Simon Kihara serves as Lwala's Applications Engineer, leading the engineering team and driving digital health systems that support community health workers across Kenya. With over 6 years of experience building digital health systems in East Africa, Simon is passionate about leveraging technology to strengthen health systems and improve outcomes for marginalized communities. His expertise spans applications development, data engineering, infrastructure, and technical leadership, with full-stack experience in frontend technologies, backend systems, and cloud platforms including AWS/GCP. He has deep specialization in CHT, DHIS2, CommCare, Apache NiFi, and OpenFN integrations, and has built ETL pipelines covering 22M+ beneficiary records and data tools enabling health professionals to access and analyze health data efficiently. Simon specializes in architecturing and developing infrastructure for digital health platforms and leads the engineering of eCHIS, a CHW-facing platform serving thousands of frontline workers. Previously, he worked with Living Goods as a core developer on Smart Health, which became the foundation for eCHIS Version 1 adopted nationally by Kenya's Ministry of Health, and at Visortech Solutions building a supply chain module for eCHIS Uganda and an eVaccination tool for MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres).
