Andy R. Terrel, PhD

You'll find me at conferences, in library issue trackers, on the NumFOCUS board, and building businesses

Open Source Advocate

Since 2006

Software is a social activity

Board member, NumFOCUS
SymPy, FEniCS, and PETSc contributor
Dask, conda, Bokeh, numba, DyND, and PyData contributor
SciPy chair; Google Summer of Code mentor

Scholar

PhD, Computer Science

How can automate the path from an equation to fast code.

PhD, University of Chicago — finite element methods
Research at UT Austin's ICES and TACC
Papers on GPU finite elements and code generation — see the vita

Entrepreneur

CTO · Product Lead

Apparel sizing, real estate, manufacturing, publishing — find the model inside

CUDA Python Product Lead, NVIDIA
Executive roles at StoryFit, Xometry, REX, Boldmetrics, and Anaconda
Advisor to StoryFit, Saturn Cloud, KindHealth, and OneBrief

Blog

Python to Me

Mon 27 July 2026 by Andy R. Terrel

My reflections on the Python ecosystem and community

NumFOCUS 2025: A Year of Transition and Renewal

Mon 12 January 2026 by Andy R. Terrel

A look back at NumFOCUS in 2025—new executive director, public board minutes, clean audit, and key resolutions that shaped the year.

The new NumFOCUS admin board met for the first time this week and I can say that I am truly honored to serve the community in this capacity. NumFOCUS has been a leading example of how to build open source culture and provide services to our scientific tool makers. With …