Chad Johnson is the CEO and co-founder of Grain Weevil, a Nebraska-based ag-technology company developing robots that do the work no human should. Inspired by a challenge from a farmer friend, Chad and his son Ben created the Grain Weevil robot around the mission of keeping that farmer and his kids out of the grain bin. Awards include funding from the America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation, Innovation of the year from the American Farm Bureau Foundation, the Davidson Prize for agricultural engineering design from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, the Lemelson-MIT student prize for innovation, and the Nebraska Business Development Center’s Innovation Company of the Year. Before launching Grain Weevil, Chad spent more than two decades in education and workforce development, using robotics and hands-on learning to inspire innovation. Chad would rather mentor than lead—so people can soar beyond his expectations, not be limited by them.