What Andrew does

Andrew is responsible for all aspects of technical development, project management, and client care: the Design team undertake brand development as well print and web design. The Production team focus on the technical aspects of building the sites, while the Technical team are responsible for hosting and development of the Content Management System.

As joint-MD he shares financial and strategic management with David Gilroy (who he occasionally tries to beat at golf).

What Andrew used to do

Andrew has worked at the forefront of Internet development for the past 16 years. He was Managing Director of CompuServe UK before becoming European General Manager at a time when CompuServe was Europe's largest internet access provider with over 1,000,000 members. He left (with David Gilroy) to become co-founders of Sift - an Internet technology business focussed on the professional services sector. From 1996 to 2004 Sift attracted £7m of venture capital investment and spawned several successful divisions most notably PracticeWEB (that builds and operates websites for over 450 accounting firms) and AccountingWEB (that delivers web services to over 150,000 accountants in the UK).

Andrew's early career was as an IT consultant with Coopers and Lybrand, (now PWC) where he worked in America with US software giants such as HP, Amdahl and Digital. He has an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University.

What Andrew would rather be doing

Sailing.

Andrew - Fact or Fiction? So, how much do you think you know about anything. Test your understanding using the quiz below:
	Fact	Fiction
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth
There are about 100 stars for every grain of sand on Earth
The first transatlantic cable was laid in 1866 by SS Great Eastern
The SS Great Eastern could carry 4,000 passengers and travel around the world without refuelling
Andrew has worked with David Gilroy for 15 years.
It's entirely sensible to try to spend your way out of a recession
The pen is more powerful than the sword
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