Andrew Vest is an entrepreneur to his core. He’s a natural businessman who’s passionate about creating Strategic Partnerships, Consulting around the cloud and overall being a Connector within his network. Currently, Andrew is Director of Business Development of App Modernization & Cloud Services at Redapt. While at Redapt he is an advisor to multiple start-ups including one he co-founded Preferling, an interest-based recommendation engine for products and services. As a small business founder himself who wants to give back, Andrew is sympathetic and dedicated to helping and empowering entrepreneurs to reach their dreams. Before Preferling, Andrew was Co-Founder of The Agency, a Social Media and Strategy Consulting Firm based in the Seattle area. While leading the operations and business development efforts at The Agency, Andrew was also co-founder and a member of the team developing the word-of-mouth marketing platform brandbuddee.com, launched in Oct. 2012