Summary
Andy Miller is a Platform Engineering Manager with 13+ years of engineering leadership experience who combines hands-on architecture and implementation skills with proven team-building and operational excellence. Currently leading Enterprise Integration Services at Thrivent, he specializes in microservices and messaging patterns (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and has stewarded integration and supply-chain platforms at organizations like Target, Gravie, and Ameriprise. He is equally comfortable in code and organization design—fluent in Java/Groovy/Clojure ecosystems, CI/CD and cloud deployments—while prioritizing test-driven development and production stability. A passionate mentor and process optimizer, Andy is known for accurate estimation, pragmatic re-engineering, and guiding teams through fast-paced change. Beyond the office he pursues niche research in mandolin-family instruments with the Hillside Consortium, a detail that reflects his curiosity and affinity for collaborative, low-profile projects.
13 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at Kent State University
B.A. Mathematics and Computer Science minor in Physics, B.A. Mathematics and Computer Science minor in Physics at Gustavus Adolphus College