Francis Mathews

Francis Mathews has over 20 years of experience as a software engineer. Francis started their career at Prosig Ltd, where they worked for 11 years as a Software Engineer, developing signal processing and data visualization software. After that, they joined Codemasters Ltd as a Senior Tools Programmer, focusing on developing C#/.NET, C++/CLI, and C++ tools for game prototypes and first-person shooter games. Francis then moved on to Mind Candy as a Software Engineer, specializing in tools development. In 2015, Francis joined The Foundry as a Senior Software Engineer, working on Nuke and MODO Design. Most recently, they became the Lead Software Engineer for Nuke (core performance) at Foundry in 2020.

Francis Mathews obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Portsmouth, attending from 1992 to 1996. Additionally, they earned a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) certification from Scrum Alliance in February 2020 and completed a course in Functional Programming Principles in Scala from Coursera, year unknown.