Dr. Johnson is a data scientist with deep experience in public-sector analytics, program evaluation, and data modernization. While working on his PhD in policy analysis, he realized that a policy alone is not enough to improve outcomes—data about the policy need to be available for evaluation and institutions need to refine their implementation through thoughtful iteration.

Professionally, Noah has a passion for problem solving. In sectors spanning national security to higher education, he has investigated complex problems that required navigating large, messy datasets to produce actionable insights. Problem-solving takes many forms: Noah has modernized data systems, automated formerly labor-intensive tasks, transitioned analytics platforms, developed dashboards, and created evaluation frameworks for multi-billion-dollar programs.

Despite his academic background in family policy, Dr. Johnson’s current focus is discipline agnostic: his interest is in applying a robust analytic toolkit to solving new and challenging problems. This has led to him writing reports on topics from economic development in North Korea to investing in the STEM workforce.