Andrew Turner is CTO of ArcGIS Hub and Director of Esri’s R&D Center in Washington, DC, where he leads teams building open data and geospatial collaboration technology used by governments and organizations in the US and globally. He previously served as CTO of GeoIQ, acquired by Esri in 2012, and has worked with partners including the World Bank, United Nations, NOAA, and hundreds of municipal governments to scale public-facing data and mapping platforms.

Andrew is a co-founder of Crisis Commons, an elected charter member of the OSGeo Foundation, and an author of Introduction to Neogeography (O’Reilly). Originally trained as an aerospace engineer, he is passionate about turning complex systems into practical tools people can use every day to improve their communities.