Andrew Cole is an engineering leader and founder with 11 years of experience building and scaling web and mobile platforms, and eight years leading multiple engineering teams through large technical projects. He led the Android Launcher & Widgets team at Google—helping shape the homescreen experience used by billions—after driving major platform and organizational initiatives at startups like Forge and his own companies. Comfortable from full-stack product refactors and front-end data visualizations to performance management and hiring, he combines hands-on engineering with people leadership and M&A planning. He favors simplicity, disciplined pacing, and rigorous communication as guiding philosophies, and has repeatedly turned complex systems into maintainable architectures. Based in San Francisco, he pairs a physics/mathematics background with a track record of shipping pragmatic, SEO- and performance-focused solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Physics Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree Physics Mathematics at University of Mary Washington
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