Nico Belmonte

Nico Belmonte is a seasoned technology leader with over 15 years of experience in building impactful products and leading engineering teams.2 He currently serves as the Director of Engineering at Meta, where he leads the Maps Geo organization focusing on maps for the Metaverse.1 In this role, he oversees a 100-person team responsible for building the next generation mapping platform for Augmented and Virtual Reality experiences.3

Before joining Meta, Belmonte held significant positions at other major tech companies:

1. VP of Maps at Mapbox6
2. Director of Engineering at Uber, where he led the visualization team and delivered industry-leading mapping software like avs.auto, kepler.gl, and deck.gl14
3. Staff Engineer at Twitter, specializing in visualization of public-facing events15

Belmonte has expertise in data visualization, mapping, and geographic information systems (GIS). He has contributed to projects involving forest defoliation tracking, corona infection monitoring, and various applications of maps in identifying global problems.1

Nico Belmonte is based in the New York City Metropolitan Area2 and is active on social media platforms such as Twitter (@philogb) and Threads (@philogb).57