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- Cofounder; Board Member; Systems Thinking Consultant at Inspiring Futures
- Cofounder & CEO at ifPeople
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Christopher Johnson’s Summary
A physicist turned entrepreneur, Christopher combines a passion for problem solving, a systems perspective and a decade of international experience in order to turn today's challenges into opportunities to create a more just, sustainable world. He co-founded ifPeople (for-profit) and Inspiring Futures (non-profit) with life partner Tirza Hollenhorst. He serves as CEO of ifPeople, which provides mission-driven organizations with strategy and software for online collaboration. Chris is known for his leadership and facilitation, yerba mate, and a mean cook of fried green tomatoes and okra. He has a son, Alon, who was blogging at 6 weeks.
Christopher is an active member of the Plone open source software community and was recently selected to be a member of the Plone Foundation. He organizes an open source project for ecommerce in Plone called GetPaid (www.plonegetpaid.com) and is also a host for the Atlanta Plone user group.
Christopher has been awarded several research fellowships, publishes and speaks internationally, is active in educational, professional, and community organizations. He was a Thomas J. Watson Fellow (1999-2000), a Morris K. Udall Fellow, and a Mellon Fellow.
Chris graduated cum laude with a degree in physics from Rice University in Houston, Texas, where he also studied environmental policy, law, and engineering.
