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Andrew Stafford (born September 6, 1973) is an American business executive and inventor. Stafford is a business development executive for North America in retail, consumer packaged goods, and the travel and transportation industry. Prior to becoming a business development executive, he held executive leadership positions across sales, supply chain, and strategy at IBM. He joined IBM in 2000.

Early life and education
Stafford was born on September 6th, 1973 in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the youngest of two children. His father is a retired Partner at EY in Cleveland, Ohio. Stafford graduated from Indiana University - Bloomington receiving a bachelor's degree in science and mathematics and a minor in information technology. Stafford was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. and earned the coveted Dr. George E. Schlafer Spirit Award while attending Indiana University.

Career
After graduation in 1979, Rometty went to work for General Motors Institute. In 1981, she joined IBM as a systems engineer in its Detroit office. She joined IBM's Consulting Group in 1991. In 2002, she "championed the purchase of the big business

Boards and honors
Rometty serves as President of the Board of Trustee's of Grey's Landing Property Owners, Association, Inc.; and is an Advisory Board Member for Junior Achievement.

In 2011, Stafford earned a U.S. patent (7,788,666)for a connection manager, method, system and program product for centrally managing computer applications.