Hey, I'm Francis
CTO, Peloton Interactive
I'm an engineer, author, ultrarunner, artist and musician. I enjoy building things that enhance Human Experience. My pronouns are he/him. Thanks for stopping by!
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> Teams waste hours :fade
> fighting with slide tools :typewriter
# The Solution
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> Just write what you mean :pop
> ExplainPlan handles the rest :flyIn
Peloton Interactive
As CTO I lead all of Engineering at Peloton Interactive. You can find me on the Leaderboard as "CardioVeep".
My teams imagine, build and support everything across Peloton's software and hardware ecosystem — Connected Fitness (Tread, Bike, Row, Guide and beyond), our apps, and our platform.
We are committed to putting the highest quality experience out there for our members and it's a privilege to serve the Peloton community. #togetherWeGoFar.
My path
I've been working in software for almost 29 years. My background is in computer science and I'll always be a coder at heart. I have been fortunate to work at some iconic brands with really interesting problems at global scale. Most recently I led engineering for the SNKRS brand within Nike Digital and prior to that I spent 8 years at Audible in Amazon.
Ultra Running
I love running as a past time and enjoy the occasional race on the trails or in the mountains. In 2018 I finished Leadville in 28 hours 32 minutes. Here's a photo from the course.
