About
I am an experienced technologist who has lead teams of developers to achieve new heights in many areas including retail, eCommerce, financial services for de novo bank startups to global financial services firms.
I take pride in mentoring talented teams exceeding expectations, ensuring that the latest languages, design patterns, and best patterns are adopted.
I have worked in the Apple ecosystem since 2010 having attended my first Apple Tech talk in 2006 in Dedham Massachussets, first with an independent app called Classwand that I featured at MacWorld in 2010, to a finalist in the UBS Innovation Challenge in 2011, ultimately to leading powerhouse of teams doing work for the some of the most well known and largest brands.
I have also worked with Full Stack including back end microservices, and front end with React and Angular for example.
Since 2001 when I started at PaineWebber (now UBS), I take pride in all of the impactful work over the years writing software in over fifteen programming languages.
Projects have included a wide spectrum from mobile and full websites, apps for iOS and Android, with services projects with numerous cloud pipelines and containerized deployments.
I am committed to the success of each and every project, building cohesive teams to bring the best to your project. I am committed to growth of the team building highly motivated and agile deliverables quickly and with attention to code quality and test coverage.
My work has contributed to rankings by Gartner and Most Innovative Companies:
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate (Early Adopter)
Credential: Develop generative AI solutions with Azure OpenAI Service
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 2000 - Certification number: 0A55B8-6V4593
In 2018, my team and my work at Skava was recognized by Gartner Magic Quadrant as #1 for flexibility:
In 2014 in part with my work on the iPad ordering platform Fast Company named OTG #46 in Top 50 Most Innovative Companies
Finalist UBS Innovation Challenge for iPad (Third Place overall of 210 entrants and First Place in iPad category) September 2010
Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC 2010,2011, 2013,2014) Attendee
MacWorld Expo Exhibitor Feb. 2010, Classfolio featured on Macbreak (http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak287)
Mentor for UBS Graduate Training Program
Work cited by the New York Times and other news outlets:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/business/at-la-guardia-delta-uses-ipads-to-fill-the-wait-time.htmlhttps://www.theverge.com/2014/11/20/7254931/how-ipads-are-making-airports-less-miserable-places
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/11/26/msp-airport-wins-award-for-best-food-beverage-program/
I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for your exceptional work developing DMS functionality in a quick turnaround. Your dedication, expertise, and professionalism have significantly impacted our team and our overall success.
— Durgesh Sakhardande, Senior Manager Technology Consulting EY April 2024
“I immediately called Andy to help me find the right solution. Andy worked hard on this throughout the weekend, running ideas by me on how best to implement a creative solution within our existing design framework, while ensuring my team could manage the content and digital assets via the CMA. The solution he came up with incorporated some of the new brand from the original microsite design and fulfilled our requirements. By taking this approach we saved almost $50,000 that would have been spent on creating the site with external resources and manual upkeep through June. It’s not often unsung heroes get praise and Andy’s expertise, diligence and dedication certainly deserve some..”
— Cheryl Jones, Director Digital and Online Marketing UBS April 2011
“I couldn’t have done it without you.”
— Albert Lee, CTO OTG Management 2014