Melissa Johnson
Melissa Johnson
FOUNDER & CEO

I've spent over two decades inside the systems that run organizations — payroll, compliance, HR, finance, operations. Not advising from the outside. Running them.

I've managed global operations across 7 countries and 40+ jurisdictions. I've built infrastructure for 12,000-employee enterprises. I've diagnosed million-dollar leaks that nobody else could see — and designed the systems to stop them.

I started Johnson Strategic Group because I kept watching the same pattern: organizations bleeding money through cracks they couldn't name, while consultants audited the wrong things. The problems weren't in the spreadsheets. They were in the infrastructure itself.

Now I help organizations see what they've stopped noticing — and build something better from what they find.

Recognition & Credentials

  • Global HCM Implementation Award, Barry-Wehmiller (2023)
  • Instilling Trust Award, Barry-Wehmiller (2023)
  • Badge of Excellence Award, Barry-Wehmiller (2023)
  • Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM (2025)
  • Forensic Intelligence Practitioner Certification

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