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How To Make Software Development Better

How To Make Software Development Better

THINK Business with Jon Dwoskin

November 29, 202324m 8s

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Show Notes

Andy Tryba is a technology optimist and 19x CEO. He is the co-founder & CEO of Ionic Partners as well as the CEO of 2 recent acquisitions by Ionic – Gigster & Sparkrock. Ionic Partners is an enterprise software buyout firm focused on reaccelerating companies that have grown to $20-$50m in revenue, but now need additional playbooks & talent to reach the next level. Prior to co-founding Ionic Partners – Andy created and ran a $1B division of ESW Capital called Think3. Through this fund – Andy has purchased and was the CEO of 12 enterprise software companies – Engine Yard, DNN Corp, Kayako, Bizness Apps, FogBugz, MyAlerts, School Loop, Agemni, SLI Systems, Infinio, Sococo and StreetSmart. Prior to Think3, Andy founded one of the largest online talent marketplaces – spanning over 130 countries. Crossover grew from scratch to over $500m/yr in revenue before being acquired.

Andy also created the world's only non-profit rideshare – which completed over 3M rides in 4 years. Through the non-profit model – RideAustin was been able to innovate with local organizations to help solve transportation issues – including driving underprivileged patients to doctors' visits, Veterans to their jobs and medical visits, elimination of underutilized bus lines and enabled local charities to raise $450k in donations through the Round-Up feature – also first in the industry.

Andy is a Board member of the Texas High Speed rail – working to bring the first high speed rail to the United States, serves as a Delegate in the US-Japan Leadership Program – bringing together key leaders from US & Japan, and founded a local Japanese school in Austin called the Japanese Heritage Academy. Previously, Andy started and sold 2 software startups, spent 14 years running strategy at Intel Corporation, and was also an advisor to the US White House on the future of jobs and engineering talent. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Illinois and a MBA from Rice University. Connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andytryba/

Connect with Jon Dwoskin:

Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: [email protected] Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!

Connect with Andy Tryba:

Website: https://gigster.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/andytryba Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gigster_official/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andytryba/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TryGigste

*E – explicit language may be used in this podcast.