Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson is a Human and Organizational Development leader with more than 25 years of experience spanning manufacturing engineering, operational excellence, and workforce development. Craig brings a systems-level perspective to developing both people and processes. His career began in industrial, aerospace, defense, and folding carton manufacturing, where he was introduced to Lean Six Sigma and developed deep expertise in structured problem solving, execution discipline, and performance improvement. He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a graduate of Weber State University with a B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, and a graduate of Clemson University with a Master of Human and Organizational Development. This formal grounding allows him to bridge operational improvement with adult learning theory, leadership development, and organizational systems, translating theory into practical, on-the-job capability building.

Craig currently serves as the Global Learning and Development Manager at RYAM, where he leads enterprise-wide leadership development and learning initiatives across a global manufacturing organization. He is also the Founder and Chief Educator of Utah Lean Six Sigma Training Center, where he designs and delivers continuous improvement training focused on critical thinking, real-world application, and measurable results, all from a leadership and behavior perspective.

A lifelong teacher at heart, Craig is passionate about “teaching people to fish” by building rigorous thinking capability in individuals and organizations rather than dependence on tools, templates, or external experts.