Dr. Janel Anderson, CSP, is a keynote speaker, author, and podcast host who speaks on the interpersonal side of tech, helping technical leaders master the relationships, influence, and communication skills that turn great work into real results.

She spent over a decade leading user experience teams and building digital products before stepping onto stages. She was employee #23 at a fast-paced tech startup, an award-winning professor, and an intrapreneur inside a global corporation who led a rogue UX team that changed how the company worked. Her doctoral dissertation, written in 2001, focused on virtual team communication, decades before Zoom was a verb.

She applies that same mindset, strategy, and thinking to her podcast, Working Conversations, which she has built into a content engine that tests ideas, drives email opt-ins, and generates speaking opportunities. You don't need one. But after her session, you'll wish you had one or that you'd started sooner.

Dr. Janel received her CSP in 2019. She holds a PhD in organizational communication from Purdue University and is the author of Head On: How to Approach Difficult Conversations Directly. In her spare time, she reverse engineers recipes for dishes from her favorite restaurants, bringing a touch of creativity and innovation to her kitchen at home.

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