David Johnson

Bio

Mr Johnson has brought to Ariadne Capital extensive skills in establishing and developing successful sales in new markets, new channels for technology products and services, offshore R&D, and cost-effective successful marketing activities using contracted marketing teams. He is especially interested in working with technologies that build on his interest in customer facing initiatives, and in bringing important new technology products to customers in Europe. Among his previous positions, he has had the following responsibilities: 1] VP, Sales and Marketing, at IMI [an Indian-based IT company], 2] Director of European Business Development, at Annuncio [now Peoplesoft Emarketing], 3] European Director, Consulting and Applications at Octel Communications [now Lucent and AVAYA Messaging], and 4] Manager, Southeast US Channel Partners , NYNEX. Mr Johnson has completed MBA Part 1 Strategic Planning at Brunel University and holds a BSBA Finance degree (AASCB) from Tennessee Technological University.