Prior to joining Accusoft in 2011, Andy was an AV-8B Harrier Avionics Technician and Instructor in The Marine Corps for 10 years before transitioning from hardware to software. His software career began at a flight simulator company in Tampa, Florida where he used his aircraft knowledge to design real-time flight simulator software in Fortran, C, and C++ on Unix and Windows platforms. Desiring a change, he then began work in commercial software where he developed database applications