Shenandoah Speers

Shenandoah Speers is the Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO) and the Program Executive (PE) for Applications. He joined NASA in June 2018. Located at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Applications Division of NASA's Office of the Chief Information Officer manages the agency's information technology applications portfolio and develops and maintains applications architecture and strategy. The division also develops, implements, manages, and supports NASA enterprise and center business applications.

Mr. Speers comes to NASA from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Enterprise Services Center (ESC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he served as the ESC Information Services Deputy Division Manager from 2015 to 2018. In this role, he provided oversight and leadership for ESC’s IT Shared Services, supporting the financial, procurement, and mission support applications for the Department of Transportation (DOT) and over 20 government organizations. He was responsible for all aspects of IT services, strategy, planning, management, investment, budget, development, operations, and cybersecurity for ESC’s IT Shared Services division.

Mr. Speers joined the FAA in 2012 as the Financial Systems Branch Manager where he was responsible for the software development of the DOT’s federal financial system. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the ESC Architect and Design Manager, directing the planning, development research, analysis, programming, and operational support for major national computer systems.

Before joining the FAA, Mr. Speers began his career in the private sector with Lockheed Martin in 1999 as an applications software engineer, web developer, and a database administrator. In 2002, he transitioned to Federal service as an IT Specialist database administrator with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). He then served as an IT Specialist from 2003 to 2012 for the Department of Defense (DOD) U.S. Air Force 72nd Air Base Wing Communications Directorate at Tinker Air Force Base.

During his DOD tenure, Mr. Speers served as the Software Development Branch Chief, where he was responsible for the applications portfolio management, development, architecture, and strategy of the U.S. Air Force 72nd Air Base Wing applications. He led an application and Data Center consolidation effort, provided oversight to the development and maintenance of multiple Air Force systems for thousands of end users across the globe, and implemented Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) methodologies and best practices into the culture.

Mr. Speers has received numerous honors and awards, including the 72nd ABW Communications Directorate Employee of the Year, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, and Commander’s Excellence in Action Award. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of Oklahoma. A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Speers is married to Cristy Speers and they have one child, Elexis.