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Aaron Franco

Enigma · DISC type icd
Director of Platform Engineering at brightwheel
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Aaron leads platform technologies at brightwheel, drawing on 19 years of experience building startups and scaling cloud architecture at AWS. A Binghamton University graduate, he specializes in scaling engineering teams and data platforms for global businesses. People who have worked with him describe him as innovative, bright, and entrepreneurial.

Outside of his primary professional focus, Aaron has a keen interest in Japanese culture and language, which he has taught himself. This skill was notably put to use when he skillfully presented a winning startup project in both English and Japanese during an intense 2-day development event in Tokyo.

He holds a patent for a data infrastructure system and led a team to 1st place at the Verizon - Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon in 2017.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Director of Platform Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Aaron shows up

Fast Follower
Challenger
Friendly Yet Blunt

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.

Priorities

Topics Aaron cares about

Scaling Tech Platforms
His career focus involves helping startups and large enterprises scale their technology, systems, and engineering teams, currently leading these efforts at brightwheel.
Cloud Architecture
Previously a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, he has deep expertise in AWS, system architecture, and helping customers adopt best practices for global scale.
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Career

Work history

5-2022
Director of Platform Engineering
brightwheel
4-2022 - 5-2022
Vice President Of Engineering
CrossBorder Solutions
2-2021 - 5-2022
Vice President Of Development
CrossBorder Solutions
11-2019 - 2-2021
Senior Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4-2018 - 11-2019
Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1998 - 2001
BA
Binghamton University
2003 - 2010
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Japanese: Self Taught
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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