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Franklin Naval

Adventurer Entrepreneur, 32, Former Googler, interested in meeting new people, new technologies, social media, Enterprise 2.0 and emergent markets. Currently at www.quadraforte.com working on cloud computing deployments on various platforms.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Living The Dream
Website: http://www.quadraforte.com
Industries: Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel
Skills: Architecture, Business, Computer Engineering, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Product design, Recruitment, Software Engineering, System Administration, Unix, Web design, Web Development, Windows, Writing
Next step: Social Media Applications for Enterprise 2.0
Location: San Jose, California USA
Visas: U.S.A. Citizenship, Philippine Citizenship
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Supporting my investments, Trading services
Tags: adventure, cloud computing, culture, gadgets, languages, music composition, people, researching, silicon valley, social networks, world

FULL BIO

Seasoned start-up professional, focusing on process and release management, technical diligence and cross team collaborations, Broad experience in distributed computing, finance systems, and relational databases. Currently pursuing entrepreneurial calling, building teams in application development "on the cloud".

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: QuadraForte LLC
Position: Founder
Time period: September 2008 - Present

Employer: Google Inc.
Position: Lead Software Test Engineer
Time period: May 2004 - September 2008

Employer: There Inc.
Position: Lead Software QA Engineer
Time period: June 2001 - May 2004

Employer: Sprint Broadband
Position: Sales Associate
Time period: September 1999 - April 2001

INFORMATION

Sports: basketball, soccer, golf, tennis
Hobbies: music composition, piano, reading
Memberships: SDForum, Cloud Computing Forum
Franklin Naval

Franklin's Startups (1)

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  • www.quadraforte.com

    www.quadraforte.com

    www.quadraforte.com is an information technology startup changing the world by strengthening companies bottom line by supplying useful Enterprise 2.0 applications running on the cloud.

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  • YouNoodle

    YouNoodle

    YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.

  • Cloud Computing Test Bed

    Cloud Computing Test Bed

    The Cloud Computing Test Bed is a joint cloud computing research initiative between Yahoo, Hewlett Packard and Intel

  • Twitter

    Twitter

    Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

  • Roku

    Roku

    Roku is a consumer electronics firm which specializes in home digital media products

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