Kurt A. Underwood

Kurt is a Managing Director at Protiviti, responsible for architecting and planning advanced technology deployments, building solution centers, and developing governance, risk management and compliance frameworks for data centers (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure). He actively advises C‑suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies on major technology‑driven business transformations, including cloud adoption across industries such as financial services, healthcare, biotechnology, energy, aerospace, semiconductors, software and digital commerce.

Kurt joined Protiviti in 2004 after 17 years in industry and professional services and has previously served as Global Leader of Technology Consulting and later Global Leader of Managed Technology Solutions.

Areas of Expertise

• Business Strategy
• Board Advisory on Technology
• Global Solution Center Deployments
• Business Process Improvement
• Workflow Optimization
• IT Strategy
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Cloud Computing
• Software Development
• Cybersecurity
• Digitalization
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Education

• UCLA, Bachelor of Arts, Economics
• Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
• Awarded Internationally with Omicron Delta Epsilon in Economics, Pi Gamma Mu in Social Sciences

Professional Memberships and Certifications

• Certified by the Association for Supply Chain Management in Production and Inventory Management (APICS / CPIM)
• Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

Languages

• English (native)
• French (limited proficiency)