Will Johnson is President and sole owner of Visage Energy Corp., a clean energy technology-consulting firm, which was formed in 1990 after 15 years in the banking industry. During his banking career, Will was a corporate lending officer responsible for lending hundreds of millions of dollars to electric and gas utilities and major oil and gas producers. His client list included Niagara Mohawk, the three California utilities, ARCO, Union Oil, and the Kern River Cogeneration project. He received his MBA from the Wharton Graduate School.

As a Vice-President at Banque Paribas, he had overall account responsibility for several oil companies, utilities, and entertainment companies.  As a Vice-President at Fargo Energy Corp., he formulated the initial Form-10, and rearranged debts with creditors while Fargo Energy was emerging from reorganization.  As an Assistant Vice-President at Bank of California, he determined through credit analysis the feasibility of approving loan requests for onshore and offshore drilling companies, gasoline marketer/small refinery, utilities, and major petroleum companies.  As an Account Officer at Citibank Corporate Lending, he was responsible for the overall client accounts of 12 electric utilities and responsible for credit analyses and administrative management for loans totaling over $350,000,000.

 

In addition to other major clients, Will assisted Williams Energy in evaluating liquidity and risk mitigation issues from non-traditional financing sources and in exploring and evaluating technology opportunities with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). 

 

Will has also received several awards for the role that he has played as a minority-owned business in the energy industry. In 1998, Will was designated DOE Outstanding Business Person in recognition of his leadership to expanding market opportunities in the natural gas industry through the creation of the Funds Transfer Agent Agreement. (DOE recognition). In 2010, along with several other important industry participants, Will was honored as a Champion of Diversity by the Utility Marketplace Access Partnership (UMAP) under the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and in conjunction with the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC). (UMAP recognition.)

 

At the Wharton Graduate School, Will majored in Business Finance with an emphasis on Speculative Markets, Financial Analysis, and Corporate Finance. At Temple University, he majored in Accounting with associated interest in Finance and Marketing Strategy.