Andy Blake

Professional Summary

Technical project manager and full-stack engineer in Virginia delivering B2B and consumer software products end to end. Bridges business goals and engineering execution across web, mobile, and regulated environments — with 6+ years in banking automation and advisory experience with a licensed digital-asset exchange. Serving in the Air National Guard as a Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics specialist (AFSC 2A3X4).

Technical Skills

Agile / Scrum, Roadmapping, Stakeholder management, Cross-functional leadership, Requirements & delivery, System Design, SaaS / API products, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM)

Professional Experience

• Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics (AFSC 2A3X4)

  District of Columbia Air National Guard, 113th Wing — Joint Base Andrews, MD

  • Part-time service maintaining fighter aircraft integrated avionics — communication, navigation, radar, electronic warfare, and flight control systems.

• Co-Founder – Product & DeliveryJan 2026 – Present

  GuideLMS — Fairfax, VA|guidece.com|guidelms.com

  • Owned delivery of a Next.js 15 monorepo for GuideCE marketplace and white-label GuideLMS — requirements through deploy and support.
  • Coordinated MongoDB/auth/Stripe payments, AWS EC2/S3 hosting, email reminders, and PDF certificate generation.

• Co-Founder – Product & DeliveryJun 2025 – Jan 2026

  Morethantwo — Fairfax, VA|morethantwo.app

  • Self-funded social app for small rotating group chats — owned product, architecture, and release across web and iOS/Android.
  • Shipped Express/Prisma API, React web, Flutter mobile on AWS; AI matching, push/email, and growth analytics (AppsFlyer, Meta Ads).

• Co-Founder & Lead EngineerJan 2022 – Jun 2025

  Metaforra — Dubai, UAE|metaforra.com

  • Drove roadmap and delivery for Next.js browser games, Unity mobile release, and Solana on-chain integrations.
  • Owned architecture, releases, and code review across web, mobile, and on-chain; production on AWS EC2 with RDS PostgreSQL.

• Founder & Lead Engineer2019 – 2025

  Morre — Almaty, KZ|morre.tech

  • Led full-stack delivery across edtech, social, and gaming projects — architecture, code review, API design, and production releases.

• Technical Advisor2022 – 2025

  Intebix — Almaty, KZ|intebix.kz

  • Advised product and engineering leadership on blockchain integrations, smart-contract flows, and Angular frontend architecture for a licensed digital-asset exchange.

• Technical Advisor2025

  AiiA — Florida, US|oneaiia.com

  • Helped stand up the development team and guided delivery of Express/Prisma/PostgreSQL API and React client.

• Development Team LeadMar 2017 – Dec 2018

  Prime Source — Almaty, KZ|p-s.kz

  • Led cross-functional delivery of business-process automation software with Angular frontends and REST APIs.

• Software DeveloperJun 2011 – Feb 2017

  ForteBank / KazInvestBank — Almaty, KZ

  • Delivered banking process automation in C# spanning requirements, implementation, and production rollout.

• Regional IT Manager2008 – 2011

  Egis Pharmaceuticals — Almaty, KZ

  • Owned regional IT planning and delivery - infrastructure roadmap, equipment procurement, and annual (AP) and 3-year (3YP) plans.

Education

• Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications — Bachelor's and Master's Degrees2003 – 2008

  Multi-channel Telecommunication Systems