Summary
Chris Kottmyer is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce focused on Commerce Cloud Einstein, bringing eight years of hands-on experience building product recommendation systems, data pipelines, and infrastructure to support ML/AI at e-commerce scale. He progressed internally from database engineer to senior technical staff, blending deep analytics and database expertise with production ML deployment. Based in Greater Boston, Chris pairs a strong academic foundation—BA in Mathematics/Economics/International Relations and a 4.0 Master’s in Analytics—with practical front-end and business credentials from Harvard programs. He is adept at turning complex data into reliable, scalable services that power personalized shopping experiences. Notably, his background includes both BI and data warehouse roles, giving him a rare end-to-end view from data modeling to inference in product systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who bridges data science and software engineering to deliver measurable business impact.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Mathematics, Economics, International Relations, BA, Mathematics, Economics, International Relations at Knox College
Master's degree, Analytics, 4.0, Master's degree, Analytics, 4.0 at Georgia Institute of Technology
Pass with High Honors - Credential of Readiness, Business, Pass with High Honors - Credential of Readiness, Business at HBX | Harvard Business School
Certificate, Front End Development, 4.0, Certificate, Front End Development, 4.0 at Harvard Extension School
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