Summary
Andrew Vanasse is a seasoned software leader and founder with 17 years of hands-on experience building web platforms and integrations, currently serving as Founder and CTO of ScopeStack. A dedicated Rubyist, he has designed and delivered APIs, messaging systems, and ETL pipelines across Rails and Sinatra stacks while integrating Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis in production. His background spans technical leadership roles—from Director of Engineering to senior developer and co‑founder—where he stabilized legacy systems, led re-architectures, and shipped versioned JSON APIs to ease migrations. He pairs deep backend expertise with practical front-end work in JavaScript/CoffeeScript and has created reusable Ruby gems and middleware used in communications and MVNO billing workflows. Notably, his career includes moving an AS/400 judicial system toward a modern web replacement and inventing a digital-sign content pipeline that reduced operational friction for B2B customers. Based in Greer, SC, he brings entrepreneurial grit, pragmatic testing practices, and a knack for turning brittle systems into maintainable, scalable services.
17 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
MA Biblical Studies, MA Biblical Studies at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Cornell University