Andy is a technology optimist and 19x CEO. He is the co-founder & CEO of Ionic Partners as well as the CEO of 2 recent acquisitions by Ionic - Gigster & Sparkrock. Prior to co-founding Ionic Partners - Andy created and ran a $1B division of ESW Capital called Think3. Through this fund - Andy has purchased and was the CEO of 12 enterprise software companies - Engine Yard, DNN Corp, Kayako, Bizness Apps, FogBugz, MyAlerts, School Loop, Agemni, SLI Systems, Infinio, Sococo and StreetSmart. Prior to Think3 - Andy founded one of the largest online talent marketplaces - spanning over 130 countries. Crossover grew from scratch to over $500m/yr in revenue before being acquired. Andy also created the world’s only non-profit rideshare - which completed over 3M rides in 4 years. Through the non-profit model - RideAustin was been able to innovate with local organizations to help solve transportation issues - including driving underprivileged patients to doctors visits, Veterans to their jobs and medical visits, elimination of underutilized bus lines and enabled local charities to raise $450k in donations through the Round-Up feature - also first in the industry. Andy is a Board member of the Texas High Speed rail - working to bring the first high speed rail to the United States, serves as a Delegate in the US-Japan Leadership Program - bringing together key leaders from US & Japan, and founded a local Japanese school in Austin called the Japanese Heritage Academy. Previously, Andy started and sold 2 software startups, spent 14 years running strategy at Intel Corporation, and was also an advisor to the US White House on the future of jobs and engineering talent. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Illinois and a MBA from Rice University.