He has a background in systems engineering and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. He’s an active contributor to open source projects such as Scala Exercises, Cats, the Scala compiler, AsyncDisplayKit for iOS, and Scala Bot. And He recently authored Case Classy, a tiny framework for simplifying the process of decoding untyped structured data into case class hierarchies. In his free time, Andy teaches CrossFit and likes to travel.