Anyone follow this guy?
Welcome to Bitcoin and this forum. Yeah, Andreas is someone you should follow. He's a player in this industry, but more importantly he's a humble and incredibly intelligent contributor to the Bitcoin project and the cryptocurrency movement. His greatest impact is probably in increasing adoption, which he does through is talks, appearances, and media spots.
Andreas has a few books and and has an incredible way of making the revolutionary impact of Bitcoin resonate with the common person who's never heard of Bitcoin.