Craig Johnson

Part-Time Lecturer

  • Business application of machine learning and decision support in health care
  • MS in Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
  • BS in Mathematics, Middlebury College

Craig Johnson is a part-time lecturer at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. He earned his master’s in applied mathematics and operations research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his bachelor’s in mathematics from Middlebury College. Johnson is a thought leader, innovator and entrepreneur. At Northeastern, he teaches Business Application of Decision Support in Healthcare and Data Management in Healthcare.

Johnson started his career as a data scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he developed a communication planning application for deep spacecraft, supporting the Pioneer, Voyager, and Galileo missions. He brought that experience to healthcare and applied technology to complex prediction, scheduling, planning, resource allocation, and campaign management problems. Since moving to healthcare, he has held multiple IT management positions, ultimately holding the position of chief information officer at a health plan. Johnson is currently co-founder and chief science/technology officer at Decision Point Healthcare and founder and principal consultant at Synthesis Health Systems.

Johnson enjoys bringing his industry experience to the classroom. He focuses less on theory and more on the application of technology in the real world, specifically sharing real-world examples of barriers to successful implementation.