COO, CTO, CIO, EVP, SVP, VP

Dear Ma’am / Sir,

As an introduction, I offer the following.

I have a proven track record of leading highly skilled, diverse, multi-discipline, multi-site international teams to collaborative success in ambiguous, time-critical environments to drive innovation, change, operational execution and business growth.

I hold a Doctorate in Engineering, along with Executive Education from The Wharton School and have extensive global high tech industry experience.

I have served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of privately held companies, including significant annual Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibility, as the Chief Information Officer of a $4B, multi-site, high tech international group, as a Business Unit leader, as well as Vice President of Business Development & Marketing for an international, multi-site $2.1B annual revenue division and as the Senior Director and Systems Engineering & Analysis Domain Leader for the largest exporter in the U.S., to name just a few roles.

Mark J. Johnson

Total Academic / Industry / Government Experience > 20 years

Accomplished Executive Leader of Technically Complex, Multi-Disciplined,

Multi-Site Programs, Functional Organizations and Business Units

Significant Profit & Loss (P&L) Responsibility: > $500M per year

Proven Executive Driving Innovation, Change, Operational Execution and Business Growth

Veteran of the United States Air Force

Education

Executive Leadership Development, University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School

Doctor of Science, Civil Engineering, Washington University

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Washington University

Master and Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Saint Louis University

Professional Background

MD Helicopters, (Private Equity Backed), 2016-2017

Chief Technology Officer

•Responsible for developing and nurturing all global industry, Government and academic partnerships.

•Responsible for the identification, validation, development, transition, implementation and FAA certification of innovative technologies, products and services across industries.

•Introduced digital technology across all fleets, replacing antiquated analog equipment.

•Results included the award of a $1.3B IDIQ contract.

•Leveraged unique automotive sensing technologies, (RADAR, LIDAR, Cameras), to develop the first “radar cocoon” to develop a low cost approach to address the degraded visual environment (DVE) condition, specifically “brownout,” and gained FAA approval to proceed with the streamlined Non-Required Safety Enhancing (NORSEE) certification process.

IOMAX USA, (Private Equity Backed), 2014-2015

Chief Operating Officer

•Annual P&L responsibility > $260M.

•Successfully developed and executed global operational, new business development and strategic growth plans for the enterprise across the U.S., Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

•Developed Local and State relationships to garner significant Government investment.

•Successfully led all engineering, technology development, Research & Development (R&D), program management, business optimization, manufacturing, quality assurance, industrial automation, integration, training, new business development, strategic planning and marketing.

•Responsible for globally deployed team, including contractor / subcontractor personal.

•Achieved 100% delivery success: 35 of 35 planned deliveries on time or ahead of schedule.

•Reduced total manufacturing and integration cycle time from > 90 days to < 45 days.

L-3 Communications, 2008-2014

Vice President of Business Development, 2013-2014

•Responsible for all global strategic planning, competitive market research, sales, marketing, communications and community relations – including building and fostering enduring relationships with a broad array of Local, State and Federal Government entities.

•Corporate lead for key strategic pursuits (“must win” programs).

•Collaborated closely with Domestic and International customers to define and shape requirements, developing strategic partnerships across the global industry, including academia and Government stakeholders.

•Successfully developed and actively maintained the 5 year strategic growth plan, modifying when needed to remain ahead of emerging customer requirements and market trends.

•Developed and provided oversight of 5 year new business investment plan, including > $200M in R&D funding focused on driving innovation in new product development.

•Lead for Merger & Acquisition (M&A) initiatives, including supporting due diligence and post-acquisition integration activities for key M&A targets.

•Consistently and significantly exceeded yearly financial Short Term Forecast (STF) and year-over-year targets.

•Attained Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) growth that exceeded the Corporate Short Term Forecast (STF) for the division by > 5% in 2013 and 2014.

•Achieved a 92% win rate on competitive RFP responses.

•Book-to-bill ratio increased by 12% across the > $2B annual revenue Division from 2012 to 2014.

Vice President of Next Generation ISR and Deputy, ISR Systems, 2009-2013

•Annual Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems revenue: > $500M.

•Successfully grew a broad portfolio of integrated computing networks of data collection / processing / exploitation / dissemination and precision awareness products – including the development of next generation ISR capabilities and full lifecycle management – across air and ground based Tactical Command, Control and Communications vehicles / platforms.

•Led > 3,000 matrixed employees supporting programs worth > $2B.

•Included global 24/7/365 support of the Project Liberty fleet, through ongoing Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) services / maintenance and technology upgrades, utilizing > 200 deployed contractors and subcontractors.

•Improved mission availability by 28% in 2012, to achieve 99% combat effectiveness.

•The Liberty program was nominated for an unprecedented third time in 2012 for the prestigious Collier Trophy, an annual aviation award presented to those who have made "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.”

•Delivered numerous complex, ISR modified, mission critical aircraft and Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) / networked computing capabilities to USG and International customers in a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) environment.

•Provided 24/7/365 Contractor Owned / Contractor Operated ISR services for USSOCOM.

•Included provision of > 300 contract pilots, maintainers, FSRs and training.

•Led the development, unveiling, ongoing spiral R&D / technology evolution and marketing of “SPYDR,” L-3’s $75M investment in the most advanced tactical ISR platform in the world.

•Provided time-phased technology insertion while maximizing adaptability across multi-INT sensors in order to rapidly address dynamic mission requirements.

Chief Information Officer, Vice President of Information Technology, 2008-2009

•Led the comprehensive transformation of IT processes, systems, infrastructure and functional organizations across 12 international sites for a $4B business.

•Executed significant streamlining, leveraging strategic industry partnerships and third party vendors / outsourcing.

•Consolidated multiple global data / call centers and established Shared IT Services across 12 international sites.

•Significantly improved efficiency, resulting in a 35% reduction in annual costs.

•Exceeded SLAs across all 12 sites, greatly improving customer satisfaction.

•Strategically invested more than $50M in capital funds per year across the enterprise.

The Boeing Company, 1998-2008

Senior Director – Systems Engineering and Analysis Domain, 2007-2008

Responsible for all facets of systems engineering and analysis across Boeing, including processes, tools and related research and development investment (> $36M per year).

Program Director – Enterprise Product Data Management (EPDM) Program, 2006-2007

•Led the deployment of a Standard EPDM system across all disparate Boeing sites for new and emerging Commercial and Defense programs.

•This $360M effort facilitated interoperability and provided a unified data management infrastructure in support of overarching enterprise business simplification and standard IT systems / systems reduction strategies.

Program Director – Program Management and Strategic Planning, 2003-2006

•Responsible for new business creation, acquisition and execution across 60 contracted advanced R&D programs for multiple U.S. Government agencies, spanning seven Boeing sites. Duties included working collaboratively with internal and external customers, industry partners, suppliers and academia to develop effective strategic investment plans for program creation, capture, execution, and technology transition.

•In 2005, led the organization to a 78% win rate on a total of 54 competitive proposals.

•Program Manager responsible for executing advanced programs worth > $350M that were focused on survivable, next generation global strike platforms.

•Led the successful turnaround of a highly complex program that was the United States Air Force’ top priority technology development program: Boeing was named sole source recipient of two large follow-on programs in 2004 as a result.

•Management responsibilities included execution of select critical programs through the application of Program Management Best Practices (PMBPs), accountability for budget compliance, schedule, supplier management, business development, marketing, capture of new business opportunities, technology development and transition, development and execution of multi-site work packages, technical and product developmental risk management, and management / exploitation of intellectual property.

•Led the successful turnaround of a highly complex program that was the United States Air Force’ top priority technology development program: Boeing was named sole source recipient of two large follow-on programs in 2004 as a result.

Director, Program Management Best Practice (PMBP) Assessments, Phantom Works, 2004-2006

•Responsible for PMBP tailoring, implementation and formal program PMBP Assessments for all advanced Phantom Works programs (PM best practices and benchmarking).

Chief Systems Engineer, Advanced Global Strike Systems, 2003-2004

•Responsible for oversight of a cadre of > 20 systems engineers, including provision of tools, processes and personnel development.

Advanced R&D Technology Thrust Leader, 2001-2003

•Led Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to develop, demonstrate, mature and transition highly complex new technologies and products.

•IPTs included > 355 engineers and scientists from across 22 different technical departments at multiple sites.

Research Scientist / Program Manager, 1998-2001

•Successfully pursued and captured Government grants and funding for advanced R&D initiatives.

•Subsequently led several multi-disciplinary program teams, composed of industry / academia researchers, engineers and scientists, as well as U.S. Government researchers from the DoD, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Army Research Lab (ARL), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA (Ames, Dryden, Langley).

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