Daniel F

Driving multi-platform architecture for pan-European OTT services while providing strategic technology insights to C-suite stakeholders. Solution Architect for Sky Kids, Sky Go and OTT platforms across the UK and Europe.
• Delivered the end-to-end system and client architecture for the Sky Kids launch, supporting multi-platform delivery across Europe.
• Re-architected Sky Go/Q clients across Skys European territories, improving scalability and user experience.
• Managed Skys OTT Architectural Community, sharing best practice across functional areas.
• Directed technical design across iOS, Android and HTML5/React.
• Finalist, with the project team, for Skys internal Believe in Better award.

Driving high-impact product innovation. Provided technology insight and product concepts to CxO stakeholders across ICT trends, wireless access, telecoms and consumer electronics.
• Led a cross-divisional programme delivering a first-of-its-kind proof of concept for voice and video communications across set-top box, mobile and home devices, using WebRTC, IMS and embedded Chrome. It influenced product feature development.
• Matrix-managed a cross-functional team to deliver an outdoor Wi-Fi offering, using equipment already in customers homes to extend Skys connected home capabilities.
• Managed a cross-divisional team to deliver a feasibility and productisation plan for an IoT-enabled connected home.
• Wrote strategic roadmaps and white papers, including a SmallCell/Home Node B paper adopted into the broadband CPE roadmap.
• Represented Sky at industry trade fairs, conferences and forums.

Led development of next-generation TETRA/LTE critical communications solutions for global public safety networks, in partnership with the CTO office.
• Specified end-to-end scope, requirements and cost modelling for TETRA/LTE mission-critical broadband solutions.
• Jointly delivered the LTE/TETRA interworking strategy with the CTO office, influencing technology direction across global TETRA markets.
• Matrix-managed cross-divisional teams to turn customer use cases into next-generation applications, and to model application performance over the TETRA2 wideband bearer.

Defined, gained approval for and launched consumer propositions across fixed, converged and mobile.
• Led device strategy and new applications and services based on Android OS.
• Coordinated and technically led handset, netbook and home phone vendors, including Acer and Huawei.
• Developed business cases for new network-based services.

Direct report to the CTO. Led technical product strategy and delivery for the next-generation WiMAX device portfolio.
• Managed the launch of a WiMAX desktop CPE, USB dongle, external CPE and netbook, and the creation of a new WiMAX/HSDPA dongle for the EU region.
• Managed ODM/OEM relationships across Asia and led cross-functional teams from concept to launch.
• Helped create the EU WiMAX operator group (EOG) and was nominated to represent it at the WiMAX Forum.

Shaped technology strategy for O2s own-branded device portfolio across consumer, business and convergent products.
• Wrote a three-year device platform analysis that shaped the Own Branded product roadmap.
• Defined a platform-agnostic application environment, bringing O2 differentiators across the device portfolio.
• Represented the team within the wider Telefónica Group and contributed to ODM vendor selection.
• Ran monthly technology updates for sales, marketing, technical and group technology teams.

Evaluated and performance-managed mobile device suppliers, including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Sagem.
• Created a technical performance KPI framework for suppliers, adopted as a global process across Vodafone operating companies.
• Wrote the Minimum Feature Set specification for Vodafone UK device ranging.
• Delivered an accessibility application (Speaking Phone) for visually impaired users.

Interfaced with potential partners/third party vendor, analysed products and requirements; assessed suitability of the Symbian platform; partnering events/conferences, and managed the internal Partner Relationship tool; defect co-ordinator for a third-party web browser.
• Delivered the integration of the Opera browser into Symbian OS, with sole responsibility for its testing and integration.
• Deputy defect coordinator for the Product Support group, meeting defect agreements set by licensees.
• Set up an IET-aligned training scheme and ran UMTS knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Co-developed an SME and corporate VoIP converter, including two HDLC VxWorks drivers for an embedded Motorola PowerPC.
• Co-wrote factory test code and extended the web interface to communicate with a 68k microprocessor.

• Part of a three-person team that ported GPRS firmware onto the Pico-cellular platform.
• Wrote and executed GSM system-level test plans within a V-Model lifecycle.
• Led a 12-person engineering team in improving peer-review procedures.
• Created a Graduate Development training scheme, approved by the Board of Directors and the IET.
• Invented a low-cost piece of GSM interference test equipment.