Andrew Gurry

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Army Master Sergeant | 2024 Department of the Army IG of the Year Finalist | MBA | Builder | Microsoft 365 Consultant

I help people solve real problems with leadership, process improvement, practical technology, Microsoft 365 tools, automation, and systems that actually make work easier.

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About Me

Army-tested leadership, business education, practical technology, and problem-solving that works.

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I am a U.S. Army Master Sergeant with over 25 years of service and experience in leadership, inspections, quality assurance, training management, documentation, program improvement, deployment operations, and organizational problem-solving.

As I transition toward military retirement, I am building a professional consulting practice focused on Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Microsoft Lists, business process improvement, training systems, and practical automation.

My background combines military leadership, inspection experience, formal business education, finance training, hands-on technology projects, and a lifetime of building, fixing, testing, and improving things.

My focus: helping small businesses, teams, and organizations turn messy, frustrating, repeated work into clear, simple, useful systems.
Practical systems. Clear documentation. Better workflows. Less chaos.
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Credentials & Recognition

A record of military achievement, academic performance, technical growth, and professional development.

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Military Recognition

  • Finalist, 2024 Department of the Army Inspector General of the Year Competition
  • 2011 165th Quartermaster NCO of the Year
  • Over 25 years of U.S. Army service

Education

  • MBA with Honors, Finance Focus
  • B.S. Business Administration, Finance Focus, Cum Laude — Old Dominion University
  • Associate Degree, Summa Cum Laude — Thomas Nelson Community College

Technology & Professional Development

  • CompTIA A+ Certification Candidate
  • CompTIA A+ Core 1 Passed — Score: 819
  • Currently studying for CompTIA A+ Core 2
  • Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Lists, and Power BI development focus

Additional Background

  • Former Less Than 200 Ton Near Coastal Master License Holder
  • Experience with Linux, Apache, home servers, automation, and technical troubleshooting
  • Hands-on builder with solar, batteries, crypto mining, woodworking, web projects, and DIY systems
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Professional Experience

Leadership, deployment operations, quality assurance, training, inspections, documentation, and execution.

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Army Leadership

More than 25 years of military service with experience leading Soldiers, managing responsibility, solving problems, developing people, and working in high-accountability environments.

Leadership Accountability Team Development

Deployment Leadership

Deployed to Kuwait in 2003 and Iraq from 2006–2007. During deployment, I led troops on more than 50 convoy missions safely and without incident. This experience shaped my leadership style: plan carefully, communicate clearly, protect the team, and execute the mission.

Deployment Convoy Operations Leadership Under Pressure

Inspector General Experience

Experience in inspections, standards, fact-finding, assistance, teaching, training, and helping organizations identify problems and correct them.

Inspections Standards Problem Solving

Quality Assurance

Experience supporting Army school quality assurance, accreditation, course evaluation, documentation reviews, corrective action tracking, and continuous improvement.

QA Accreditation Evaluation

Training Management

Background in instructor support, course management, test control procedures, training documentation, briefings, after-action reviews, and organizational learning.

Training Documentation Instruction
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Consulting Services

Practical support for small businesses, teams, and organizations that need better systems.

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I help people organize information, simplify work, automate repetitive tasks, document processes, and build tools that make daily operations easier.

Microsoft 365

  • SharePoint organization
  • Microsoft Lists setup
  • Teams structure
  • OneDrive organization
  • Document libraries and permissions planning

Power Platform

  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate workflows
  • Power BI basic dashboards
  • Approval workflows
  • Task tracking and notification systems

Business Process Improvement

  • Workflow cleanup
  • Standard operating procedures
  • Task trackers
  • Inspection and compliance tools
  • Training and documentation support
Best fit: small businesses, military teams, training organizations, offices, and leaders who know their current process is broken but need help turning it into something simple and repeatable.
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Featured Projects

A few examples of the things I build, test, improve, and document.

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A-A Events

A learning and blogging platform focused on Army topics, business, technology, DIY projects, money, and life lessons.

Visit A-A Events

WordPress Blogging Affiliate Marketing Learning

Solar-Powered Crypto Mining Trailer

A hands-on technical project combining solar power, batteries, off-grid planning, inverters, electrical design, and crypto mining hardware into a mobile build.

Solar Off-Grid Crypto DIY Power

GurryWeb Home Lab

A personal home server and lab environment used for Linux, Apache, networking, file sharing, automation, family technology projects, and server administration practice.

Linux Apache Networking Home Lab

Power Apps & Automation

Building practical tools using Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Lists, and SharePoint to reduce repetitive work and improve tracking.

Power Apps Power Automate Microsoft Lists SharePoint

DIY Solar & Battery Projects

Planning and building solar systems, battery banks, inverter setups, backup power solutions, and practical off-grid experiments.

Solar Batteries Inverters DIY

Military QA Tools

Developing trackers, SOPs, evaluation tools, meeting notes, inspection support products, and documentation systems to support Army training quality assurance and accreditation.

Quality Assurance Training Documentation Corrective Actions

Personal Website & Portfolio

Built AndrewGurry.com as a professional portfolio using GitHub Pages, custom domain DNS, Microsoft 365 email, and a simple static website approach.

GitHub Pages HTML CSS Microsoft 365

Apps, Scripts & Technical Experiments

Ongoing work with small apps, automation scripts, web tools, home technology, Raspberry Pi projects, Linux servers, and practical technical problem-solving.

Apps Scripts Automation Troubleshooting
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Resume

A formal resume will be added here as my military retirement transition continues.

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My professional background includes military leadership, deployment leadership, quality assurance, inspections, training management, finance education, Microsoft 365 development, process improvement, and hands-on technical projects.

Resume download coming soon.

Note: Public resume version will not include home address or private personal information.

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Contact

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Let’s build something useful.

For consulting, professional networking, collaboration, or project discussions, contact me at:

me@andrewgurry.com

AndrewGurry.com

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