With over 25 years’ experience in Lean Thinking and Six Sigma, Charles Johnson’s track record of quantifiable business success speaks for itself. Mr. Johnson joined Human Capital Associates in 1998 and has consulted with leaders internationally on change, value stream organization design, and strategic deployment. Additionally, he has worked with lean6sigma experts in identifying and eliminating waste and variation. In October 2000, he was named Vice President, Consulting.

Before joining HCA, he was Senior Director of Human Resources for Georgia-Pacific, responsible for implementing organizational and executive development, competency development, and succession planning. In a previous role at G-P he led the organizational change effort following a major hostile takeover.

His progressive career with Milliken Textiles, Continental Forest Industries, Stone Container, Engelhard Chemical and Georgia-Pacific Corporation has afforded him a thorough understanding of customer focus and value delivery, creating organization capability and molding corporate culture to optimize business results. As a trusted business partner, coach, mentor, and counselor to senior executives and line organizations, Charlie has continually demonstrated a capacity to link strategic focus with tactical implementation.

Charlie’s speaking experiences include public seminars, as well as workshops for a number of major corporations including Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, GlaxoSmithKline, and Merck-Medco. Charlie’s engaging presentation style and individual approach has resulted in consistent client satisfaction and demonstrated performance improvement.

Charlie received his BBA and MBA from the University of Georgia in Management and Marketing. He currently lives in the Atlanta area with his wife, Julienne, and their son, Chaz.