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Andy Shiers

Chief Operations Officer

Joined Dyalog Ltd in July 1987.
Based in United Kingdom.
Andy Shiers

Role Summary

Andy’s responsibilities cover Dyalog Ltd’s internal systems; he is involved with the development and QA processes as well as customer-raised issues.

Biography

Andy started using Dyalog in 1985, when he worked in the actuarial department of a re-insurance company. In 1987 he joined Dyadic systems to boost the support department (senior members of Dyadic still maintain that they hired him as payback for the grief he gave them in those two *long* years!). For the next 15 years Andy continued with APL support, but also was responsible for the daily running of the IBM reseller arm of Dyadic, specialising in AIX systems and IBM Storage systems. In 2002 Dyadic Systems split into two companies and Andy moved away from APL along with the rest of the IBM reseller arm.

Seven years later, Andy was asked to help Dyalog Ltd sort out problems for a major customer. While on site, he was asked whether he wanted to have a word with the new management team about re-joining Dyalog Ltd. He leapt at the chance and the rest is history (and a lot of bug reports !)

These days Andy spends much of his spare time being Gramps to an ever-increasing brood of grandchildren and step-grandchildren.

The Return of Uncle Andy’s Fireside Chat

The Return of Uncle Andy’s Fireside Chat

Back by (allegedly) popular demand, Andy will once again delve into the lesser-known aspects of Dyalog and our backend systems – he's got several versions to talk about! 00:00 Agenda 00:37 Geoff Streeter retired 03:40 2 terabyte workspace and Http...View

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Uncle Andy's Fireside Chat v5

Uncle Andy’s Fireside Chat v5

Back by popular demand, Andy takes us on another venture down the lesser-known paths of Dyalog APL, showing us how to take advantage of some of the more obscure bits of functionality and avoid common gotchas....View

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Uncle Andy's Fireside Chat v4.0

Uncle Andy’s Fireside Chat v4.0

Andy's now-traditional delve into some of the new and lesser-known features of Dyalog starts with a look at Dyalog version 16.0. Topics include changes in the handling of the CONTINUE workspace, the ability of certain system commands to take paramete...View

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Uncle Andy’s Fireside Chat v3.0

Uncle Andy’s Fireside Chat v3.0

For the last two years, Andy has spoken about some of the new(ish) or lesser-known features of Dyalog that are buried deep in the documentation. There's plenty that he hasn't yet mentioned, so he's back with the third in a potentially never-ending se...View

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MyDyalog and other Backroom Processes

MyDyalog and other Backroom Processes

Andy highlights some of the new features that have been added to MyDyalog or will be available in the near future, and explains some of the changes to the way in which updates are supplied, etc. Much of what he describes in this talk is Jason Rivers'...View

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Uncle Andy's Fireside Chat v2.0

Uncle Andy’s Fireside Chat v2.0

Last year Andy spoke about some of the new(ish) or lesser-known little features of Dyalog that are buried deep in the documentation. There's plenty that he didn't mention, and even more with Dyalog version 14.1, so he's back with the second in a pote...View

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