Todd Johanesen

Mr. Todd E. Johanesen serves as Director, Foundation GEOINT Group in the Source Operations and Management Directorate (Source) of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), located in Springfield, Virginia. In this capacity, he leads an organization that provides assured, timely, relevant, and accurate foundation geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) data, products, and services in support of prioritized requirements of the warfighter, our national security objectives, and Safety of Navigation needs of the U.S. government.

Before joining Source, Mr. Johanesen served as Director, Office of Special Programs in the Analysis Directorate (2018-2022). In this position, he was responsible for all aspects of sensitive GEOINT activities in support of multiple Intelligence Community and Department of Defense mission partners. Other assignments include Director, Office of Sciences and Methodologies, Analysis Directorate (2015-2018), and Technical Executive, Analysis Directorate (2012-2015). Mr. Johanesen also served in the NGA Research Directorate, where he was Senior Scientist for Photogrammetry (2009-2012).

After spending time on active duty, Mr. Johanesen started his civilian career in 1992 with an NGA predecessor organization, the Defense Mapping Agency, in Bethesda, Maryland. Throughout his career, he held a number of analytic, technical, and research positions in cartography, geospatial analysis, systems engineering and photogrammetry. Additionally, Mr. Johanesen deployed in support of military operations, including Operation Allied Force, where he provided GEOINT data support to NATO and Department of Defense leadership.

Mr. Johanesen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from California State University, Long Beach, in 1989. In 2001, he received a Master of Science degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, where he studied Geomatics engineering. He is also a 2010 Director of National Intelligence Science and Technology Fellow.