Andrew Watson
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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SeniorAndrew Watson is a seasoned software engineering leader and Principal Engineer at Cox Automotive, bringing 15+ years of experience across startups, media, and enterprise with a strong track record in architecture and delivery at scale. He has led engineering teams to build innovative products, taught bootcamp cohorts, and founded his own company, demonstrating hands-on craftsmanship paired with strategic execution. An active open-source contributor, he helped enhance Twilio/OpenVBX as a backend developer—adding admin plugin management, fixing UI issues, and enabling hostname customization in recording URLs while updating core schema. His career spans roles at Disney WDPRO, Ionic Security, and Cox Communications, blending telephony with web platforms and driving improvements across payment, checkout, and subscription systems. He holds an MS in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech and a BS in Computer Science from Florida State, and resides in Roswell, Georgia, where he continues to mentor and lead teams.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
php10
codeigniter-310
codeigniter410
codeigniter10
codeigniter310
sql7
api-design5
restful-api5
rest-api5
api-rest5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
twilio/OpenVBX
Jun 2010 - Jul 2011
OpenVBX is a web-based open source phone system for business.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the OpenVBX phone system. Their contributions include adding an admin function for plugin management, fixing a UI issue related to the "View TwiML" button, and implementing the ability to customize the hostname in recording URLs. Furthermore, the user updated the OpenVBX version and schema. These changes demonstrate involvement in core system logic and settings configurations.
web-basedphone
andrewwatson/HackBadgePrezoTimer
Aug 2017 - Jul 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 3 years 11 months
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