The Aleut Corporation Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer
March 2007

The Aleut Corporation Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Troy Johnson was recently named CEO of The Aleut Corporation.

Johnson is an original enrollee in TAC and most recently served as vice president and general manager of an industrial controls solution firm in Hawaii before deciding to join The Aleut Corporation. "The opportunity to help our shareholders and our employees prosper has ingnited my passons and imagination," said Johnson. "I fell in love with the idea of working for a company that has a heart and a purpose greater than just raising stock share prices. I am here for our shareholders and our employees and I am honored to be a part of this great organization.”

A native of Southern California, Johnson fondly recalls his father and grandmother talking about the Aleut culture, teaching him words and phrases. “I feel like, in a way, I’m coming home.”

In addition to his management and business acumen, Johnson is a Registered Professional Engineer with over 20 years of experience in both the technical and commercial aspects of engineering consulting. This combination of technical experience, management, and leadership skills has prepared him to lead TAC into the future.

“TAC should be proud to have achieved this level of success, now it’s time to take it to the next level. Strengthening the senior management team and instilling certain corporate practices into the organization is important for its growth and sustainability.” Johnson believes “the job of the CEO is to create a work environment that breeds loyalty and pride in the workforce, which in turn affects productivity and performance. This will produce unprecedented results for everyone.”

One way Johnson plans to build TAC’s accomplishments relates to his core belief that talent is a critical driver of corporate performance. “A company’s ability to attract, develop and retain top talent is extremely important. Companies that succeed wildly are the ones who are best at managing their talent,” he comments.

The early days of Johnson’s tenure will be spent absorbing and assimilating as much information as possible and becoming knowledgeable on the topics affecting the corporation. He will be traveling around, talking to people, listening to their requests. In gathering all this information, Johnson wants to know where TAC excels and where the challenges lie. He will be outlining his plans in future issues of the newsletter.

Johnson will be relocating to Anchorage in early April and is excited to begin the work in earnest. The rest of the Johnson family, wife Cathy and sons Hunter, 8, and Carter, 5, will be moving this summer. The boys are excited to trade in their surfing and beach activities for snow-boarding, ice hockey and fishing. “I would like to thank the board of directors for this opportunity. They did an outstanding job throughout the selection process; they were thoughtful and took the time they felt necessary to find the best candidate. I look forward to working with them in what I believe will be a powerful, collaborative relationship.”