Kevin Johnson
Head Of AI Helping Executive Teams Go AI-First at Kevin Johnson PhD
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Johnson is a PhD-trained AI leader with 13+ years of experience who turns LLM strategy into shipped products and measurable ROI, currently serving as Sr Director of Applied AI in Boulder. He builds end-to-end AI operating models—intake, prioritization councils, stage-gates, KPIs, and governance with Security/Legal/Privacy—to scale pilot work into enterprise-grade features that drive adoption. Kevin has shipped 12+ LLM products across distributed teams (fine-tuning, RAG, agentic workflows) and routinely cuts research→production cycles by 10× while maintaining zero compliance incidents in regulated contexts. He combines deep technical chops (Python, TensorFlow, large-scale data pipelines) with product-first instincts—standing up dataset capture, on-device ML, and cost-saving cloud migrations that reduced opex by orders of magnitude. A pragmatic operator who reports to CEOs and boards, he’s as comfortable defining contractual AI risk controls as he is leading global delivery teams and reducing program budgets by 80%.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University
English
Github Skills (4)
spring1
java1
smart-on-fhir1
spring-boot1
Github contributions (5)
kevjohnson/recipes
Aug 2019 - Feb 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
kevjohnson/mymaps
Apr 2014 - May 2016
Contributions:21 commits, 8 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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