Andy Webb
Founder at Webventures.ai
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolAndy Webb is a seasoned technology and media executive and founder based in Barcelona with two decades of experience leading product, engineering, and strategy across media, telecoms and AI data businesses. He has launched and scaled global streaming products and subscription services at the BBC, built early OTT and SaaS media platforms at Arqiva and Sky, and drove go-to-market and product strategies for AI data and annotation tools at Defined.ai. Comfortable at the intersection of product, partnerships and engineering, he has repeatedly moved organisations from concept to commercial launch in multiple continents. His background in telecoms and standards work (Huawei, ZTE) gives him rare depth in infrastructure and compliance for consumer-facing digital services. Currently founding Webventures.ai after a VP Product role at Softonic, he combines startup growth experience with enterprise-grade delivery. Colleagues would note his knack for turning complex technical roadmaps into monetisable products across diverse markets.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate International Business, Post Graduate International Business at University of LiverpoolElectrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Blackburn College (UK)
English
Github Skills (14)
lucene10
search-engine10
information-retrieval10
backend10
solr10
nosql10
java10
apache9
rewrite-rules9
elasticsearch9
query-parser8
preprocessor5
utm5
machine-learning4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
andywebb1975/solr
Feb 2022 - Feb 2025
Apache Solr open-source search software
Contributions:229 pushes, 51 branches in 3 years
solrapachesearch-engineelasticsearchapache-solr
andywebb1975/lucene-solr
Sep 2019 - Oct 2020
Mirror of Apache Lucene + Solr
Contributions:2 PRs, 118 pushes, 55 branches in 1 year 1 month
solrapachelucenejavaapache-lucene
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