Summary
Andy Hutchins is a Software Engineer II specializing in AdTech with 13 years of experience building high-traffic advertising systems for major media brands like Food Network, HGTV, and Travel Channel. He combines front-end JavaScript craft with backend Node.js/PHP and AWS infrastructure work to deliver scalable ad products, internal tooling, and analytics that prioritize both revenue and user experience. Notable achievements include inventing a "Catch and Release" ad product that boosted viewability above 80% and leading company-wide migrations to Google Ad Manager while authoring the shared JavaScript ad library used across multiple sites. He’s experienced with Freewheel, Prebid.js, VAST, programmatic integrations and privacy compliance (CCPA/CPRA/GDPR), and has reduced operational AWS spend by over 40% through infrastructure optimization. Based in Knoxville, TN, Andy is a pragmatic tinkerer who enjoys turning complex ad ops challenges into measurable improvements and cross-team operational wins.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BBA Computer Information Systems, BBA Computer Information Systems at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)