Matt Johnston

Current

COO at Kinetic Fin

Past

EVP Operations at Mio.tv
CEO at Zodigo
SVP, Strategy & Business Development at Zodiac Interactive

Principal at Red BC
Regional Sales, Eastern US at Panoratio Database Images
Regional VP, North Eastern US at Alloptic
National Sales Director at LBi Software
Regional VP of Sales at Persistence Software (now Progress Software)

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Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook
University of Maryland

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500+ connections

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Internet

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Matt Johnston’s Summary

Experienced Internet entrepreneur and product marketing executive. Successful executive track record with software startups. Background in applied mathematics, computer science, and economics. Avid reader with well-developed instincts. Leader.

Matt Johnston’s Specialties:

Viral marketing, Internet research, brand development, direct marketing, search marketing, email marketing, web development, enterprise sales, sales management, management, team development.

Matt Johnston’s Experience

COO

Kinetic Fin

(Internet industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Kinetic Fin (KF) is a innovation company. With a multidisciplinary team of designers, media professionals, business development experts, and experienced entrepreneurs, we provide services and ideas to a broad range of industries using a hybrid engagement model that is one part consulting and one part intellectual property development fund.
EVP Operations

Mio.tv

(Internet industry)

March 2008 — November 2008 (9 months)
CEO

Zodigo

(Internet industry)

October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)

Zodigo was successfully sold earlier this year.

http://tinyurl.com/5paod6

Much like a Movies-On-Demand service from cable operators, Zodigo is navigated either by remote control or by keyboard and mouse and includes revolutionary features that make it easy for consumers to discover and download mobile content instantly to their mobile phones. Zodigo is also the first and only software platform built for release on digital TV systems, Blu-ray players, all next-gen gaming consoles as well as at Zodigo.com and many other Web distribution partners. Perhaps most importantly, Zodigo is an intelligent system that quickly and automatically learns about users' preferences, as well as their exact mobile phone type, and recommends only content that works for that phone. Zodigo will be live in tens of millions of home by May of 2008.
SVP, Strategy & Business Development

Zodiac Interactive

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Responsible for all strategic partnerships related to game development and in-game advertising. Thought leadership on the next generation of multi-platform interactive experiences.
Principal

Red BC

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

February 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 6 months)

Red BC is an angel/early-stage private equity group that consults and invests in software-as-a-service for the eBay and internet advertising marketplace. I am responsible for executive leadership, business development, and strategic planning.
Regional Sales, Eastern US

Panoratio Database Images

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 2006 — July 2006 (6 months)

Responsible for the Eastern US. Sales and business development. Panoratio makes software that helps companies analyze very large datasets. Target markets include online media/ecommerce and healthcare/biopharm. Visit http://www.panoratio.com for more information or go to http://snipurl.com/DemoLink for a demo and company profile.
Regional VP, North Eastern US

Alloptic

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

August 2003 — February 2004 (7 months)

Responsible for sales hiring, prospecting, channel development, contract and price negotiation, operational reporting, major account planning, and account management for the Northeast US and Canada
National Sales Director

LBi Software

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2002 — August 2003 (11 months)

Responsible for sales hiring, prospecting, business development, contract and price negotiation, operational reporting, major account planning, and account management
Regional VP of Sales

Persistence Software (now Progress Software)

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; PRSW; Computer Software industry)

April 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 7 months)

Responsible for prospecting, business development, contract and price negotiation, operational reporting, major account planning, and account management for eastern US clients
Top global sales performer, 2001-2002, exceeding quota by more than 50% both years with more than $7M
Received President’s Award for 2001 and Rookie of the Year Award in 2000

Matt Johnston’s Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Applied Mathematics, Computer Science

Activities and Societies:

Vice President, Faculty-Student Association (school's governing body)
Crew Team
President, Commuter-Student Association
University of Maryland