Andrew Johnson

About Andrew Johnson

Highly technical VP with 20 years in information technology overseeing infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise software. Results-driven and motivated technology leader with extensive experience building, strengthening, and safeguarding systems, applications, and infrastructure to meet the needs of large organizations. Offers exceptional management skills, leading teams, processes, and initiatives in the achievement of technical, operational, security, and fiscal goals. University of Washington Executive MBA.

Experience

1. VP, Information Technology

   Stratolaunch

   Jan 2025 — Present · Mojave, CA, US

   Stratolaunch is a technology accelerator that engineers operationally realistic testing at Mach 5+. Our air-launched, Talon testbeds are reusable, cost-effective platforms that enable routine access to the hypersonic environment. We deliver flight data critical to validating system performance and achieving rapid technology deployment. Together with our customers, we drive innovations that are imperative to advancing national security.As VP, IT at Stratolaunch I am responsible for providing technology leadership and creation/execution of our IT Strategic Plan. I oversee all infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise software teams-Built and manages a team of managers, engineers, administrators, and technicians engaged in Systems, Network, Security, Software, Support, and Flight Data Systems-Thought leader for AI, building a vision, strategic plan, and protocols for security and governance. Built our own internal LLM. Educated the leadership team on AI’s potential, including dozens of use cases-Formulated and administers budgets including company software, hardware, cloud, capex, telecom, labor, etc-Assembled an enterprise software team to enable digital transformation with oversight of all COTS and custom software. Improved security while driving down costs by standardizing code release procedures and adopting a continuous integration process-Created strategic partnerships with FedRAMP-certified SaaS providers to host systems that include Nominal, Costpoint, Epsilon3, Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, WebEx for Government, and Smartsheet Gov-Established a compliance program to ensure that the company’s data systems adhere to NIST 800-171 and CMMC requirements. Planned and deploys Secret and Top Secret data systems. Successfully obtained CMMC level 2 cert-Safeguards the integrity of critical and confidential data through the rollout of a security program integrating annual security risk assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning.

Education

• UW Foster School of Business

  Executive MBA