Andrew was born in 1967 in New York, USA and studied at the Bronx High School of Science, where he became a Westinghouse Science Talent Search Semi-Finalist. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1989. Andrew is one of the original co-inventors of the Cerego Learning Methodology and has several patents in his name. Prior to becoming Chairman of Cerego Japan Inc., Andrew founded AGOS JAPAN (formerly known as The Princeton Review of Japan)–an MBA/graduate school prep school for Japanese–in 1989. He co-founded Cerego Japan Inc. and became the Chairman in 2000. He wrote his first book in Japanese “Learn Faster, Remember Longer” published by Nikkei BP in 2002, and he co-authored “Social Learning Revolution” in 2008 with Eric Young. Andrew runs Cerego Japan’s formal Advisory Board, which is an international group of experts and practitioners in scientific, technological, and commercial areas directly relevant to Cerego’s core activities.

If there ever was a gap between science, art, business and technology, Ariel has closed it. Her work converts the workings of the mind into tangible solutions.
Ariel has researched at the Krembil Neuroscience Institute studying hippocampal neurogenesis, displayed work at the Art Gallery of Ontario, DeLeon White Gallery, and opened Toronto Fashion Week. The intersections of these diverse interests have culminated into various lectures with topics such as “The Neuroscience of Aesthetics” and “The Neuroscience of Conflict", featured on TVO's Big Ideas.
Referred to as the “Brain Guru” by Now Magazine, CBC Radio and the Toronto Star, Ariel has also run a successful real estate business, spent time as the designer and owner of a Canadian fashion boutique, and is a practicing psychotherapist.