Andy Switky
Founder at NOVA Workforce Board
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Switky is the founder of Code Name Collective and a designer-operator who combines over a decade of industry leadership with deep manufacturing and systems expertise to redesign complex sectors like healthcare and finance. Formerly an Associate Partner at IDEO where he launched IDEO Shanghai and led healthcare and manufacturing practices, he pairs Design Thinking with operational rigor to ensure innovations are launch-ready and scalable. He teaches materials, manufacturing, and product realization at Stanford Engineering and has lectured at the d.school, translating academic rigor into practical curricula. Holder of 19 patents with 17 pending, he blends intellectual property and hands-on production know-how to tackle policy, regulatory, and social-determinant challenges. Andy’s work is notable for treating organization design as part of the product — ensuring strategy, service, and supply chain align for measurable impact. Based in Palo Alto, he advises startups and institutions on turning ambitious design ideas into operational reality.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (87)
testing10
shazam10
docker-compose10
redcap10
imagemap10
google-docs10
google-workspace9
google-chat9
gmail9
google-sheets9
hook-framework9
google-tasks9
plugin9
template-engine9
reward9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
susom/redcap-em-public-survey-dag
Jun 2019 - Oct 2023
Assign public survey results to a specific DAG
Contributions:10 releases, 1 review, 3 PRs in 4 years 4 months
dagredcapredcap-external-moduleredcap-repo
susom/redcap-em-shibboleth-esignature
Apr 2019 - Jan 2024
An esignature shibboleth module
Contributions:8 releases, 4 PRs, 22 pushes in 4 years 9 months
redcapredcap-external-moduleesignatureshibbolethredcap-repo
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