Mark Johnson

Mark is the Executive Vice President of Asset Optimization in San Diego, California. He joined EDF Renewables in March 2019 as the Vice President of Technical Services.

He began his career in 1992 as a Field Engineer for GE working on gas turbine installation and commissioning. Those roles were followed by assignments in 1996 as an engineer in Accessory Systems Engineering and later as a Black Belt. Mark first joined GE Renewable Energy in 2002 in the reliability engineering function where he was responsible for RCA Programs and continuous improvement of the Wind Fleet. In 2004 the role expanded into leading Global Fleet Support Engineering, combining the strengths of a globally diverse workforce from China, Europe and the US. In 2007, he led the Onshore Systems Engineering and played a key role in the launching for the Mark Vie, 1.6-82, and the 1.6-100. Mark was the Senior General Manager for Onshore Wind from 2011 to 2015. Mark lead the Global Hydro Engineering organization based in Grenoble France from 2015 to 2018.

He received his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University and his MBA from the University of South Carolina.