Who am I?

My name is Andy Wegner.

I lead, grow and mentor engineering teams in many industries. I'm currently VP of Strategic Software at a telecommunications company. I've worked as VP of Software Engineering at another telecom company, Director of Engineering at a transportation logistics company and at a company working to improve the hiring process for engineers. I've been an individual contributor at a large manuafacturing company. I've built global teams of engineers and delivered solutions that impact customers worldwide. I've personally built software that covers every aspect of a product's lifecycle in multiple industries.

I was the community owner of Team Vipers for 5 years. Vipers was a gaming community, focused mainly around Team Fortress 2, but we dabbled in other games for brief periods of time. I helped the community prosper. I also built a lot of software to help me in managing the community.

I am an elected Moderator on Stack Overflow and participate across the rest of the Stack Exchange network. I moderate Community Building and Hardware Recommendations as well. I've also built a few tools to help keep the low quality content off the Stack Exchange network.


Recent Posts

...and then there was a backup server

Posted on Mon 12 February 2018 in Side Activities • Tagged with technical

Technical discussion about the new backup server


Well, there goes my data...

Posted on Sat 27 January 2018 in Side Activities • Tagged with technical

Learn from my mistake and test your backups


How I found an awesome remote only job

Posted on Tue 28 November 2017 in Jobs • Tagged with job, technical

A brief walkthrough of my job hunting process


Review of Udemy's AWS Serverless APIs & Apps - A Complete Introduction course

Posted on Fri 20 October 2017 in Review • Tagged with review, technical, learning

My review of the AWS Serverless APIs & Apps course on Udemy.


Collecting Diamonds on Stack Exchange

Posted on Fri 18 August 2017 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

I've picked up a couple moderation diamonds recently. A reflection on the Stack Overflow election.


A reflection on my decade at Caterpillar

Posted on Mon 31 July 2017 in Jobs • Tagged with job

My career at Caterpillar has come to an end. This is a reflection on the last decade.


Review of Udemy's Python and Django Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp course

Posted on Wed 28 June 2017 in Review • Tagged with review, technical, learning

My review of the Python and Django Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp course on Udemy.


Stack Overflow's Problem - Feedback from an experienced user

Posted on Mon 22 May 2017 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange

Stack Overflow has made several poor decisions in the past few years. I have feedback as an experienced community member on how those decisions are perceived


Review of Udemy's Deep Learning Prerequisites - Linear and Logistic Regression courses

Posted on Wed 03 May 2017 in Review • Tagged with review, technical, learning

My review of the Deep Learning Prerequisites - Linear and Logistic Regression courses on Udemy.


Choosing an ORM library for a new project

Posted on Wed 26 April 2017 in Technical Solutions • Tagged with technical, programming

A discussion about how a team picked an ORM library for a new project.