Summary
Chris Morgan is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years of experience guiding cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused web and B2B products, currently serving as Senior Director of Engineering at TwinSpires. He has driven measurable business outcomes—helping deliver nearly $2B in handle during peak years and improving productivity and registration KPIs through pragmatic technical and process choices. A hands-on builder early in his career, Chris led migrations from legacy mainframes to modern LAMP and AWS serverless architectures and shipped industry-leading wagering interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks. He emphasizes team health and career growth, coaching engineers, QA, and scrum masters while championing continuous delivery and shorter feedback cycles. Based in Nicholasville, Kentucky, he blends deep domain expertise in racing data and wagering with a track record of enabling teams to win under high-stakes, time-sensitive conditions. Colleagues describe him as a leader who pairs measurable business impact with a genuine focus on making work sustainable and enjoyable.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Kentucky