Primary Job Title Principal Software Development Engineer Primary Organization 
Microsoft
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australasia Gender Male
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Andrew Coates is the Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft. He was a former Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. His passions include teaching kids to code, learning and using new technology and cricket (don’t ask him about it unless you want to talk about cricket for a LONG time). Andrew often presents at international conferences
on topics as varied as Geographical Information Systems, health statistics and Microsoft development technologies. He is also a regular at Microsoft conferences and events both locally and internationally. An MCPD, MCTS and MCSD, Andrew holds a Masters degree in Civil Engineering. Andrew blogs at https://coatsy.github.io/blog
