Dr. Johnson-Bey has demonstrated experience in leading global innovation to reflect evolving markets and technology dynamics. He uniquely leverages the intersection of technology, strategy, and business to create & capture value, lead change and drive execution. His expertise has spanned academia as well as the commercial and defense industries.
As a Senior Vice President for Booz Allen, his responsibilities are to develop and execute innovative technology strategies that position Booz Allen as a leader in the development of next-generation solutions that are recognizable and branded in the market. He inspires leaders, promotes innovation, collaboration and sharing of intellectual capital that empower people to change the world.
In addition, he is a Co-Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation funded Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA). ERVA is a five-year initiative that convenes, catalyzes and empowers the United States’ engineering community to identify nascent opportunities and priorities for engineering-led innovative, high-impact, cross-domain, fundamental research that addresses national, global and societal needs.
Dr. Johnson-Bey has over 25 years of engineering experience that includes emerging technologies in Information Warfare, Cyber Resilience, Digital Signal Processing, System Architecture, Prototyping, and Hardware. He has worked for Lockheed Martin Corporation, Motorola Corporate Research Labs, Corning Incorporated Science & Technology Division, and he was an Electrical Engineering professor at Morgan State University.
He is a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, the engineering high school in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Johnson- Bey received a BS degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and received both a MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware.
Dr. Johnson-Bey received the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Award for Career Achievement- Industry. He is on several Boards including, The Whiting School of Engineering Advisory Board at The Johns Hopkins University and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Boards at both The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Delaware. He is also on the Cybersecurity Institute Advisory Board for the Community College of Baltimore County. He lives in Maryland with his wife of over 30 years, their 3 children.