Andrew Judd
Web Developer & Software Engineer
15+ years of experience building web applications
Technical Skills
AI & Tooling
Claude AI (context engineering, CLAUDE.md patterns)
Prompt Engineering
AI-assisted development workflows
CI/CD & Source Control
Git
GitLab CI
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Azure DevOps
Subversion
Team Foundation Server
Cloud Technologies
AWS (ECS, ECR, EC2, S3, Fargate, RDS, Lambda, SES)
Docker
Digital Ocean
Linode
Database
SQL (MySQL, T-SQL)
PostgreSQL
Redis
SSAS
SSIS
SSDT
Frameworks
Laravel
VueJS
Angular
jQuery
Ionic Framework
Electron
NestJS
Operating Systems
Windows
macOS
Linux
Practices
Code Review
Agile/Scrum (CSM)
Clean Architecture
SOLID Principles
Programming Languages
C
C++
C#
Java
Visual Basic
VB.NET
Python
R
Scripting
AutoIT
Bash
PowerShell
Testing
PHPUnit
Jest
XUnit
MSTest
JUnit
HP Quality Center
TDD
Automated Testing
Web Technologies
JavaScript/TypeScript
PHP
ASP.NET
CSS
Experience
Director of Technology
Blade Air
- Served as sole technical leader for an organization of 30, reporting directly to the CEO and owning technology strategy beyond software development
- Partnered with business stakeholders to identify priorities, define requirements, and deliver solutions that balanced customer needs with technical health
- Built a web-based ROI calculator replacing manual Excel workflows, improving efficiency by 200%
- Developed an integrated quoting tool connecting HubSpot, Katana, and AWS SES, reducing manual effort by 40% and streamlining the quote-to-PO pipeline
- Designed and implemented RESTful APIs powering multi-step business workflows and data-rich decision surfaces
- Championed AI-assisted development practices, establishing documented patterns (CLAUDE.md) for repeatable, responsible AI-augmented workflows
- Evaluated and selected technology vendors; consolidated and simplified the organization's technology tooling, navigating change management while improving operational reliability
- Tech stack: .NET, PHP/Laravel, JavaScript, Python
startup
cleantech
leadership
Principal Software Developer
Blade Air
- Practiced TDD for implementation of new developer-facing APIs with comprehensive automated test coverage
- Built cross-platform mobile and desktop applications using Vue.js (Ionic and Electron), delivering responsive UIs for non-technical end users
- Completed migration to AWS ECS enabling auto-scaling of production applications on Linux containers
- Partnered with product and business stakeholders to prioritize features and translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
startup
cleantech
Principal Software Developer
CleanAir.ai
- Led a team of software and hardware engineers building IoT-enabled health-tech air filtration systems used in clinical and commercial environments
- Practiced TDD for implementation of new developer-facing APIs with comprehensive automated test coverage
- Built cross-platform mobile and desktop applications using Vue.js (Ionic and Electron), delivering responsive UIs for non-technical end users
- Completed migration to AWS ECS enabling auto-scaling of production applications; monitored system health and operational reliability in AWS
- Partnered with product and business stakeholders to prioritize features and translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
iot
startup
cleantech
Lead Software Developer (Part Time)
CleanAir.ai
- Collaborated with founders to define product vision and design application architecture from the ground up
- Built architecture ensuring data security and scalability; set up automated CI/CD pipelines
- Guided students through firmware implementation for IoT devices (ESP826/ESP32)
- Built the initial cross-platform mobile application using Ionic Framework and Vue.js
- Maintained code quality through a structured code review process
iot
startup
cleantech
Education
University of Guelph
Bachelor of Science - Computing and Information Science (Co-op)
Johns Hopkins University (Coursera)
Data Science Specialization
Toastmasters International
Advanced Leader Bronze, Competent Communicator
- Sergeant at Arms, Vice President of Education, Mentorship Chair
Certifications
Fundamentals of Ansible
Red Hat
2025
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT
Vanderbilt University
2025
OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants
Vanderbilt University
2025
AI Agents and Agentic AI Architecture in Python
Vanderbilt University
2025
AI Agents and Agentic AI with Python & Generative AI
Vanderbilt University
2025
Building Data Lakes on AWS
Amazon Web Services
2025
Architecting Solutions on AWS
Amazon Web Services
2025
AWS Cloud Technical Essentials
Amazon Web Services
2025
Agile Project Management
2025
Google Project Management Professional Certificate (v2)
Coursera
2025
Project Execution: Running the Project
2025
Project Planning: Putting It All Together
2025
Foundations of Project Management
2024
Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project
2024
Negotiating with Agility
2019
People Analytics
Coursera
2017
Database Management Essentials
Coursera
2017
Operations Analytics
Coursera
2017
Customer Analytics
Coursera
2017
Data Science Specialization
Coursera
2016
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
2015
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
2015
AWS Cloud Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - Business Intelligence and Maintenance
Microsoft
2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - SQL Server 2008
Microsoft
2011
Technology Specialist - .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
Microsoft
2011