Francia Riesco

Manhattan, New York 10027

Experience as Technical Team Manager, Software Engineer and Data Scientist. I have been running projects from concept to completion using Agile methodology. My experience includes high-level architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with existing systems/platforms. Strong analytical and quantitative background creating SOA and API Services integrated with multiple platforms.


Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Senior Software Engineer for the Commercial Solutions Area (CSA).
Lead software engineers in designing systems using AI - Machine Learning, Search, and Cognitive Services; emphasizing quality, performance, simplicity, reusability, scalability, and maintainability.

2023 - present

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Televisa Univision

Senior Lead Software engineer at TelevisaUnivision for the ViX platform.
I design, develop and maintain data-driven applications using Typescript, and Google Cloud, among other tools.

2022 - 2023

Lead Software Engineer - Architect

Thomas Publishing

Lead Software Engineer at ThomasNet and Thomas Publishing Company. Thomas is a data, platform and technology company that has become the leading resource for the industrial marketplace. AWS - REACT - C# and more.

2018 - 2022

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Senior Software Engineer in One Commercial Partner – Digital Services DX project. Mainly written in C#, Jquery, Bootstrap , SQL Server, Azure Cloud and Data ETL in Python. Developer eXperience Team (DX) Microsoft Supplier Program / Microsoft Vendor Program / DX Business Desk. Tools to approve and track endtoend deals for Partners.

2015 - 2018

Director of Software Development

Showtime Anytime - CBS

Collaborate in technical solution for the API written in JAVA and Oracle to a new restful API service written in Groovy and MongoDB using Spring Framework. Scripting ETL data using Groovy and Python. Showtime Anytime Backend API feeds for App in follow platforms: iOS iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android Phone, Tablet, Kindle Fire, Fire TV, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Roku.

2012 - 2015

Senior Software Developer - Team Leader

Marvel Entertainment

Lead the development of marvel.com, work closely with various teams across the company to i mplement a data mining system for comic book suggestions. Developed a new product enabling publishers to associate digital comics with physical prints. This suggestion API was created in base of data modeling and manipulation. Also, The system generated more than 100 Millions of promo codes using mathematical algorithms. Architect the process of redeem digital comics and associates them to Android / iOS apps for Marvel and ComiXology.

2010 - 2012

Senior Software Developer - Team Leader

Dada Entertainment - Sony BMG

Create the architecture and maintained an API system using big data and sql query to delivery music content. Developed with Perl, PHP5, MySQL Database, XML Rest server and Zend Framework. TuneUp Apache and optimization Amazon Cloud Server. Media Store pages and programming new features application. Millions of contents delivery every day.

2007 - 2010

Senior Software Developer - Team Leader

Spica Systems

E­commerce and educational platforms in ASP.NET, C#, PHP, JSP, Databases MySQL, SQL Server 2000, PostgreSQL, cleaning up old code, rewrite legacy code, install new site features, create and make an unique HTML/CSS code for several client’s site, separating master code from customized code. Planning, developing and optimization systems for customer in ASP 3.0 with SQL server using stored procedures.

2004 - 2007

Software Developer - Team Leader

Virtualia - Copesa

Integrated frontend HTML with ColdFusion code. This project was a 2K social media community developed with CFM and SQL Server 2000.

2000 - 2004

Education

Colorado State University

Doctor of Philosophy (c)
Computer Systems Engineering - Machine Learning and Modeling

Harvard University

Master of Liberal Arts
Computer Systems Engineering - Data Science

Boston University

Master of Science
Computer Science and Information Systems - Data Analytics

Liverpool John Moores University

Master of Science
Astrophysics

Columbia University

Bachelor of Arts
Astronomy - Mathematics

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Software Development Life-Cycle
  • Agile Development & Scrum
  • Mobile-First, Responsive Design
  • Cross Browser Testing & Debugging
  • Cross Functional Teams

Interests

Apart from being a Software Engineer, I enjoy most of my time doing Computational Astrophysics simulations and data visualization. Directly Testing the Presence of Large-Scale Multiphase Flows in the Galactic Halo. Understanding the structure and evolution of the cosmos on largest scales such as hundreds of millions of light years.

I also watch a lot of televison, I love anime and I have this fan page about The Rose of Versailles: Lady Oscar since December 5, 1996. Also, I spend a large amount of my free time exploring the latest technology advancements in the Software development world.


Awards and Certifications

  • Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP)
    The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
  • Honoraria award from Cadence Workshop/Hackathon (September 2018)
    LSST Cadence Hackathon: ToO Afraid? white paper co-author
  • Data Science Foundations: Data Engineering
  • ASP.NET Core: Converting Synchronous Calls to Asynchronous
  • C# Best Practices for Developers
  • Elasticsearch Essential Training
  • Hadoop for Data Science Tips, Tricks, & Techniques
  • Machine Learning & AI Foundations: Recommendations
  • R Programming in Data Science
  • C#: Interfaces and Generics
  • C#: Design Patterns