Steve Johnson

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  Rear Admiral

  Commander, Naval Information Systems Management Center (NISMC); Program Director - Tactical Support Information Systems, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR); Director, Year 2000 Remediation Program Office.

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  Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Program Director, Tactical Support Systems

  Managed 3 Major Program Managers (DoD ACAT 1) and 5 ACAT 2 and 3 Program Managers providing non-tactical information technology networks and systems to Navy ship and shore stations, totally more than $1.5B in Navy IT acquisition. Oversaw the design foundation for the Navy's IT-21 shipboard networks and managed the initial Battle Group installations.

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  ASHER: Global Leaders in Growth Strategies

  Jan 2001 - now

  Senior Facilitator

  I am a senior trainer and facilitator with special expertice for the military and government customers of ASHER. I provide strategic planning, senior program management, subject matter expert, and sales and marketing consulting services to commercial customers, government organizations and program offices, and educational institutions.

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  UC San Diego

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  Technology and Business Advisor

  von Liebig advisors provide advisory, advocacy and facilitating services to all UCSD faculty and research staff to: * Stimulate University/Industry exchange * Develop new alliances * Explore appropriate commercialization strategies for new technologies.von Liebig Advisor help faculty and research staff to:Analyze Commercial PotentialProtect Intellectual PropertyCreate Business ModelIdentify Potential LicenseesMarket to CompaniesWrite Business PlanMarket to Investors Show less

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  SBS Consulting Inc.: Business Process , Management, and Leadership Expert

  Feb 2001 - now

  President

  SBS Consulting provides strategic planning, senior program management, executive coaching, process improvement, subject matter expert services, and sales and marketing consulting services to commercial customers, government organizations and program offices, and educational institutions.I believe in the principles outlined in Patrick Lencioni's seminal work on corporate culture and business planning ("The Advantage") and the Four Obsessions of a great leadership team, also defined by Patrick Lencioni, combined with the business process structures defined by Gino Wickman ("Traction"). During the period 2014-2015 I served as an Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Implementer ®. Show less

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  Vistage International

  May 2008 - Jul 2020

  Chair and Executive Coach

  Vistage is dedicated to improving the performance and enhancing the lives of CEO’s.A Vistage group is comprised of approximately 16 peers who are not in competition with each other, have high integrity, are under non-disclosure with each other, and are interested in becoming better leaders, making better decisions, achieving better results, and having better-quality lives.There are over 21,000 active members and 75,000 alumni in 16 countries. The average member CEO has been in Vistage for over 6 years.The average Vistage Company increases their revenue growth rate by 2.2 X within 2 years after their CEO joins as compared to their growth rate pre-Vistage. Membership is by invitation only. Membership is a mutual decision between Vistage and the individual CEO. CEO’s must not only be willing to bring their issues to the group, they must also bring value to the other members of the group. Not all CEO’s nor their companies will qualify. Show less

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  SBS CONSULTING INC

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  EOS Implementer ®at SBS Consulting, Inc.

  EOS ® (Entrepreneurial Operating System ®) is a very sound way to manage a business. Patrick Lencioni (in his book The Advantage) defines the Four Obsessions of a management team to be 1) Create a healthy corporate culture 2) Create clarity 3) Over-communicate clarity and 4) Reinforce Clarity. EOS ® has excellent tools and processes that do a good job at these disciplines. Success, of course, cannot be achieved with just a management plan or great processes, Nothing is possible without great leadership and great "team health." Show less

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  Converse University

  May 2019 - now

  Trustee of Converse University. Member of the Governance Committee, the Assets and Resources Committee, and the Audit and Risk Management Committee. Converse is a private doctoral university in Spartanburg, SC, providing distinctive undergraduate liberal arts education for men and women and innovative programs for co-ed study.Converse ranks in the top 5% of master’s universities in the nation for research, service and social mobility by Washington Monthly and in the top 10% of universities in the nation for enriching educational experiences by the National Survey of Student Engagement. Converse is the top-ranked private Regional University in SC, a Top Regional University for Undergraduate Teaching, and a Top Ten Best Value by U.S. News & World ReportConverse has been named by Forbes as one of America’s Top Colleges, and among the top private universities in the nation for “excelling in access and success” by the U.S. Department of Education. Converse transitioned to fully co-educational (undergraduate and graduate) in September 2020, and to University Status on July 1, 2021 Show less Trustee of Converse University, a private doctoral university in Spartanburg, SC, providing distinctive undergraduate liberal arts education for women and innovative programs for co-ed study. Top 5% of master’s universities in the nation for research, service and social mobility by Washington Monthly. Top 10% of colleges in the nation for enriching educational experiences by the National Survey of Student Engagement. Converse is the top-ranked private Regional University in SC, a Top Regional University for Undergraduate Teaching, and a Top Ten Best Value by U.S. News & World ReportNamed by Forbes as one of America’s Top Colleges. Among the top private universities in the nation for “excelling in access and success” by the U.S. Department of Education Show less

  • Trustee

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Trustee

    May 2019 - Jun 2021