Coastal Plains of North Carolina

Builder.
Leader.
Lifelong Learner.

30+ years turning chaos into capability. Air Force veteran. Technology executive. Grandfather of three. Currently building things worth keeping.

M&A Integration AI Strategy Digital Transformation MBA-AI ’26
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After 30 years in IT, I've learned that the only constant is change… and that someone will always ask you to explain why the server room sounds like a jet engine.

Rance Johnson
30+
Years in technology leadership
30+
M&A integrations led
$3B
In enterprise value supported
3
Grandchildren (Cub, Honey Bee & Bluebird)

Building things
worth keeping

I'm a technology executive who has spent three decades doing one thing well: walking into complexity and building clarity. ERP migrations. M&A integrations. Digital transformations. Building IT organizations from scratch and watching them scale to support thousands of people across hundreds of locations.

But the thing that actually drives me isn't the technology. It's the people. I've hired server technicians from restaurant floors, food service workers into security management roles, and helpdesk techs screamed at by their bosses into operations managers leading their own teams. The work has always been about seeing what others miss.

I was diagnosed with ADHD — a revelation that explained decades of my life. Forty years of patterns suddenly made sense. The hyperfocus, the pattern recognition, the need for chaos to feel alive — turns out those weren't liabilities. They were the whole operating system.

I'm currently completing an MBA in Artificial Intelligence through the University of East London, building BuildYourKemosabe.com — an AI literacy program for real people — and serving as Chairman of the Sidewalk Institute.

When I'm not thinking about any of that, you'll find me on the trails in Chisos (my Azure Gray Bronco), on the water, or being outwitted by three grandchildren under the age of four.

"Build things worth keeping. Develop people worth knowing. Leave a trail worth following."

— The operating philosophy

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