User:Acdarbyshire

Andrew is a businessman, author and philanthropist. He founded his software business, PacSoft, in the mid-80’s and now has staff and offices in Australia and the USA. Andrew is also the Founder & Chairman of charity Caitlin’s Retreat which was inspired by his late daughter, Caitlin.

Andrew was born in 1960 in Melbourne Australia. Andrew attended a number of schools before dropping out at 15 to start a four year apprenticeship at radio station 3DB in Melbourne & studying at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. (RMIT)

He founded Pacsoft in 1984. Andrew taught himself through trial & error how to develop software for the retail industry. Andrew identified a gap in the retail hardware store market for a good inventory control systems.

He won an Australian Design award in 1989.

Andrew is the author of Think Big Live Large. Andrew was made a Member of the Order Of Australia in the 2012 Australia Day Honours for service to the community as a supporter of research into child-related brain conditions, through contributions to special needs children and their families, and to the arts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Australia_Day_Honours

His path to success wasn’t easy and he has experienced significant loss along the way. Read about what has inspired Andrew. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/daughter-inspires-a-life-of-service-20120125-1qhp3.html