Andy Gandara launched his career as a hands-on product builder, mastering the fundamentals of utility and scalable development through a series of independent app projects. This foundational experience in creating data-visualization and consumer-facing tools quickly accelerated his trajectory, leading him to a role as an iOS Engineer at Starbucks (2019–2025).

With this dual background in agile, full-stack product development and high-level corporate engineering, Andy excels at blending deep technical expertise with strategic product building for high-growth, consumer-facing tech platforms.