Anthony Manning-Franklin

Anthony Manning-Franklin has extensive work experience in the technology industry. Anthony is currently working as the Chief Technology Officer at SKUTOPIA since June 2021. Prior to this, they held the same position at Workit Spaces starting from December 2021. At Workit Spaces, they also served as a Technical Lead from June 2021 to December 2021.

From 2018 to 2021, Manning-Franklin worked at VGW, where they held several roles including Software Engineering Squad Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Interim Product Owner, and Software Engineer. During their time at VGW, they contributed to various projects such as the migration of Chumba Casino services to AWS ECS, the establishment of the SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team, and the migration of front end services from Vue to React.

Before VGW, Manning-Franklin was the Tech Co-Founder of Feedmee App, where they utilized a Django/PostGIS stack on the backend and AWS services for deployment. Anthony also worked as a Tech Lead at WelleCo and served as Co-Secretary at eGroup, representing the digital economy in the West.

In 2015, Manning-Franklin founded and served as the CEO of Gigger, an online booking system for bands, promoters, and venues. Anthony also went through the Founder Institute program, which helped him grow as a founder and entrepreneur.

Prior to their ventures in the technology industry, Manning-Franklin established and successfully operated Midas Touch Studios as a Sound Engineer & Producer from 2008 to 2014. Anthony adapted to industry changes by providing innovative services such as Live in The Studio video episodes for bands.

Overall, Manning-Franklin has a diverse background in technology leadership, entrepreneurship, and sound engineering.

Anthony Manning-Franklin attended several educational institutions and obtained a variety of certifications. In 2002, they started their education at Shenton College, where they studied without obtaining a specific degree. Following this, in 2008, they enrolled at the Central Institute of Technology and completed a Diploma in Music Industry with a focus on Sound Engineering, which they obtained in 2010.

In 2015, Anthony participated in the Founder Institute, although the provided information does not specify the degree or field of study they pursued during this time. In 2017, they attended the PlusEight Accelerator, powered by Muru-D, but the details of their education such as degree and field of study are unknown.

To complement their educational background, Anthony obtained the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in November 2020.