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Mr. Johns started Vision TRE, Inc. in 1998 after leaving as Manager of an Intranet Marketing Group at MCI Telecommunications. During his 10 years at MCI he worked in development, methodology consulting, technology planning, data communications, web design, and internet protocol technology. He managed activities between MCI, Microsoft, British Telecom, Concert, and other vendors partnering in the development of one of the first intranet portal products. At the merger of MCI with WorldCom, Mr. Johns left and started Vision TRE, Inc. From 1998 till 2000, Vision TRE, Inc. provided website design and strategic internet and intranet consulting for companies like Oglethorpe Power, and EMS Technologies. In November of 2000 Mr. Johns discontinued Vision TRE, Inc. and was hired as Corporate Director of Web Strategy at EMS Technologies in Norcross Georgia. There he created an implemented a strategy that took this global conglomerate of 5 businesses with 5 different websites and consolidated them into today's website appearance of one large company. He was promoted at EMS to Corporate Director of IT Services with global responsibilities for all information technologies. In this capacity Mr. Johns used his experience in data communications at MCI to directed the replacement of an expensive global frame relay network with an internet based VPN network saving $50k per month, created a VPN secured wireless network a EMS facilities globally, restructured the IT department into globally distributed functional teams, managed the testing of satellite internet access projects in Europe and Norcross, and directed implementation of a manufacturing inventory control system that tracked products from manufacturing to warehouse and to customer site. At EMS Mr. Johns also implemented a global intranet portal using MS SharePoint. This was noted by AMR Research as one of the best implementation of SharePoint that they have seen. This corporate portal serviced over 1000 employees in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Europe. In December of 2003 Mr. Johns left EMS Technologies to renew Vision TRE, Inc. with a new focus on strategic consulting and offshore outsourcing. His technical and global experience at EMS Technologies, MCI Telecom, and the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service are focused now on helping mid-size and large corporations benefit from a global source of knowledge and skills. | 