OP-ED: J-Palm’s Friday the Thirteenth – Tragedy, Resilience, and Triumph May 13, 2017 on Op-Ed by Mahmud Johnson OP-ED: J-Palm’s Friday the Thirteenth – Tragedy, Resilience, and Triumph May 13, 2017 on Op-Ed by Mahmud Johnson J-Palm’s CEO narrates how his company overcame an encounter with a series of setbacks.