Arik Johnson is Chairman of Aurora WDC, the intelligence research, systems and training advisory firm he founded in 1995. After stepping aside as CEO in late 2009, today Mr. Johnson focuses on the development of competing hypothetical solutions to seemingly intractable intelligence problems. He works with organizations of all kinds to develop a performance-driven organizational reconnaissance apparatus to monitor, detect, interpret and anticipate changes in the business environment that could help them outperform their peers.

John Thomson joined the company in early 2005 and has more than 17 years of experience in the field of corporate intelligence and counterintelligence. Based in Atlanta, his role as Chief Research Officer focuses on managing the field intelligence collection efforts of our research teams, with final decision-making capability on the composition of the research teams and the ongoing directives of their efforts. He also manages our network of overseas research partners. Over the course of his career, he has worked hundreds of intelligence projects for a multitude of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients across more than 15 different industries. Prior to joining Aurora, Mr. Thomson worked several years in field operations as an intelligence collector for multiple firms and also spent 12 years with a leading technology company where he built and managed their competitive intelligence program. His academic achievements include a B.S. in Marketing from American University in Washington, D.C., MBA coursework at Monmouth University in Long Branch, NJ, and the Georgia Private Investigator program at Gwinnett Technical College in Lawrenceville, GA.