Vikram Koka

Chief Strategy Officer at Astronomer & PMC Member of Apache Airflow

Vikram Koka is a passionate advocate for Apache Airflow and open-source data orchestration, with expertise in distributed computing and cryptographic applications. He has led global engineering teams and worked across R&D, Product, and Business Development. Vikram bridges open-source innovation with enterprise needs, helping organizations scale data workflows efficiently.

Sessions by Vikram Koka

• Introducing Apache Airflow® 3 – The Next Evolution in Orchestration (2025)
• The road ahead: What’s coming in Airflow 3 and beyond? (2024)
• Running Airflow Tasks Anywhere, in any Language (2024)
• Micropipelines: A microservice approach for DAG authoring using datasets (2023)
• A Hypervisor for Airflow, presented by Astronomer (2023)
• Customizing Xcom to enhance data sharing between tasks (2021)