Andy R. Schmitz

Founder / CEO

• Grew an idea from inception, to prototype, to business plan, to Minimum Viable Product
• Engineered a PostgreSQL database and app server, containing 160 M rows and 52 GB in size
• Developed a Svelte/Node front-end application, and the DevOps toolchain for Azure Cloud

Principal Product Owner - Market Data

Continued to lead Market Data, but moved into a larger role guiding multi-team initiatives

• Nominated for the "I'm an Ally" award in: 2020'Q3, 2021'Q2, and 2023'Q2
• Successfully lead a 3 team, 2 year modernization and vendor migration project
• Completed a disaster recovery initiative, expanding Market Data to a new datacenter
• Continued to serve the Market Data team, and acted as a quote-compliance SME

Senior Product Owner - Market Data

Managed the systems that are co-located with Wall Street servers and process $300B+ in transactions per day, and served as an SME for business operations, market, and data needs

• Guided a team of 7, managed the backlog, and defined the multi-year roadmap
• Saved $4.3MM annually by migrating DC operations and restructuring data feeds
• Scaled system capacity by roughly 4x, while cutting infrastructure in half

Senior Analyst - Product Management

• Managed a team of five, owning the data channel providing govt. tariff updates
• Staffed a tariff working group translating executive orders into FTA rules and guidence
• Owned our BI and Visibility suite, working with Sales to refine it's position in the market
• Developed and maintained a supplier communication and audit platform

Analyst - Product Management

• Identified and automated inefficiencies, eliminating 25.1 man-months per year
• Automated a client project, eliminating 5.8 to 10.1 man-months of labor costs
• Audited FTA compliance data, identified gaps, developed an automated solution

Software Developer

Lead developer for Global Classification, the central hub database for all other products

• Proposed and built auto-classification algorithms, featured on marketing brochures
• Architected a data network and rules engine, allowing data sharing between sites

Technical Director

• Served as a core staffer through three elections, coordinating websites, mailing lists, email campaigns, handling donations, editing media content, attending fundraising events, etc.

Technical Consultant

• Consulted for two other candidates, through three general elections
• Provided technical support to the county party, incl. each year for annual precinct meetings
• Managed online voting systems for a digital conference with 370 attendees