Wayne Curtis

Chief Executive Officer KPA

Last Reviewed: September 26, 2026

Executive Summary

Wayne Curtis is Chief Executive Officer of KPA, the Colorado company that sells compliance software, consulting and training to automotive dealerships, collision centers, and marine, truck and RV dealers. He became CEO in January 2026, when KPA separated its non-automotive safety software into an independent company, Novara, and committed itself entirely to the automotive market. Curtis was an internal choice. KPA describes him as a 22-year veteran who had run its nationwide field services organization, the auditors and consultants who visit client sites, rather than a software executive brought in from outside. That fits a business whose automotive offering depends heavily on people on the ground.

Career Highlights

• Appointed CEO of KPA in January 2026, as former CEO Michael Bruns moved to lead the newly separated Novara.
• Previously led KPA’s nationwide field services organization, as Vice President of Field Services and as Executive Vice President of Client Success.
• Leads a field organization of more than 200 professionals that, according to KPA, completes over 30,000 site visits a year and delivers training to more than one million participants.
• Before KPA, led environmental and NEPA initiatives at Georgia Transmission Corporation.
• Holds a master’s degree in environmental economics from the University of Georgia.

Professional Journey

Curtis came to compliance through environmental work. Before joining KPA he led environmental and National Environmental Policy Act initiatives at Georgia Transmission Corporation, and he holds a master’s degree in environmental economics from the University of Georgia. KPA also says he is Six Sigma certified.

At KPA he built his career on the services side of the business. KPA has helped automotive businesses with compliance since 1986, and its model combines software with in-person audits, consulting and training across environmental health and safety, HR, cybersecurity, and sales, finance and insurance rules. Curtis ran the field services organization that delivers that work nationally. KPA’s two 2026 announcements describe his last role before CEO differently. The January release calls him Vice President of Field Services, leading more than 150 field consulting and client success staff. The February release calls him Executive Vice President of Client Success, leading more than 200. The company credits him with helping to develop its approach of combining software, consulting and training so that multi-location clients can run consistent compliance programs.

On 27 January 2026 KPA announced that its Flex and Risk Management Center software businesses, which serve manufacturing, construction, utilities, and oil and gas, would become a separate company called Novara. KPA’s previous CEO, Michael Bruns, became CEO of Novara, and Curtis was appointed CEO of KPA, which kept the automotive business. Providence Equity Partners, which KPA lists as an investor, welcomed the separation; its managing director William Hughes said separating the two would let each “make sharper decisions, and deploy capital for growth.” On taking the role, Curtis said KPA had “spent decades earning the trust of the automotive community.” In February 2026 KPA announced the rest of its automotive-focused leadership team, promoting Adam Crowell to Chief Legal and Strategy Officer and Amanda Rawls to Vice President of Client Success alongside him.

Education

University of Georgia

Master’s degree, Environmental Economics