Henric Johnson is a professor in computer science and the Swedish Science and Innovation Counselor to the United States. He was previously a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and a senior Wallenberg fellow at the Nordic Innovation House, Palo Alto. Johnson has also been part of the Stanford Academy Leadership Program and the Stanford Fellow program.听
Johnson has been an academic leader for several years in the position as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Provost) at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. He has also been the Director for the Center for Electronic Security and an initiator of the Blue Science Park.听
Johnson has a well-established network in Europe and the United States, and collaborates with several research groups, industry partners, profit and non-profit organizations worldwide. He has been a research scientist at the Advanced Research and Development Department at Ericsson in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and also been part of a Biometric startup company. He has studied at Virginia Tech and been a visiting scholar at the Security Lab at the University of California Davis. For his research results and impact in the industry, he has been awarded The TelecomCity Prize, Teacher of the Year and the Ericsson Research Foundation Award.听