Cohort 21

Ean Johnson

OmniTRAX

Vice President, Industrial Development

Ean Johnson serves as Vice President, Industrial Development for OmniTRAX, one of the largest private railroad and transportation management companies in the United States. In this position, he works at the intersection of customer and community to lead the company’s economic development across its 23-property footprint. Ean is also responsible for execution of the firm’s business attraction strategy via site selection, economic development, and government sales channels. Ean also works with OmniTRAX served communities in preparation to embrace rail-related growth.

Prior to his role with OmniTRAX, Ean served the BNSF Railway Economic Development organization, where he aided in the generation of over seven billion dollars in capital investment and 3,500 jobs by rail-served customers, from more than 100 projects.

A native of Ohio, Ean is a graduate of Wright State University with a degree in Economics. Ean has economic development experience at the municipal and regional levels in Ohio and New York. He also worked at the United States Economic Development Administration in the state of Illinois as an economic development representative. Ean earned his certified economic developer designation from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) in 2016. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for IEDC.

Ean resides in Akron, Ohio with his wife Wakita, son Eiden, and Snow, their West Highland Terrier.