Debra Johnson
Senior Strategist - Industrial Transformation, Technology, and Esg @Stantec
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Strategist - Industrial Transformation, Technology, and Esg @Stantec
Delivering the future of the supply chain - Sustainably and responsibly by improving its foundational industries.Senior consultant / program manager collaboratively engaging industrial clients to achieve and exceed their too big to fail goals, as well as their ESG commitments, including digitalization, energy transition, decarbonization, water conservation, and natural capital. Proactively leveraging resources such as technology and SMEs to develop and deliver transformational projects, as well as drive scaled adoption of emerging technologies that address critical issues while maintaining KPIs. Experience with diverse projects, renewable energy, Nature Based Solutions, carbon accounting, climate risk, and more.
EDUCATION
Arizona State University
BS Summa cum Laude, Accounting and Computer Information Systems
University of Missouri-Columbia
Accounting and Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT DEBRA JOHNSON
Scaled adoption of industrial innovation is the missing link for achieving climate and other transformational goals. Award-winning visionary global leader driving the successes we need: Operating at the intersection of Digital, Innovation and ESG with a strategic mindset, Debra catalyzes industrial companies, distilling and harnessing complexity with new and agile approaches to innovation adoption, sustainability and digital transformation. A resource for those who are looking for solutions to difficult challenges, Debra helps teams successfully overcome traditional barriers to technology adoption, driving innovation and customized strategies to generate superior operational performance with actionable solutions. Long before the buzzwords were coined, solved problems with collaborative disruption, design thinking, and a focus on sustainable solutions. She inspires high-performing teams to scale solutions to realize global business value and achieve ESG and Net Zero goals, as well as earn a Social License to Operate. Leading development and application of IIoT, analytics, SaaS, Agile methods, ML/AI, automation, & mobility technologies to solve operations, asset optimization, industrial automation, and information management challenges in essential industries like mining, transportation, energy and other industrial sectors. As industries evolve use of Cloud, Edge, autonomous and IIoT, Debra helps teams maintain a clear vision of the objectives to be achieved with these technologies and the path to seamless execution. A frequent speaker and writer for industry groups on pragmatic methods of deploying digital transformation, achieving sustainability, and simultaneously increasing profitability, she was named as one of the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2012 Most Admired CEOs.Debra\'s diverse background encompasses a wide cross-section of industries and roles. Experience includes driving innovation and operational excellence at GE Transportation, entrepreneurship, international business development, marketing and distribution, CFO of a publicly traded company, product development, strategic planning, change management, and 13 years in public accounting performing attest, litigation support, and consulting.Specialties include: Strategy Development & Execution Cleantech / Sustainability / ESG / Climate / Net Zero Global Team Leadership Digital Transformation Operational Improvement Advanced Analytics Actionable Solutions Product Management Change Management Creative Visioning / Design Thinking Financial Accountability
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