Growing up in the Azores Islands, Francisco moved to Canada in 1976. After moving to Canada, Francisco spent 16 years working for other companies, before starting a soft seating manufacturing company, Azores Furniture. Every original design was carefully crafted and developed by him. Although more designers have been introduced to the team, Francisco's craftsmanship-like skill continues to play a large part in improving and introducing designs. Francisco has the eye to take a simple intangible image and turn it into a tangible reality. And not only that but every detail of the design is also considered to ensure every product has the maximum quality and cleanability. Even after the ownership change to Flexxform Designs, Francisco is still a vital part of the Flexxform team, coaching, improving, and designing!