Summary
Andre Norton is a founder and software engineer based in Chicago with five years of experience building product and technical strategy across startups and major tech firms. He combines hands-on engineering internships at Microsoft, Expedia and Northwestern's TIDAL Lab with strategic project management work at Scale AI, giving him both implementation chops and cross-functional delivery experience. His stint as a Sales Advisor at Tesla provides customer-facing product insight that informs his approach to sustainable solutions. A YC Startup School participant, Andre is currently leading a stealth venture focused on environmental impact and clean technologies. He moves comfortably between code, strategy, and go-to-market execution, favoring practical, scalable solutions that deliver measurable environmental benefit.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Startup School, Startup School at Y Combinator
Computer Science, Computer Science at Northwestern University
English, Portuguese, German