout6
java6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tonyofrancis/Fetch
Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
The best file downloader library for Android
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:87 releases, 4 reviews, 951 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Tonyo's contributions focused on enhancing the parallel downloader feature in the file downloader library. They made multiple updates to the `ParallelFileDownloaderImpl.kt` file, adding and refining functionalities. The changes included improvements to progress reporting and adjustments for file merging, demonstrating a focus on performance optimization for concurrent downloads. They also made improvements to file processing.
retrofitleiningengradledownloadmanagermobile
tonyofrancis/Dispatcher
Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
Dispatcher is a simple and flexible work scheduler that schedulers work on a background or UI thread correctly in the form of Dispatch using the android.os.Handler class.
Contributions:19 releases, 262 commits, 2 PRs in 4 months
dispatchui-threadschedulerschedulersandroid
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