Andrew Nelson
Founder at Orthogonal
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Nelson is a founder and seasoned software leader with nine years of professional experience building product-led startups and engineering teams from zero to scale. Currently leading Orthogonal, he is developing NOUS, an open-source, locally-stationed agent orchestration kernel focused on self-awareness, security, and auditability to give users sovereign control over AI agents. Previously as CTO and Director of Technology & Product Design at Legible he modernized legacy systems, integrated AI across products, and cut infrastructure costs while improving reliability. He has hands-on front-end chops demonstrated by contributions to a Next.js/React open-source portfolio project and a track record of founding and exiting product companies, including scaling My Supply Co. to $1.6M ARR. Based in Vancouver, Andrew blends product intuition, engineering rigor, and operational experience to ship secure, auditable systems. An early maker who ran a brick-and-mortar electronics shop, he brings practical ownership mindset to ambitious, privacy-first AI infrastructure.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Frank Hurt Secondary SchoolBritish Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Github Skills (9)
javascript10
nextjs10
scs10
react10
sc10
io9
html9
cs39
css9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
atlamors/portfolio
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
An open source portfolio site built on Nextjs and React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:164 commits, 63 PRs, 133 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Andrew's contributions primarily involved developing and modifying front-end components for a portfolio website built using Next.js and React. They made changes to the appearance and layout of various sections, including hero, about, and technical sections. The user also updated the styling using SCSS modules and made minor structural adjustments, indicating a focus on UI/UX and front-end development tasks.
nextjsreactnextjs-template
orthogonalhq/nous-core
Feb 2026 - Jul 2026
NueOS is a local-first Agent OS application for everyday people and families.
Contributions:2 reviews, 101 PRs, 524 pushes in 4 months
ai-agentscognitive-architecturelocal-firstmemory-systemmodel-agnostic
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