Tom MacWright
Developer, MapBox

Tom specializes in building interactive and creative open source mapping tools for MapBOx. He is a lead architect of our open source mapping stack, including the TileMill project that combines Mapnik, Carto, Modest Maps, and other open source tools for use designing custom maps online. He’s also the lead developer behind Wax and an active contributor to Modest Maps, our web mapping APIs.

Tom is a frequent speaker on open source mapping technologies, having presented at the International Conference on Crisis Mapping, GOSCON, Where 2.0, FOSS4G, and OpenStreetMap’s State of the Map conferences. In addition to mapping, Tom is an experienced open source developer with significant experience working in JavaScript, Node.js, Django, and Ruby. He received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from The College of William and Mary.