David R. Johnson - Partner & COO at Catapult Growth Partners, LLC

Dave Johnson is a co-founder of Catapult Growth partners and has 30 years of management experience from companies such as KPMG, Sprint, Bank of America, Sony, Sodak Gaming, Evolving Systems and Encorp. He has served in roles as CEO and CFO at both publicly traded and privately owned companies. Early in his career he held staff positions in auditing, finance, IT, operations and sales. His industry experience includes software, renewable energy, professional services, banking, high tech manufacturing and engineering.

Dave has experienced high growth environments and turn-around situations. He was part of the founding team at Sprint, was an active team member in building two companies from early stage through IPO, provided senior level management participation in the turnaround of Sodak Gaming and Evolving Systems where shareholder value increased over $1.5 billion. He is known for his unique talent of forming strategic plans and successful implementation steps that actually come to fruition. This is accomplished through hands-on technical skills and collaborative leadership producing focused teams hitting measurable goals on time.

Dave brings substantial academic background in addition to 30 years of industry experience. He holds a BA-Accounting (with Electrical Engineering minor) from the University of Washington, an MBA-Finance from the University of California-Berkeley, an MPA-Organization Behavior from the University of Southern California, a PhD (ABD)-Public Finance from the University of Southern California and is also a licensed CPA in Washington.

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