I build systems—and make complex work easier to understand.

I'm Andrew Erie, a technology leader and AI systems builder with more than 20 years in software, platforms, integration, and delivery. Companies bring me in at different stages: to shape an idea, lead a build, fix a project that has gone off track, or provide ongoing fractional CTO leadership. In each case, my role is to understand the work, make the hard decisions, and stay responsible for the result.

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How I work

Technical depth should lead to better judgment.

I stay close to the work so I know what is true, while keeping the business decision at the center.

The name

Why LaVigne

French for “the vine”

LaVigne is my mother's family name and the name I've always identified with most. When my wife and I married, we chose to carry it forward as our family name. I'm now legally becoming Andrew LaVigne in honor of Robin LaVigne and Emile LaVigne, whose lives and values shaped the person I am today.

In French, la vigne means “the vine”—a symbol of roots, growth, connection, and the patient work of building something that lasts. That meaning fits both where I come from and what I hope to create.

Experience

More than 20 years building products, platforms, and the teams behind them.

Current

Fractional CTO, founder, and systems builder

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE · FRACTIONAL CTO & SYSTEMS BUILDER

Leading technology strategy, product architecture, AI systems, and delivery across operating companies, client work, and platform businesses.

2017 — 2023

Senior Systems Engineer → Enterprise SME

Boomi

Architected enterprise integration and automation, enabled solution teams, and co-invented an AI and workflow patent.

2015 — 2017

Director of Frontend

AYC Media

Led frontend delivery, internal tooling, reusable platform work, and interactive experiences for brands up to the Fortune 100.

2006 — 2015

Co-founder

Hybrid Logic Media

Built digital experiences for major Hollywood studios, including MGM, Sony, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, and Bold Films.

Another kind of systems work

Games are where I keep experimenting.

I also develop games independently. The work combines interaction, simulation, world-building, feedback, and the challenge of making a complex system feel intuitive.

It is also where I keep practicing product judgment and craft: designing rules, testing feedback loops, and learning how people understand a system through experience rather than explanation.

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Read the thinking
behind the work.

Field notes by Andrew Erie on technical leadership, practical AI, and product systems.

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