Becca Frank
VP of Technology @ GiveDirectly
United States
Austin
Non-profit Organization Management
Linux, Computer Engineering, C++, Embedded Systems, C, Microcontrollers, Verilog, VHDL, Computer Architecture, Cadence, Android, Software Engineering, Debugging, FPGA, LabVIEW, Python, Embedded Software, Matlab
Experience

Shelter Manager, Denver Human Services COVID-19 Redeployment
Foster America
Denver, CO
• In less than 3 months, started up 6 hotels used for isolation/quarantine for over 1,500 people experiencing homelessness • Managed, with co-manager, 6 Site Leads who oversaw 95 staff • Worked across public, private, and non-profit partners with diverse goals to develop policies and processes centered on harm reduction and Housing First • Received “Award of Excellence” from Colorado National Guard

Foster America Fellow, Denver Human Services
Greater Denver Area
• Built roadmap for client-facing technology products to remove barriers to getting financial benefits, starting with automated texting • Grew internal capacity for product mindset and human-centered design, including using client interviews to drive roadmap direction • Built partnerships with other county and State agencies to improve interoperability between human services data systems • Pitched for and won funding from the Mayor’s Innovation Fund • Applied learning from quarterly convenings where fellows learn from faculty and share, refine, and scale insights to prevent child maltreatment and improve outcomes for children and youth in foster care

Program Manager
Austin, Texas Area
• Developed curriculum and coordinated programs at non-profit preparing high school students of color and from low-income families to enter STEM careers • Reported to Executive Director as fourth employee at non-profit with startup mentality

Vice President of Engineering
Austin, Texas Area
• Led engineering department of over 30 hardware and software engineers at startup designing a new generation of LED lighting and controls • Developed product strategy with input from customers, marketing, and sales • Tackled production scale challenges as a growing startup ramping up new products with an international supply chain • Presented product strategy and progress to board of directors and investors • Led team through the uncertainty and change of being acquired, including preparing and presenting material for potential acquirers and legal due diligence • Co-inventor on 12 patents

Director of Software and Firmware
Austin, Texas Area
• Established team discipline and processes to mature the product from a demo into robust production, delivering releases with significantly fewer bugs • Led key technical and architectural decisions for full-stack team spanning embedded, desktop, AWS-hosted web backend, mobile app, and API • Contributed to product definition, user experience, and roadmap • Drove development of framework for running automated tests on real hardware

Design Engineer
Austin, Texas Area
• Controls firmware project lead March 2014-Nov 2015, managed tasks and releases for team of 9, from initial product demos through to full production release cycles • Helped architect lighting control system based on a ZigBee wireless mesh network, including command set and network topology • Developed and tested embedded firmware for platforms ranging from small-scale main loop to a multi-threaded RTOS • Wrote C# components for Windows desktop application that controls Ketra devices • Designed digital block for sampling and processing optical and thermal feedback measurements from the LED strings for custom LED driver IC • Worked on mixed signal pre- and post-silicon verification
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