PROFESSIONAL
Dr. John Johnson has been involved with computer technology since the late 1970s. As an undergraduate he was a batch station operator and worked as a research consultant on positron correlation experiments at Michigan Technological University. As a graduate student, he worked as a teaching assistant, teaching undergraduate physics labs, recitations and managing evening classes at a MSU annex in Birmingham, Michigan.
John worked as a research assistant, while attending The University of Texas at Austin. John worked on nuclear science experiments at TRIUMF and LAMPF. John completed his research dissertation on Pion Double-Charge-Exchange at LAMPF in 1992.
John stayed on as a postdoctoral fellow at Los Alamos, where he managed projects developing Long Range Alpha Detectors, used for radioactive waste remediation and weapons inspections. He lead efforts to develop a hand-held swipe monitor for the military and a liquid alpha detector at the radioactive liquid waste processing facility at LANL.
In 1996-97, John assumed the responsibility of network manager and security manager for the diverse computing network used by the Theoretical division at LANL. John managed a major network overhaul for the division, while working to improve response and services for various physics groups.
In 1997-99, John managed his own business in Santa Fe, NM, where he was involved with sales, repair and computer consulting for many small businesses, individuals and state and government contracts.
John moved to the Quad Cities in 1999, where he began working as a Sr. Security Architect for John Deere. John is responsible for managing various aspects of network and data security for the corporation worldwide.
In 2003, John began as an adjunct professor at St. Ambrose University. John has taught classes both on campus, and for the ACCEL program, and he also teaches at Scott Community College. He teaches astronomy most semesters, and once in a while has taught computer security, ethics and physics classes. [Astronomy Website]
John has been involved with website design since 1994, and some can be found on Cybermaze.com.
As an undergraduate, John was elected national president of the Society of Physics Students (seen in photo #3 in Washington, DC). John remained active with SPS and the American Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers through the mid-1990's, and he continues to remain active with the honor society Phi Kappa Phi. John has also been involved as a reviewer for textbooks and course development for various colleges and publishers, and he continues to consult on customer advisory boards for various security vendors (RSA Security, etc.) . He is an active member of AAS, IEEE, NCMS and holds CISSP certification in computer security. John is Past-Chair of the IEEE executive board for the Iowa-Illinois Section, and Chair of the local Computer Society. John is also Treasurer of the Illinois FBI Infragard Chapter.
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