Kris Kokomoor

Principal Data and Platform Engineer

Cloud Architecture, Data Quality and Reliability, Regulated Systems

Summary

Engineering leader and hands-on builder specializing in cloud-native data platforms, observability, and quality-first architecture. Deep experience in healthcare and other compliance-sensitive environments.

Core Skills

• Data Platforms: BigQuery, PostgreSQL, dbt, Airflow, Kafka
• Cloud and Infrastructure: GCP, AWS, Cloud Functions Gen2, Cloud Run, Terraform, Docker
• Languages and Tools: Python, SQL, Bash, Git, Prometheus, Grafana, PySpark
• Standards and Domain: HL7, FHIR, DICOM, regulated healthcare data systems

Experience

Podimetrics | Principal Quality Engineer, Data and Platform Engineering (2024-2025)

• Led quality-first data and platform engineering across cloud analytics systems in a regulated healthcare environment.
• Focused on architecture, reliability, and operational excellence for production workflows.

SURL | Founder and Principal Engineer (2023-2024)

• Designed and built a secure, auditable data transfer platform for compliance-sensitive workloads on AWS.
• Owned full lifecycle delivery from system architecture to deployment and production operations.

Pfizer | Senior Engineering and Data Leadership Roles (2009-2023)

• Held senior engineering and data leadership roles supporting global clinical and analytics platforms.
• Led modernization and scale initiatives for data-intensive, highly regulated systems.

Education

• B.S. Mathematics, University of Florida
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Florida
• M.B.A., University of Rhode Island

Additional role detail, project specifics, and professional references are available on request.