Summary
Andrew D is a veteran tech executive and serial entrepreneur with 11+ years of formal experience and a multi-decade track record of building and scaling software and companies across startups and giants like VMware and Salesforce. He has shipped 20+ products—about ten leveraging AI/ML—and led teams from small startups to organizations of hundreds, including building global engineering groups spanning the US and China. As founder of Celential.ai (acquired) and now President of Datastrato, he focuses on AI-native metadata, data platforms, and product-led GTM in data-intensive domains such as proptech, security, and pricing optimization. A pragmatic leader who moves between hands-on architecture and CEO-level strategy, he’s also an active advisor and community builder (AI Vanguard Collective) helping founders navigate product, scaling, and go-to-market challenges. An early entrant to Tsinghua University at age 12, he brings unusual technical depth paired with repeated exits and enterprise-scale delivery.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Computer Science, Master's Computer Science at University at Albany
Bachelor's Computer Science, Bachelor's Computer Science at Tsinghua University
Chinese, English