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Andrew Lee Ward is a UK tech entrepreneur, author, and international powerlifter. He is the founder of Scorchsoft, a Birmingham-based software development agency he has run for more than sixteen years, helping growing businesses use software, AI integrations, workflow tools, portals, and data platforms to solve real operational problems.

His work is driven by a simple belief: every business is becoming a technology business, whether it thinks of itself that way or not. Through Scorchsoft, Andrew helps organisations turn market opportunities into software products, and internal business pains into systems that improve how work gets done.

The Control Standard grew out of Scorchsoft’s own operating practice: a body of guides, principles, and hard-won lessons developed through years of client delivery, one-to-ones, project reviews, and the ordinary pressure of running a growing service business. Andrew writes from practice rather than theory, with a focus on helping people own outcomes, reduce drift, and become easier to trust with important work.

Andrew holds a first-class degree in Computer Science with Business Management from the University of Birmingham. He was named Birmingham Young Professional of the Year in the Technology and Innovation category in 2023, and has also received Silicon Canal’s Most Influential Male in Technology award.

Alongside his business career, Andrew is an international powerlifter specialising in bench press. He is an IPF World Bench Press Bronze Medallist for Great Britain and won the British Bench Press Championships in his category for three consecutive years between 2020 and 2022. He has represented Great Britain at the IPF World Bench Press Championships in Lithuania, Kazakhstan, and South Africa.

His writing brings together lessons from entrepreneurship, technology, leadership, delivery, and high-performance sport, with a focus on practical standards that help people and organisations perform under pressure.
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    • The Control Standard

    • How to Own Outcomes, Reduce Surprises, and Become the Person Leaders Trust
    • Written by: Andrew Ward
    • Narrated by: Graham Mack
    • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 2026-08-04
    • Language: English
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    • Execute Your Tech Idea

    • A Step by Step Guide for Non-techies, Professionals, Managers, and Startups (How to Find, Implement, and Launch your Technology Idea)
    • Written by: Andrew Ward, Steven Ward
    • Narrated by: Tim Fearon
    • Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 2022-12-30
    • Language: English
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