Andrew Slattery

About

I am a hands-on technical leader with 18+ years of experience in shipping web applications, scaling high-performing distributed teams from zero, and architecting cloud-native solutions in B2C, B2B, and public health contexts.

When my laptop is closed, you can find me building LEGO with my family, studying for the JLPT, hunting for our next great award travel redemption, or pretending to have the reflexes of a teenager in The Finals.

Work Experience

2026 — Now

President at Kanso Consulting

Full-Time · Remote · North America

Leading an agentically augmented team to deliver thoughtfully crafted, bespoke solutions to grand challenges in cloud, web, and edge compute.

2024 — Now

Regional Mentor at Google Developer Groups

Part-Time · Remote · North America

Supporting organizers of developer meetup groups across 7 states.

2017 — 2026

Staff Cloud Engineer at Hivemetric

Full-Time · Hybrid · Tucson, AZ

I've worn many, many hats in my journey with Hivemetric — but I will always be most proud of our work in support of Public Health before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

2012 — 2018

Founder at IronFist Digital

Full-Time · Remote · Tucson, AZ

One-man digital marketing and cloud solutions architecture consultancy.

2014 — 2018

Coding Immersion Instructor at CITY Center for Collaborative Learning

Part-Time · On-site · Tucson, AZ

Removed the FUD around programming for 120+ middle and high-school students through self-developed project-based curriculum.

2014 — 2016

Founder at Frontseat

Part-Time · Hybrid · Tucson, AZ

Building a product dependent on data scraped from undocumented APIs maintained by bigger teams, is not a challenge one should take lightly.

2011 — 2015

25Q at U.S. Army Reserve

Hybrid · Multiple Duty Stations

As an enlisted soldier in the Signal Corps, I was trained to facilitate tactical communications across a range of equipment and vehicles.

2004 — 2011

Odds & Ends as Ironfist Studios

Part-Time · Remote · Tucson, AZ

Some people wait for college, others beg their parents for books on designing, developing, and supporting websites for local businesses and on freelancing job boards without tables, but before flexbox.

Education

While I do not have a college degree, I have held a variety of professional certifications.

Engagements

I am open to invitations to speak or present at events, workshops, etc. on subjects I am passionate about, including but not limited to: zero-trust networking, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, platform engineering, and work-life balance.

Connect

Email / LinkedIn / GitHub