Kristen Morgan
VP Of Engineering, Location
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKristen Morgan is an award-winning product and technology executive with 11+ years building and scaling location, navigation, and mobile platforms, most recently leading Mapbox’s $100M+ ARR Navigation business and now serving as VP of Engineering at Life360. She combines product-led strategy with hands-on technical leadership across AI, voice, SDKs, and 3D mapping to turn customer insights into multimillion-dollar partnerships with OEMs like Toyota, BMW, and Rivian. Known for servant leadership, she grows high-performing global teams—scaling headcount and engineering processes while retaining top talent and improving delivery efficiency by measurable margins. Kristen pioneered MapGPT, an AI-powered voice navigation assistant, and led initiatives in EV routing and autopilot visualization that won industry recognition. She brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to P&L, metrics, and go-to-market execution, often embedding ethical telemetry and customer privacy into product design. Outside work she mentors future engineers through Girls Who Code and balances a relentless appetite for adventure with family life after a year of RV travel.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA Journalism - Visual Communications - Multimedia, BA Journalism - Visual Communications - Multimedia at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (44)
openstreetmap10
tiles10
mapbox-gl10
null-safety10
vector-tiles10
geojson10
carplay10
vector10
geopackage10
in-scope10
sailfishos10
maps10
offline-maps9
mapbox-gl-js9
qt9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
knov/Mantle
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
Model framework for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch
Contributions:6 pushes in 3 months
riot-games-apiframeworktouchcocoa-touchcocoa
knov/Quick
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:3 pushes in 4 days
objective-ctesting-frameworktestingswiftios
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