# Andrew Mcnamara

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Forget vibe coding. Say hello to vibe entrepreneurship. | Shopify’s Andrew McNamara

First, there was vibe coding. Now, get ready for "vibe entrepreneurship."  Andrew McNamara, Director of Applied Machine Learning at Shopify, joins us to explain how his team is making this new era of business a reality. He shares the vision behind Shopify Sidekick, an AI co-founder designed to empo…

Dr. Andrew McNamara, Chief Medical Officer, Trilogy Health Services

In the latest episode of RETHINK, Trilogy Health Services Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew McNamara shares his perspective on the company's value-based care strategy, common misunderstandings around Medicare Advantage, ideas for simplifying MA processes, and how to address rising resident acuity. T…

Uncork Your Power with Author & Sommelier Denise Marsh

She pours wine, and she pours into people.  Denise Marsh is a sommelier and certified wine specialist at Society Wine Bar in Tampa’s Ybor City historic district. And vino isn’t the only thing that brings her joy. She’s also passionate about empowering people—women in particular.  Denise does this…

Meet the Shippers of Breakbulk Americas 2025 | Project Cargo Professionals

Recorded live at Breakbulk Americas 2025 in Houston, this special edition of Project Cargo Professionals, hosted by Luke King, brings together five leading voices from the shipper side of the global project logistics industry. In this episode, Luke speaks with manufacturers and energy companies tha…

Shopify’s Sidekick Just Leveled Up: AI That Runs Your Store (Proactively)

How Shopify Is Building The Future of AI Commerce with Andrew McNamaraShopify's Director of Applied ML, Andrew McNamara, reveals how the new Sidekick Pulse and SimGym features are revolutionizing e-commerce for merchants of all sizes. With 15 years of experience building AI assistants—dating back t…

Building reliable and proactive agentic systems at scale: how Shopify’s reflexive AI culture was instrumental in their development of Sidekick w/ Andrew McNamara #258

Andrew McNamara, Director of Applied Machine Learning @ Shopify, joins the ELC podcast to share insights on building agentic platforms at scale, like Sidekick, that must keep reliability for its users at the forefront. Andrew describes the building philosophy behind Shopify and what it means to cul…

Kate Garrett, Andrew McNamara and Seumas Spark, eds., *Voices of the Dumera: Ernst Kitzinger, Exile and Essays on Internment*. London: Berghahn Books, 2026.

Send us Fan Mail Ernst Kitzinger, a notable art historian of the twentieth century, was also a refugee who found himself detained in Hay, New South Wales during World War II. He sought asylum in Britain in 1935 as a German Jew, but in 1940, he became one of 2,500 men classified as 'enemy aliens' an…

Are you looking to join a free running club in Limerick?

Andrew McNamara, a Limerick personal trainer and endurance athlete, has recently set up a free run club with no experience or training required. Iron Miles Run Club meets every Saturday at 10 am at the Living Bridge at the University of Limerick, Live95’s Aisling Shanahan asked Andrew what Iron Mil…

Inside Shopify's Plan for Agentic Commerce and AI Shoppers | Andrew McNamara, VP of Applied ML, Shopify

In this episode, Andrew McNamara, VP of Applied ML at Shopify, returns to unpack how much has changed in agentic commerce since his last episode. Andrew and Liam dig into why agents are becoming "the new front door to commerce," why orders coming to Shopify stores from AI are up 13x, and what's act…