Kirstin Gunderson

Vice President, Business Operations and People, Rowan Digital Infrastructure

2013 Corporate Implementation Award Winner

Kirstin Gunderson has been advancing the goal of clean energy in the technology space. As the Vice President of Business Operations and People at Rowan Digital Infrastructure, she helps Rowan scale through operational excellence and an empowered workforce to further Rowan’s mission: delivering sustainable solutions to green data centers. She has also served as the company’s Vice President of Site Strategy. Gunderson joined Rowan after eight years with Meta, where she was most recently the Director of People Experience and also held positions leading the Manager and Leader Experience, the Data Center Strategy and Development division, and the Renewable Energy program. Gunderson has also been a Senior Manager for Walmart’s Energy Team, where she received an award for her clean energy efforts. While at Walmart, she helped drive the successful deployment and management of Walmart’s onsite renewable portfolio—advancing Walmart’s goal to produce or procure 7 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy globally by 2020, as well as the company’s long-term goal to be supplied by 100 percent renewable energy. Gunderson holds a Global MBA from The George Washington University School of Business and a BA in International Relations from the University of Oregon.