Philip Francis joined Knight in April 2001 He has served as systems administrator, manager of the IT help desk as well as programmer/analyst, a position where he contributed to a wide range of projects, including streamlining the grant request process by allowing the foundation to accept and review grantee applications online. Francis is now Knight's director of infrastructure and support. He previously worked as manager of product development for the Dolphin Stadium IT department where he led the project to install and support the largest point of sale implementation in the U.S.