Mark Johnson
Vice President, Space and Defense, Reinventing Geospatial
Mark Johnson’s biggest recent accomplishment was working with RGi’s leadership team to prepare for planned growth in 2025 and beyond. RGi recently had several key wins, including a spot on NGA’s Research and Development Contract, and Johnson is a key member of the team shaping RGi to evolve through its next stage of company maturity.
RGi strives to maintain its status as an employee-first organization while building the processes and infrastructure necessary to continue its success as a technology leader.
“Mark is an exceptional leader and asset to Reinventing Geospatial (RGi),” said Stephen Gillotte, chief executive officer,RGi. “His deep expertise and strategic insight are driving our growth and accelerating the delivery of critical technologies to warfighters and analysts at the speed of need—especially in the fast-evolving space domain. As a key member of our leadership team, he is helping shape our strategy, expand our reach, and lead the development of the infrastructure needed to support our growth. Mark helps set the vision and ensures we execute, keeping RGi at the forefront of innovation in support of national security.”
Why Watch
In 2025, Johnson and his team are heavily focused on finding ways to get useful capabilities in the hands of users even faster.
“As a small business, RGi can move quicker than most, and we look for customers, contracts, and challenges that need those capabilities delivered at speed,” he said. “Adversaries don’t operate on five-year contract cycles, especially in the space domain.”
Johnson is intent on finding additional opportunities for RGi to provide rapid value to the government.
“In my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the brightest minds in technology, and that continues to be the case at RGi,” he said. “Driving innovation to solve complex geospatial challenges lies at the core of what we do, and continuing to adapt those skills and technologies to a constantly changing space domain is imperative to our national security.”
Fun fact: Johnson is a fourth-generation engineer, starting with his great-grandfather, who studied aerospace and flew biplanes in the early 20th century. He’s glad his generation works in the much safer confines of office buildings—with free snacks and bottled water.