Summary
Andy Hull is a veteran software leader and co-founder who combines 13+ years of hands-on engineering with executive experience as VP of Engineering and longtime CTO of NextRequest. He has repeatedly built civic-minded products—from Promptly, a Code for America–backed SMS system for San Francisco benefits outreach, to municipal records tooling that helps governments serve residents more effectively. His background spans GIS, data visualization, and full-stack web development, reflecting deep technical fluency from map servers and PostgreSQL to modern JavaScript stacks. Andy is comfortable toggling between strategy and code: he oversees technical direction while remaining an active contributor to the codebase. Based in Durham, NC, he brings a practical public-sector empathy to product decisions that prioritize real-world impact. An early career focus on environmental and public-health mapping gives him a rare blend of spatial data expertise and civic-tech product instincts.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.A, Geography, B.A, Geography at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill