He is a recognized authority on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud/Mobile Computing, and understanding the business value of information technology.  He is an educator, technology manager, frequent writer, author, and visible achievements in Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, mobile strategy, system integration startups, strategic technology/business partnerships, enterprise infrastructure, and emerging technologies, particularly for financial systems and large enterprises. Strategic thinker with strong leadership skills, business development acumen, and a resourceful team leader with an innovative entrepreneurial spirit.

An experienced executive with a broad background that spans Google, AT&T Bell Laboratories, NY Stock Exchange, Lehman Brothers, Sun Microsystems, and a collection of technology startups.  He has led teams in software development, system integration, pre-sales engagements, product management, disaster recovery, and research & development.

Frank is an accomplished speaker with frequent presentations at major technology trade shows such as JavaOne/CodeOne, QCon, Devnexus, Trading Technology, HTML5DevConf, Jfokus, Devoxx, and International Enterprise Services Conferences, etc.  Expertise in innovation and mentorship.

He was honored with the title of “Java Champion” by an international team of high-ranking Java executives.  He is the current Chairman of the NYJavaSIG, the largest Java User Group in North America, and has deep experience building developer communities.  He is also the co-author of JSR381 Visual Recognition for Java, a standard Machine Learning API for Java application developers.