Christopher Johnson Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

The PAST Foundation has a rich history of pioneering educational reform through innovative learning experiences. Since its inception, the foundation has been dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional education systems and the evolving demands of the modern workforce. By leveraging project-based learning and strategic partnerships, the foundation has successfully implemented programs that prepare learners for the challenges of tomorrow, making a lasting impact on communities worldwide.

Executive leader of innovation and diversification. Demonstrated abilities to lead the development of enterprise strategies, operations transformations, and revenue generation. Additional responsibilities include partnerships, product development, and venturing. Reporting to the Executive Vice President level.Key Accomplishments:Established Product Partnership Platform – Created and deployed partner solution platform, generating $56M in influenced and direct revenue and enabling customer access to decarbonization, electrification, and resilience solutions. Negotiated partnership structures, including equity and revenue share. Established Enterprise Growth Strategy for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), including quantifying economic and infrastructure impacts and establishing new core business capabilities to unlock benefits. Established a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) business generating significant cost reduction, energy market, and non-wires alternative value. Capability creation included:- Partner diligence - market landscaping, financial/technical evaluation, partnership negotiation including discounts and revenue share.- Capacity portfolio valuation strategy considering RTO, retail, and utility use characteristics.- Federal, RTO and State regulatory strategy- Onboarding of new assets/capacity - customer-owned, contracted aggregation, and utility-owned.Federal Grants Capability - Captured $80M in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives for grid modernization and resiliency, including $27M to modernize and accelerate Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) in connection with the Virtual Power Plant capability. Growth and Innovation Capabilities – Championed developing capabilities in product development, technology scouting, and venturing, yielding a 3x return on investment plus significant new revenue and operational efficiencies.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Led a global, cross-discipline professional service team, delivering technology and business transformations that resulted in significant returns in value. Founded a new service line called Rapid Open Innovation (ROI) and grew the professional service practice revenue by 3X. Reported to Global Head of Innovation Professional Service.Key Accomplishments:- $1B in customer value generated through new products, processes, ventures, and business lines.- Founder of Rapid Open Innovation (ROI), new products through partnerships in half the time/cost/risk.- Grew professional service practice customer impact by 100X, expanded into new segments, and increased AWS platform and services revenue by 3X.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Led the Enterprise Innovation and Technology unit responsible for execution of new business opportunities. Reporting to the Vice President of Innovation and Technology.Key Accomplishments:- $20M Innovation Portfolio – Originated and developed new business opportunities in smart grids and electrification, contributing to AEP’s sustainable energy and grid future goals.- Innovation accelerators – responsible for partner accelerator strategies that drove value using open methods to accelerate ecosystem solutions to customer problems.- Smart City Accelerator – Launched a global accelerator program in collaboration with Singularity University, fostering breakthroughs in grid management and electric mobility.- IllumiNation Energy Summit – Orchestrated an executive educational event to revolutionize energy industry regulation and promote progressive policies.- IllumiNATION Lab – Established a pioneering global energy solution accelerator in partnership with EPRI, catalyzing sustainable energy and integration innovation.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Served as continuous improvement (CI) and business transformation advisor for executive-level leaders. Led teams to proactively find and resolve operational/safety risks, eliminate process waste, and improve company marketability by 30%.Key Accomplishments:- $142 M Savings and Revenue - Lead 4 business line transformations with significant value realization.- 30,000 ($1.9M) labor hour capability in process standardization and automation improvements.- Slashed organizational disengagement from 25% to 8% (Gallup), through staff involvement in transformation.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Managed environmental compliance for 21 Title V Sources, 4 facilities (2 states), $2M budget and a staff of 4.Key Accomplishments:- Implemented a predictive monitoring program generating $1 million in O&M savings per year.- $3 million new annual revenues - Renegotiated a regulatory permit, providing operational flexibility.

Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States

Managed environmental regulatory compliance and emergency response programs at 4 electric generating facilities. Developed and implemented Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) compliance programs.Key Accomplishments:- CEO Key Contributor Award for implementing a new operational strategy saving $10 Million.- Developed Regulatory Reporting Automation Software – Automated hundreds of labor hours of data gathering, analysis and reporting activities for the submission of environmental regulatory reports.

Lockbourne, Ohio, United States

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area