Andy Blackwell
Principal Software Engineer at Aditude, Inc.
Maryville, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAndy Blackwell is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in AdTech, header bidding and Prebid.js, PHP/Laravel backends, and high-traffic social app platforms. He blends deep ad-platform knowledge (DFP/GAM) and Facebook API expertise with practical skills across MySQL, BigQuery, frontend technologies, and product-focused R&D. Comfortable leading architecture and mentoring teams, Andy has a track record of evolving real-time bidding stacks and customizing prebid cores to drive revenue and retention. His background includes running small businesses and teaching music, which surfaces in a pragmatic, creative approach to product problems and client communication. Based in Maryville, Illinois, he currently shapes engineering direction at Aditude after principal engineering roles at Gateway Blend and Multiply.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Farmington High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Music Performance, Jazz, Bachelor of Science (BS), Music Performance, Jazz at Southern Illinois University, EdwardsvilleMusic Performance, Music Performance at Mineral Area College
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Github Skills (84)
wordpress10
wordpress-api10
advertising10
plugin10
wordpress-plugin10
javascript9
seo9
laravel9
meta-tags9
server-side9
metadata9
opengraph9
web-components9
appointment9
php9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
andyblackwell/adtech-js-monitoring
Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
Facebook's debug.js (what gets minified into sdk.js), updated every 10 minutes
Contributions:20 commits, 21051 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 3 months
sdkfacebookupdateddebugminutes
andyblackwell/Prebid.js
Aug 2018 - Aug 2024
Setup and manage header bidding advertising partners without writing code or confusing line items. Prebid.js is open source and free.
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 1 month
headerprebidjavascriptconfusingbidding
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