Summary
Andrew Newlands is a technology executive and founder with over 8 years of professional experience leading the design and delivery of FinTech and synthetic monitoring products. As CTO and co-creator of 2 Steps, he blends hands-on systems programming (Rust, C/C++, C#, WebAssembly) with architecture and operational ownership across Linux, Windows and AWS CI/CD. He has deep expertise in real-time market data, low-latency analytics and message-bus architectures, having designed multi-asset data models in KDB+ and built DevOps/process automation at scale. Known for pragmatic leadership, Andrew moves between product strategy and writing core product code, including computer-vision based UI monitoring and low-level automation components. He holds advanced computer science and applied finance degrees, which inform a rare combination of technical depth and market-facing product judgement. Outside the obvious, he routinely implements bespoke integrations (Ansible, Splunk, custom extensions) that bridge operations, monitoring and analytics in production.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Applied Finance, Masters Applied Finance at Kaplan Professional
The University of Melbourne