Andy Olson

About Andy Olson

I’m an Engineering Manager with 15 years of success driving technical innovation and…

Experience

1. Manager, Engineering

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   May 2022 — Present

   Oversee a team of 5 Quality Engineers supporting a department of 50 Software Engineers• Established industry leading development practices involving accessibility, performance, scalability, and security, significantly mitigating risk and ensuring compliance with contractual requirements• Manage compliance requirements, customer expectations, and strategic alignment to acquire a large-scale contract with the state of Tennessee’s Center for Medicaid Services• Oversaw a major system upgrade from Python 2 to Python 3, resulting in 0% service disruption and 10%+ p98 performance improvement for the company’s top 80% of workflows• Led the transition and implementation from entirely manual regression testing to a framework with 80% automated regression testing • Manage compliance requirements, resource allocation, task prioritization, and system and team performance standards• Collaborate with executive leadership and cross-functional departments to develop and implement quality processes and standards that achieve organizational objectives• Grew the Quality Engineering team from 1 to 5, upskilling promotable employees through the company’s engineering mentorship program and professional development opportunities

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Capstone Certificate, Computer Science

  2015

• Lawrence University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Music, Russian and Linguistics; Oboe performance

  2004 — 2009