Kristofer Norris provides data-driven analyses leveraging medical claims and other healthcare data to help clients understand policy impacts and guide business decisions and strategies. Before joining Avalere, Kris served as a data analytics team manager with Lockheed Martin's Federal Healthcare Division, where he partnered with researchers to conduct epidemiological studies for military service members using claims databases. Previously, he provided data analytics consulting services to companies in healthcare and other sectors. Kris was trained as an SAS programmer while serving in the US military and has attended more than a dozen courses with the SAS Institute.