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 am a former moderator on 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

10 Soft Skills to Look For in Senior Software Developers

Posted on Sun 26 June 2022 in Leadership • Tagged with job, meta, leadership

My thoughts on the top soft skills senior software developers need to be successful, republished from Woven


Time and Gas saved by switching to remote work

Posted on Sun 12 June 2022 in Jobs • Tagged with job, meta

Nearing 5 years of full time remote, a look back on what this has saved me in terms of time commuting and gas


The Other Side of the Mirror: How I Went from Woven Client to Woven Employee

Posted on Sat 04 June 2022 in Jobs • Tagged with job, meta, leadership

My conversation with Woven on how I went from one of their customers to their Director of Engineering


Run Sanic on Heroku

Posted on Thu 19 May 2022 in Technical Solutions • Tagged with technical

A quick guide on how to launch a small Sanic application on Heroku


Review of GitLab's 'How to Manage a Remote Team' Coursera course

Posted on Mon 26 October 2020 in Review • Tagged with review, technical, learning, leadership

My review of Gitlab's Coursera course on managing a remote team and workforce


Rise Gardens Review

Posted on Fri 29 May 2020 in Review • Tagged with review, garden, hydroponics

The end of the series about Rise Gardens. What is my final opinion?


Rise Gardens App/Subscription Improvement suggestions

Posted on Sun 24 May 2020 in Review • Tagged with review, garden, hydroponics

Several suggestion for the Rise Gardens app, their subscription service and product as a whole.


Rise Gardens physical improvements suggestions

Posted on Tue 05 May 2020 in Review • Tagged with review, garden, hydroponics

Everything is set up and sprouting. While I'm waiting for a harvest, I have some thoughts on how to make the new garden even better.


Planting the first crop in the Rise Garden

Posted on Fri 01 May 2020 in Review • Tagged with review, garden, hydroponics

Planting the first crop in the garden


Assembling the Rise Garden

Posted on Sun 26 April 2020 in Review • Tagged with review, garden, hydroponics

Assemble the new Rise Garden