Academia Team

 

Dr Andrew Sithers
Academic Developer Evangelist
andrew.sithers@microsoft.com

Andrew is working with university faculties, schools and departments to build long-term relationships that will ensure students and academics are able to innovate in and out of the classroom with the latest Microsoft tools and technologies.

Andy can claim one of the more interesting routes into the software industry. A doctorate in Pharmacology led to a number of academic positions where he had to extol the usefulness of software to university students and staff alike. Since leaving his ivory tower, Andy has worked variously as a technical writer, consultant and software developer. His software efforts are scattered far and wide - from Bristol to Brisbane, taking in Belfast on the way.

More recently, Andy was a team leader and software architect for a data solutions company and introduced .NET as a way to produce great applications for UK and US retailers.

Since he likes the rain, Andy lives in South Wales with his wife and two children, all of whom are rather patient with him.