Douglas de Franca

Douglas de Franca is an experienced Sr. Firmware Architect currently working at Teletrac Navman in New Zealand since July 2022. Prior to this role, Douglas served as a Technical Lead and Electronic Controls Software Engineer at Fisher & Paykel Technologies from July 2020 to July 2022. Douglas also worked as an Embedded Software Engineer at Invenco Group Limited from August 2017 to July 2020, where responsibilities included coding in C and C++ for Embedded Linux payment terminals. Between June 2009 and August 2017, Douglas held the position of Senior Embedded Engineer at Padtec S/A, focusing on applications for Optical Telecommunications equipment. Earlier experience includes a role as Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Motorola Solutions America Latina Brasil from October 2006 to May 2009, specializing in software development for mobile phones. Douglas holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, an MBA in Project Management from FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas, and several specializations in Networking and Software Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas.