Eric Kobrin is a seasoned platform security leader with 11+ years at Akamai, currently serving as Director of Platform Security Engineering and previously leading security intelligence and adversarial resilience teams. He builds high-performing engineering and security organizations that deliver measurable risk reduction across large-scale distributed systems. Eric blends hands-on technical architecture experience with strategic influence, contributing to industry standards to make the internet safer. His background spans startups (Velocitude) through enterprise (IBM, eDiets) and includes a recent MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, underscoring continuous technical growth. Based in Jensen Beach, Florida, he balances operational rigor with threat-informed engineering, often surfacing practical controls from research-led insights. Colleagues know him for turning complex security requirements into auditable, scalable platform solutions.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Florida International University
Contributions:6 PRs, 9 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 4 months
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Eric Kobrin - Director Of Platform Security Engineering