Andrew Drane

Senior Software Engineer II at Crayon

Andrew Drane has a diverse work experience in various roles spanning from 2001 to 2016. Andrew started their career as an Intern Architect at Perry and Radford Architect in 2001 and worked there until 2005. Andrew then founded their own company, Drane Designs, where they focused on Ruby on Rails web development for small to medium-sized businesses from 2005 to 2009. During this time, they also volunteered and organized events at the Boston PHP Meetup.

In 2009, Andrew joined BetterLesson as a Lead Developer, where they developed a Software as Service application for K-12 teachers. While working at BetterLesson, they achieved significant milestones such as bringing the application from a prototype to over 20k daily users and securing a $3.5 Million Gates grant.

In 2013, Andrew worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Media Armor, a cross-channel analytics advertising company. Media Armor was later acquired by Nomi in March 2014. Later that year, they joined NetProspex/Dun and Bradstreet, where they held the role of Technical Lead/Sr. Software Engineer and later became the Manager of Application Development. Their responsibilities included managing development teams, coordinating with product managers and management, and integrating with third-party applications.

Andrew then moved on to Placester, Inc. in 2015 as a Senior Software Engineer. During their tenure, they supported and grew the Sites application, facilitating the onboarding of 100,000 new customers from partnerships with Keller Williams and Re/Max Integra.

Most recently, Andrew worked at Crayon.co as a Senior Software Engineer II. Andrew was involved in application development using Python, Django, React.js, and JavaScript.

Throughout their career, Andrew has demonstrated proficiency in various technologies, including Python, Django, React.js, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and more. Andrew has experience in managing teams, coordinating projects, and delivering results in different organizations.

Andrew Drane received their Bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University, where they studied from 1997 to 2001. Later, they attended Harvard Extension School from 2006 to 2010. However, specific information about their degree name or field of study is not provided.

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Timeline

  • Senior Software Engineer II

    May, 2016 - present