Kristian Fallrø
Co-Founder at Orca Technologies
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolKristian Fallrø is a seasoned software leader and co-founder with 11 years of experience building marine navigation and cartography products from concept to production. Based in Oslo, he currently leads product and engineering at Orca, creating next-generation navigation systems, and previously shaped mobile and web strategy as technical lead at Navico where he co-authored a patented nautical routing engine. He combines hands-on React Native and web development with deep cartographic expertise—designing end-to-end vector tile pipelines and UX-driven mobile apps at i-Sea/Embark. An active open-source contributor, Kristian has fixed nuanced cross-platform Mapbox event handling and snapshot issues in popular React Native Mapbox modules, reflecting his attention to platform interoperability. He pairs entrepreneurial instincts (MSc in Entrepreneurship) with practical delivery processes like OKRs, A/B testing and high test automation to iterate quickly on user value.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Education Entrance Qualification Examen artium, Higher Education Entrance Qualification Examen artium at Nøtterøy VGSNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (10)
mobile10
objective-c10
map-box10
ios10
react-native10
android10
mapbox-gl10
java9
javascript9
javas9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nitaliano/react-native-mapbox-gl
Jul 2018 - May 2019
A Mapbox GL react native module for creating custom maps
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:26 commits, 43 PRs, 37 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Kristian primarily contributed to the `react-native-mapbox-gl` repository, focusing on bug fixes and enhancements related to Android and iOS map event handling. Their work involved modifying Java code within the Android `RCTMGLMapView` component to address issues in map event processing. Additionally, the user fixed iOS-related issues, such as adding `nonnull` to `NSNumber`. Furthermore, the user implemented changes to the JavaScript `MapView` component, updating the events handled by the map.
reactreact-mapbox-glreact-native-modulemapboxreact-native
rnmapbox/maps
Apr 2019 - Apr 2022
A Mapbox react native module for creating custom maps
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:14 releases, 2 reviews, 134 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Kristian primarily contributed to the iOS component of the React Native Mapbox GL module. Their work involved fixing event handling related to camera changes within the map view, specifically addressing issues with regionDidChange events. They modified the iOS module to correctly handle region changes and prevent unnecessary events. The user also made adjustments to the snapshot functionality, including handling the logo and programatic changes.
reactreact-native-modulemaplibremapboxreact-native
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