Christopher Watford

Chief Technology Officer at Essential Personnel

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

About Christopher Watford

Christopher Watford is Chief Technology Officer at Essential Personnel. Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.

Leader with extensive experience in scientific computing and intimate knowledge of the nuclear energy sector. Expanded my subject matter expertise into market research data analysis, and human performance analytics. Experience scaling engineering teams while delivering key features. Leadership experience in the fire service, prehospital emergency medicine, and software engineering. Interested in distributed systems, data-driven architectures, event-driven architectures, and cardiology. Looking for new challenges and interesting problems to solve. Paramedic / Wilderness EMT. Member of NC SERAC's State Medical Assistance Team II. Advanced HAZMAT Life Support instructor, Paramedic instructor. Specialties: Distributed system architecture, automation, optimization, scientific computing, data visualization, paramedicine, disaster medicine, and industrial fire brigades.

Skills

  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
  • Scala
  • Delta Lake

Additional experience

  • Chief Technology Officer (Fractional)

    Essential Personnel

    January 2022 – May 2025

Education

  • BSc, University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Paramedic, Cape Fear Community College