Summary
Andrew Drake is a founder and freelance CTO with 11+ years delivering mid-to-large scale web and SaaS systems across fintech, healthcare, e-commerce and digital media. He combines hands-on engineering and architecture with strategic CTO-level guidance, having built commercial asset-finance CRMs, secure AWS medical consent platforms, and high-growth e-commerce solutions that drove a client from thousands to $1M annual online sales. Comfortable operating as an outsourced technology team, he excels at translating stakeholder requirements into pragmatic, budget-aligned product roadmaps and secure production systems. His background spans technical business analysis in investment banking through to bootstrapping a music streaming platform that reached 300k users and 10M+ streams, giving him rare experience across product, marketing and operations. Based in Sydney, he brings Silicon Valley-calibre project management and a knack for turning constrained resources into scalable, revenue-driving technology.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Sydney
Diploma, Audio Enginering, Digital Media, Diploma, Audio Enginering, Digital Media at SAE Institute Australia