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John Paul Francis

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Founder at Microscape

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMicroscape

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About

John Paul Francis is Head of Research at Schemata, Inc., where he works on spatial intelligence applications. His prior experience includes roles as a 360 video producer, virtual reality game developer, deep learning and biomedical imaging researcher, and founder.

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Experience

  1. Schemata, Inc.Head of Researchcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Schemata, Inc.Founding Spatial Computing Engineercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  3. FinchConsultant2025New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. Microscape Inc.Co-Founder and CTO2023 — 2025Los Angeles, California, United States
  5. UtopiaCompression CorporationMachine Learning Engineer2022 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
  6. University of Southern CaliforniaGraduate Research Assistant, Computer Science2018 — 2023Los Angeles, California
  7. Specular Theory, Inc.Contract Software Developer, Director of Photography2017 — 2021Venice, CA
  8. IBMJoint Study Research Scientist2019 — 2020San Jose, California
  9. STRIVRDirector Of Photography2018Playa Del Rey, California
  10. Sundance InstituteResearcher2017Greater Los Angeles Area
  11. USA TODAYVR Producer2016 — 2017
  12. Grounded LACTO2016 — 2017Greater Los Angeles Area
  13. xRez StudiosProduction Contractor2016Santa Monica, California
  14. USC Institute for Creative TechnologiesMxR Studio VR Developer2016
  15. `Freelance Web Developer2014 — 2016
  16. ALTON CREATIVE, INC.Web Developer2014Silver Spring, MD
  17. National GeographicProduction Assistant2014Washington, DC
  18. Merchant LinkSoftware Developer Intern2012 — 2013Silver Spring, MD

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Public Speaking2UnityPyTorchTensorFlowPython (Programming Language)Java11C++13HTML13CSS10JavaScript14WordPress8jQuery9
+12 moreObjective-CGithubAdobe Creative SuiteAngularJSPHPMySQLSASSRuby on RailsUnixSpatial ModelingMulti-agent SystemsArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Languages Chinese · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is John Paul Francis?
John Paul Francis is Head of Research at Schemata, Inc., where he works on spatial intelligence applications. His prior experience includes roles as a 360 video producer, virtual reality game developer, deep learning and biomedical imaging researcher, and founder.
Where does John Paul Francis work?
John Paul Francis is Founder of Microscape.
What companies did John Paul Francis found?
John Paul Francis founded Microscape.
Where did John Paul Francis go to school?
John Paul Francis studied at University of Southern California (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); University of Southern California (Bachelor’s Degree, Major in Computer Science/Business Administration); University of Melbourne (Exchange, Information Technology).

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