Aaron Johnson

Background

About Aaron Johnson

Proven innovation veteran. Years of all-around experience in personnel management, product development, consultative sales/joint ventures, business modeling/planning. 20+ years in entrepreneurship, starting in market research (focus groups, opinion surveys, executive interviews), statistics (bi/multivariate) and information design/visualization for senior decision makers. Subject matter and product lead on two divergent technical products. Successfully raised over (US) in venture and private equity investment (in different companies). Patent holder (#9,391,946 B2; July 12, 2016) in the social topology of IP networks (Internet, Television). Management/governance and boardroom experience. Years of experience managing in-office staff and both nationally/internationally distributed teams across different functional areas including product development, marketing/sales, legal and supporting services. Technical and financial presentation experience to UHNWI, senior corporate and political leaders, investors, and board members. Expert on Agile and Lean policy and implementations. Experienced (and certified) in agile product development. Active, years-long interest in technology-based partnerships, ecosystem/startup analytics, team dynamics/challenges and stakeholder communications. Close observer of Saudi and KAUST entrepreneurship and innovation. Strong ability to synthesize sociotechnical aspects of innovation and engage stakeholders on solutions for development or implementation. Networked. Considerable international experience (not limited to US, Switzerland, Poland, China, India, and Saudi Arabia). Very well connected in Swiss university innovation ecosystem including EPFL and ETH and among Saudi (non-KAUST) software developer, entrepreneur/business communities. Strong academic background. Bachelor of Science degree from top a 25 university in world and MBA from Babson’s MBSC program with top marks in strategy and leadership. Enjoy synthesizing and communicating on technical topics across many fields. Excellent written and interpersonal communication.