 From 2001-2016, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium an international consortium of hundreds of universities, colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies.The annual Horizon Report is the most visible component of the Horizon Project, which Johnson founded and led from its inception in 2002 until 2016.The report has since become one of the leading tools used by senior executives in universities and museums to set priorities for technology planning in more than 160 countries.