# KJ Anderson — Executive Profile

> Technology and business transformation executive with 20+ years of experience leading modernization initiatives, enterprise applications, platform engineering, governance, AI adoption, and organizational transformation. Currently Vice President, Applications & AI Co-Chair at Speedcast. Houston, Texas.

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## Current role

Vice President, Applications & AI Co-Chair at Speedcast (June 2024 – present). Leads enterprise applications, AI governance and adoption, platform modernization, vendor management, and technology strategy for a global satellite communications operator.

## Career highlights

- Reduced Applications OpEx by 20% annually at Speedcast; delivered ~$500K annualized operating expense improvements
- Rebuilt Order-to-Cash into a unified Lead-to-Cash model, reducing order fulfillment from weeks to under 20 minutes
- Led enterprise AI governance, adoption, and MCP architecture, including custom MCP servers connecting legacy enterprise platforms to AI tools
- Executed 17 international divestitures across major enterprise platforms with zero operational disruption
- Delivered $10M+ operational savings advising Fortune 50 enterprises (Chevron, Ameren, CenterPoint Energy) through Gulf Coast Agile
- Directed governance across 5,000+ healthcare applications at Providence Health while maintaining HIPAA compliance
- Managed a $15M communications product portfolio at Viasat/Rignet; built and led the enterprise IT PMO
- Delivered $30M annual operational savings at Microsoft; built the program supporting 112 Azure datacenter launches and cut deployment startup times by more than 50%
- Restored a mission-critical financial datacenter after Hurricane Harvey (Sparkhound)
- Led high-performance teams as a Team Leader in the 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army (2001–2005)

## Leadership scope

- Led an organization of 31 software engineers, QA professionals, technical leaders, consultants, and contractors
- Influenced organizations comprising 300+ teams
- Managed a $15M communications product portfolio
- Governed modernization initiatives spanning 5,000+ healthcare applications

## Skills

- Leadership & strategy: executive stakeholder engagement, organizational transformation, governance and operating models, M&A integration and divestitures, vendor management, portfolio and PMO leadership, nearshore delivery centers
- Enterprise platforms: Dynamics 365, NAV, Workday, ADP, ServiceNow, Salesforce, SAP, Snowflake, Coupa, DocuSign
- Cloud & data: Azure, Power BI, Azure DevOps, data governance, API integration, semantic layers
- AI & automation: MCP architecture, agentic AI, enterprise AI adoption, Claude, Copilot, Lovable, Base44, workflow automation, Automation Anywhere, Power Automate

## Certifications

- Project Management Institute: PMP, PMI-ACP, GenAI for PMs
- Scrum Alliance: CSM, A-CSM, CSP-SM, CSPO
- Scaled Agile (SAFe): SPC 5 and SPC 6; certified trainer (SM, ASM, POPM, LPM, Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams)
- Scrum.org: PSM I & II, PSPO I, Nexus Scaled Scrum
- Scrum Inc.: Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner
- Management & Strategy Institute: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Kaizen Facilitator, Lean Supply Chain Management
- EXIN: ITIL v3 Foundation

## Education

Associate of Science, Computer Science (Networking), ITT Technical Institute, Everett, WA, 2005–2006

## Testimonials

- "So KJ…the TLDR is he not only pushed the organization forward but made me want to as well. He's good at many things: flawless presentations, asking the right questions, and crazy knowledge. I always respect these traits but KJ had me looking at my schedule in such a fashion I was asking what I could do better today. He is innovative and cool and any organization would be lucky to have him." — Colleague, peer recommendation
- "I absolutely loved working with KJ. He knew when it was time to be serious and when a well placed meme would brighten a day/conversation. He was always willing to meet up via chat or meeting to help me when I had a question, requested coaching, or was trying to understand a 'new-to-me' idea/concept. The way he worded things and coached made sense and really helped me with my teams. He is already missed!" — Team member, coaching & mentorship
- "KJ is an ELITE Coach and professional. He brings the energy and standard up for everyone around him. He has successfully delivered concrete solutions as a part of our team at Chevron. He understands delivery and execution and more importantly, he leads others to grow in that capacity. I would recommend him to anyone looking to build & grow their organization." — Leadership team, Chevron (Fortune 50)

## Contact

- Contact form: https://kjanderson.com/#contact (messages go directly to KJ)
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kj-anderson
- Location: Houston, Texas, USA
- Website: https://kjanderson.com