Hi! I am Andrew - engineering director with 10+ years in software development & engineering management positions and track record of leading X-functional teams to launch award-winning products.

I used to wear many hats: SWE, Director of Engineering, VP of Engineering / CTO, co-founder of startup, Managing Partner of agency focused on creating complex IT-solutions for clients.

• worked in large financial institutions and in/with small startups;
• had full P&L responsibility;
• managed mid-sized remote distributed X-functional teams (SWE, DevOps, QA, UI/UX, PMs) of up to 50 employees;
• built high performing teams – attracted, interviewed, developed & retained top talent;
• set up engineering teams with low management overhead, transparent and accountable culture, and "extreme ownership" of their project/product;
• built own startup from scratch, as well as products for many VC-backed startups or corporations;
• non-dogmatic Agile adopter: inspired by Kanban, Andon Cord and "extreme ownership";

• To learn more about my career path, or discuss opportunities, see my LinkedIn profile
• ARENA.STREAM is a recent startup me and my partner were busy with. It's a product for streamers to engage with their audience and advertisers, earn money, grow and be discovered. Crunchbase
• I am an early adopter and fan of GitLab; my "code contributions" over years could be tracked there
• I used StackOverflow a lot, and contributed to community