Dana Johnson

Dana Johnson

OR, US
Empower and energize your team with life lessons. Dana has over 20 years high level management experience, a number one best selling international author who specializes in male dominated industries

Dana Johnson is Chief Operating Officer and Project Executive at Coulter Construction, Inc., a second generation General Contractor, with responsibility for the opening and managing the Portland satellite office. This includes marketing, business development, staffing, management, responding to bids, staffing projects, overall project management and growing the Portland location. Prior to joining Coulter Construction, Inc., she provided project management most recently at Skanska and Gilbane Co., both in the top 15 largest General Contractors. Before entering the construction industry, she provided business consulting that involved "flipping" a company to make them streamlined, hire the right people for the job, and in a few companies, assisted with angel funding and taking them public. Prior to consulting, she worked primarily in the technology industry and spent nearly 10 years at an Environmental company that focused on Training, Consulting and Software where she was instrumental on taking that company public.
Dana's greatest strengths are her creativity, drive and leadership. She thrives on challenges, particularly those that expand the company's reach. Her favorite project was working on the 6.5-Billion-dollar new Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA, referred to as the "mother ship" by many. This project involved a strategic partnership, being that it was a joint venture project and thrusted her to learn and push all limits more than any project had prior.

Dana has been a successful writer and speaker for over 20 years. In September of this year, she was awarded the "Women of Vision" award for her dedication to her work and the community. Dana was invited to join a group of women to write a chapter in a book titled "

After living 17 years in Arizona, 3 years in Silicon Valley, she is now back home in Oregon.

Dana Johnson is Chief Operating Officer and Project Executive at Coulter Construction, Inc., a second generation General Contractor, with responsibility for the opening and managing the Portland satellite office. This includes marketing, business development, staffing, management, responding to bids, staffing projects, overall project management and growing the Portland location. Prior to joining Coulter Construction, Inc., she provided project management most recently at Skanska and Gilbane Co., both in the top 15 largest General Contractors. Before entering the construction industry, she provided business consulting that involved "flipping" a company to make them streamlined, hire the right people for the job, and in a few companies, assisted with angel funding and taking them public. Prior to consulting, she worked primarily in the technology industry and spent nearly 10 years at an Environmental company that focused on Training, Consulting and Software where she was instrumental on taking that company public.
Dana's greatest strengths are her creativity, drive and leadership. She thrives on challenges, particularly those that expand the company's reach. Her favorite project was working on the 6.5-Billion-dollar new Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA, referred to as the "mother ship" by many. This project involved a strategic partnership, being that it was a joint venture project and thrusted her to learn and push all limits more than any project had prior.

Dana has been a successful writer and speaker for over 20 years. In September of this year, she was awarded the "Women of Vision" award for her dedication to her work and the community. Dana was invited to join a group of women to write a chapter in a book titled "

After living 17 years in Arizona, 3 years in Silicon Valley, she is now back home in Oregon.