Andrew Hedges Email & Phone Number

Dulles, Virginia, United States

Succeeded at many customer projects over my entire employed history with either new or expanded government and government-related contracts. • Manager and sometimes one-man army responsible for full stack, web applications. Most recently, created and productized a promising prototype into lucrative opportunity.• Onsite, consummate professional performing product demos, in-person training, and user assistance. Positive customer feedback has helped win new and follow-on business.•… Show more Succeeded at many customer projects over my entire employed history with either new or expanded government and government-related contracts. • Manager and sometimes one-man army responsible for full stack, web applications. Most recently, created and productized a promising prototype into lucrative opportunity.• Onsite, consummate professional performing product demos, in-person training, and user assistance. Positive customer feedback has helped win new and follow-on business.• Written FFP/LOE contract proposals. Worked on business development opportunities with fellow consulting companies. Show less

With a background in both business and engineering, Andrew spearheaded the inception of NetRef for Verite Educational Systems. NetRef is the first-ever Internet management tool that safeguards all web access points across a school's network and on all imported devices. NetRef can be found in 15 states and growing.• Program Manager. Created vision for NetRef. Led team of 7 with short term and long term planning and instituted a variety of processes seen in most startups… Show more With a background in both business and engineering, Andrew spearheaded the inception of NetRef for Verite Educational Systems. NetRef is the first-ever Internet management tool that safeguards all web access points across a school's network and on all imported devices. NetRef can be found in 15 states and growing.• Program Manager. Created vision for NetRef. Led team of 7 with short term and long term planning and instituted a variety of processes seen in most startups including processes for business development, sales, marketing, software development, operations, and QA.• Marketing. Created and installed the marketing plan. Created messaging. Worked with EdTech Marketing firm to craft detailed marketing plan and strategies. Led and participated in viral marketing campaigns including Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and G+. Crafted Conference strategies including booth layout, messaging, and demo capabilities. Participated in EdTech Conferences that led to sales leads and partnership opportunities. Wrote script and created a demo video using CamStudio software. Led visual design consultants to create marketing material including datasheets, mailing slips, and marketing displays.• Website. Led consultants in designing the website (net-ref.com). Tracked visits and leads in Google Analytics. Regularly updated WordPress website with press releases, mentions, and news. • Sales. Created initial sales process. Procured Insightly for CRM. Hired sales director. Regularly participated in new sales meeting with leads by either leading meeting, providing technical expertise, and giving demos.• Development. Led the software development team to create the software behind NetRef. Instituted agile development process. Scrum master. Provided insight on the intuitive UI/UX. Wrote most of the front end code in JavaScript, Java and HTML.NetRef was sold to Linewize and Family Zone Company in 2021 Show less

Project Manager for the largest project in division. Grew an initial $500k contract into $7 million a year (potentially $44 million over 3 years). Provided the vision and leadership to develop an innovative, groundbreaking, enterprise system that includes massive data storage, data search, data retrieval, obfuscation, and server-client paradigms. On easy terms with customer, in which consultations facilitated the growth of current products and provided opportunities for promotion and growth… Show more Project Manager for the largest project in division. Grew an initial $500k contract into $7 million a year (potentially $44 million over 3 years). Provided the vision and leadership to develop an innovative, groundbreaking, enterprise system that includes massive data storage, data search, data retrieval, obfuscation, and server-client paradigms. On easy terms with customer, in which consultations facilitated the growth of current products and provided opportunities for promotion and growth of new business. Personally researched, interviewed, and hired key personnel. Monitored contract finances to ensure proper spending. Developed, kept, and met detailed feature schedules in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment. Oversaw and participated in all phases of agile development process including cultivating functional requirements, technical requirements, creating use case models, mock GUIs, network diagrams, utilizing senior development experience to model prototypes, class diagrams, technical designs, design reviews, code reviews, unit testing, and regression testing. Created popular, detailed visual documents for marketing, sales, and training. Annually received bonus for performance. Show less

Mba, Business

Bach, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Sigma