Andy Ivory

Founder and Chief Technology Officer @Ivory Tower Digital

🔥 Startup Founder✔️ IT💼 C-level Executive🧑‍🔬 EngineerSystem ArchitectFrontend DeveloperProduct ManagerWeb DeveloperSolution IntegratorCPOCTOAdvisorFounderProduct ConsultantComputer engineer

Hello, I am currently a CTO with over 20 years experience in IT working with organizations of all sizes from new startups to large enterprises. I have a passion for getting my hands dirty helping to define an MVP, assembling a team and building mobile and custom software apps. My main area of focus the past few years has been working with a React/ReactNative, Firebase, Node.js and PostgresSQL technology stack across all the major cloud platforms. I have a unique blend of enterprise experience and a customer focus to bridge the gap between product and technology. This helps me bring forward novel ideas/insights, strategic innovations, and take potentially disruptive products to market. I’ve also had the pleasure to have worked across many industries including Product Development, Insurance (P&C, Life, Reinsurance, Health), Telemedicine, Transportation, Financial Services, Global Workforce Mobility and Retail.

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Work Background

Fortium PartnersPartner | CTO

Jun. 2024Raleigh, NCFortium Partners is an IT turnaround firm, providing executive-level guidance to companies that have an immediate need for guidance and support to improve operational efficiency and competitive standing through the effective use of technology. Fortium’s Partners have all served as CIOs and/or CTOs of significant, recognizable companies and possess, on average, 20-30 years of experience helping CEOs, Boards, and Investors lead substantial technology initiatives and solve complex problems. For organizations of all sizes with an IT crisis demanding experienced guidance, Fortium Partners provides the right resources, when and where you need them. Fortium's partners are recognized as being among the world's foremost CIOs and CTOs, having encountered and solved the most challenging complex strategic, operational, and organizational obstacles. Fortium addresses every serious IT situation with industry-leading methods and tactics conducted by small, specialized teams of partners with extraordinary expertise that is otherwise unattainable by our clients. The result? Better outcomes, shorter time to value, at a considerably lower level of risk to our clients

Ivory Tower DigitalFounder and Chief Technology Officer

Aug. 2022Raleigh, NCFractional and Interim CTO services for businesses of all sizes Mobile Application Architecture and Development SaaS Product Innovation

MamavaChief Technology Officer

Jan. 2023 - Feb. 2024Raleigh, North Carolina, United States-Define Mamava’s technology product (app, IOT) vision and strategy that aligns with our business strategy - Create and get cross functional alignment on a technology roadmap that reflects business priorities, resource allocation, and timelines - Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors - Manage engineering budget, in-house team, contracted development partners, and lead the integrations of partner API's to our platform - Develop a strategy and framework for allocating resources effectively in line with vision, in a way that motivates and inspires team members - Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage - Advise on all company technologies and data systems and ensure they are used efficiently, profitably, and securely

Green IronyEnterprise Architect

Mar. 2022 - Aug. 2022Raleigh, North Carolina, United States- Conceptualize new development and strategy commercial offerings across the Salesforce, Mulesoft and Slack ecosystems - Optimize the tech sales process to help accelerate sales and reduce the cost of customer acquisition - Work with clients to review and define their API Product Strategy and Architecture

VacoStrategic Technical Advisor

Mar. 2019 - Mar. 2022- Strategic advisor helping to build and grow a services organization within Vaco focused on the digital and IT strategy needs for enterprise clients - Support the merger of Kapok Digital and VacoBuilt across all dimensions of a successful services organization

Kapok DigitalFounder and Chief Innovation Officer

Jul. 2016 - Aug. 2021Raleigh, NC- Client executive providing innovation and architectural direction for digital transformation initiatives across mobile, web, IoT and Cloud - Bridge the gap between strategy, product and development teams to build future vision and bring novel products/solutions to market - Oversee project teams to ensure alignment between requirements, design, and development to ensure on-time and on budget project delivery

SpokeHubChief Technology Officer

Oct. 2017 - Dec. 2018Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area- Develop technology strategies that support enhanced social media experiences for real-time chat, sports data and augmented reality - Integrate design and development initiatives to provide a cohesive go to market execution - Provide thought leadership for how to leverage user and brand analytics to support data monetization

SportShift™PARTNER + VP INNOVATION

Sep. 2017 - Dec. 2018Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

PointSource, LLCExecutive Software Architect

Jul. 2014 - Jul. 2016Raleigh, NC- Leading the front-end development domain, partnering heavily with digital and design organizations to translate their needs into intelligent technology choices and roadmaps - Work across the development organization, collaborating with developers exploring full stack and front end technologies. Find patterns that can be reused, and take the strategic design work and turn it into intelligent technology assets - Representing the technology perspective in strategy sessions, presales conversations, and as an architect overseeing active client projects

PointSource, LLCSenior Software Architect

Jul. 2012 - Jun. 2014Raleigh, NC- Web User Interface Design and Development - Java EE Application Design and Development - Delivering exceptional User Experience Across Desktop and Mobile Web Applications

IBMUI Development Lead for B2B & Commerce

Jan. 2011 - Jul. 2012Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaDeveloped a general UI strategy leveraged across multiple products. Mentored individual teams to accelerate their adoption of modern Web 2.0 technologies and to ensure a common look and feel across products. Lead the development of common assets that were shared across 10+ products

IBMMaster Inventor

Oct. 2009 - Jul. 2012Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaThe Role of a Master Inventor is to apply mastery of patent knowledge by actively serving as a leader in the patent community and mentor to broad community of inventors.

IBMInvention Development Team Lead

Apr. 2009 - Jul. 2012Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaThe invention development team is focusing their strategy on building a high quality services patent portfolio. Going forward they want to encourage inventors to capture innovation that is occurring in strategic services areas.

IBMUI Development Lead for WebSphere Application Server for Communication Enabled Applications

Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2010Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaLed the design and development of the Communication Enabled Applications Dojo widgets that are customizable and extendable and can be leveraged in both desktop and mobile ( iPhone and Android ) web applications. These included key features such as the Click To Call, Call Notification, Co-Browse and Two Way Forms, as well as iWidget support for integration with Lotus Mashups and WebSphere Portal applications. Worked closely with several internal and external customers to encourage adoption of the product. Pioneered a collaborative browsing experience based on JavaScript which several experts thought impossible. Delivered as a product in WebSphere Application Server as cobrowsing and WebSphere Commerce Server as coshopping.

IBMUI Development Team Lead for WebSphere Application Server

Jun. 2006 - Dec. 2008Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaUI Development lead across 15 WebSphere Application Server components Gathered stakeholder requirements, designed panels and demonstrated prototypes Led a team responsible for delivering all aspects of UI development and test

IBMDynamic Cache Developer for WebSphere Application Server

Jan. 2003 - May. 2006Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaDesigned and developed new WebSphere Application Server caching functionality and serviced customer requirements on legacy WAS releases. Delivered web caching features that greatly improved the scalability and performance for WebSphere Commerce Designed and developed the portlet fragment caching feature for WebSphere Application Server 6.1 Developed an eclipse based plugin for creating WebSphere Application dynamic cache configuration files.