The new chief executive of Integrated Research aims to take the company in new directions, although he's still not sure where, he tells David Crowe.

Keith Andrews was worth $250,000 a year when he was appointed in August to run a small Canberra software developer, SoftLaw. Last week, his value jumped to $450,000, plus much more in share options, when he ditched SoftLaw in favour of the much larger listed company Integrated Research.