Kelly Francis
Engineering Director
Luno
Luno makes it safe and easy to invest responsibly in cryptocurrency. We go above and beyond to keep our customers, and their hard-earned money, safe. All the crypto we store for you is verified by independent auditors. I lead teams, design technology strategy, research new and emerging technology and inspire others to be creative through technology.
I love working with really smart people, inventing solutions to difficult problems.
Every day is different. I am part of a small start up, one day I could be working with my team designing technology architecture, the next I may be found setting up the office Alexa. Everything I do is ultimately to help my team build better technology.
I started at the beginning, in a software company, doing anything that anyone needed help with. That could be covering the user helpdesk, answering calls from our customers, testing new software, writing documents. I learnt to code by myself by using online training courses and from there I realised I loved leading people and teams of technologists. Technologists are often really smart and I love being around smart people (we didn't all do that well at school!).
That is hard to say; I have never been one for thinking too much about the future and having a plan. What I can say is, I will learn every day, I will keep researching technology trends and I will be a bit better tomorrow than I was today.
I love getting outside, whether that is for a walk, a cycle, or a wild swim (in a lake or river). It's really important to keep time to see my family and friends.
Learn something new every day!