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JJ Anderson - Operations

JJ has built a wide-based information technology experience spanning over 30 years. Two-thirds of this background was in the networking field much at the leading edge of technology. His background includes military (US Navy), federal government, vendor, and systems and networking integrators, and professional services.

Mr. Anderson’s experience in networking began during the late 70’s when he introduced the first Local Area Network into the Department of Justice. Mr. Anderson worked as an engineer or engineering manager with four different networking vendors (Ungermann-Bass, Network Systems, 3Com and Cabletron/Enterasys) and as the Director of Engineering (Development) for a network security vendor. Mr. Anderson’s experience ranges from active fieldwork at customer sites to managing national and international engineering support organizations. He has served a customer base that includes, federal, state, and local government, commercial clients, and all aspects of the major telcom service providers (RBOCs, IXCs, CAPs, ASPs).

Mr. Anderson’s functional experience, in either a hands-on or management role, includes; network design, network traffic analysis, network security, operations support, IV&V, strategic program support, direct customer support, development and contract engineering, business process reengineering, proposal development, requirements analysis, training development (customer and internal), and business development.

During his career Mr. Anderson due to his position, experience, and supported customer base was an active participant in new product development and product enhancement. Mr. Anderson’s broad experience base has led to the use or adaptation of existing products to new functions. An example is the early use of bridge tunneling technology (prior to the industry adoption of the term VPN) to permit a Telco to offer secure wire speed inter network connectivity as a service.

Prior to networking Mr. Anderson’s military and government experience included software development for theater-wide operational intelligence analysis systems, software development of statistical systems in supporting OSHA, Project Officer for Model Office project for all Immigration and Naturalization Field Offices, manager of MIS at DOJ Antitrust Division, Deputy Director IT at DOJ Civil Division.

Mr. Anderson believes the key to his successful career is the ability to analyze and understand customer requirements, then to discover and apply the appropriate technology with and eye towards not only solving the immediate requirements but also with an understanding of long-term support requirements.