Kurt Johnson

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About Kurt Johnson

Kurt Johnson has over twenty-eight years of professional management experience, including public and private company leadership, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, recapitalizations, and venture stage investing. During his career, Kurt has completed transactions with aggregate value of over $1.5 billion. Kurt is currently active as an angel investor and Board member for technology-based companies. Previously, Kurt was President and CEO of Fastclick (NASDAQ: FSTC). During Kurt’s leadership of the organization, he tripled Fastclick’s revenue, completed a $75 million private placement offering and a $78 million IPO. Kurt then successfully orchestrated the sale of Fastclick to ValueClick in September of 2005, achieving a $285 million valuation. Prior to joining Fastclick, Kurt was the CFO for ValueClick, Inc.(NASDAQ: VCLK). At ValueClick, Kurt was instrumental in the company’s growth from an early-stage enterprise to a $1.4 billion international media technology company. Specifically, he led the company through its $76 million IPO, negotiated and closed on the company’s $85 million strategic investment from DoubleClick, Inc.(NASDAQ: DCLK), and facilitated the IPO of ValueClick Japan. Additionally, Kurt helped execute the company’s growth through acquisition strategy by completing six M&A transactions, including the acquisitions of Mediaplex, Inc.(NASDAQ: MPLX) and Be Free, Inc.(NASDAQ: BFRE). Prior to ValueClick, Kurt was an investment banker with Olympic Capital Partners in Seattle, providing merger & acquisition and financial advisory services for telecommunication, media and technology enterprises. Kurt received his B.A. from Eastern Washington University, earned his M.B.A. from Gonzaga University and completed executive programs at the Wharton School of Business. Specialties: SaaS, enterprise software, capital raising, IPOs, rapid corporate growth, private and public company mergers and acquisitions.