Darin Johnson

About Darin Johnson

BIS Consulting, LLC, is an employee-owned firm providing decision-support and risk assessment services to utilities, transit agencies, and other infrastructure-heavy industries. We specialize in helping clients make high-stakes, visible decisions—particularly around policy and capital planning—using rigorous, quantitative methods that resonate with executives, regulators, and non-technical stakeholders.In many asset-intensive organizations, technical teams hold deep knowledge—both explicit and tacit—but often struggle to translate it into business cases that justify spending. BIS bridges this gap by aligning technical insight with decision-making frameworks that support confident investment.Our approach prioritizes knowledge transfer and hands-on collaboration. Rather than just delivering tools or reports, we work closely with clients to ensure lasting value through training and support.Our services include:Risk-Based Economic Life Analysis:We help utilities assess aging assets using a risk-based methodology that weighs maintenance costs and failure risks against capital deferral. This analysis identifies the optimal service life for assets, balancing cost and reliability.Asset Management Support:We assist in building asset management programs, including asset registers, failure probability curves, and health indexing systems. These tools help prioritize investments, optimize maintenance, and support data-driven decisions.Long-Range Spending Forecasts:By analyzing asset life, risk, and failure consequences, we provide clients with clear projections of future capital and maintenance needs—critical for long-term planning.Project Prioritization:We guide clients in ranking projects based on cost-benefit analysis and failure risk, helping them allocate resources to the highest-value efforts.Project Development:From evaluating intervention strategies to optimizing timing and maintenance planning, we support utilities in executing effective replacement and refurbishment projects.Sensitivity Analysis:We test the resilience of spending plans under uncertainty, helping clients understand data limitations and refine their assumptions.At BIS Consulting, our goal is to empower clients with tools, insights, and training to make better, more defensible decisions.

Experience

1. President

   Bis Consulting, Llc Decision-Support Consultants

   Nov 2006 — Present

   Darin Johnson serves as President and Director of the Asset Management Practice at BIS Consulting, LLC, and is the lead convenor of the Risk Management working group of the International Wildfire Risk Mitigation Consortium. He brings extensive leadership experience in infrastructure asset management, with a focus on risk assessment, capital investment strategy, and life-cycle cost optimization. Darin has led initiatives across electric transmission and distribution; water and wastewater systems; and hydroelectric, thermal, and wind generation facilities. His work spans the full asset management spectrum—from strategic framework development to the implementation of advanced decision-support tools and business processes—helping organizations prioritize investments, justify capital programs, and effectively manage aging infrastructure portfolios.

Education

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  1990 — 1995

• Franklin Pierce High School

  High School Diploma, General Studies

  1986 — 1990