Michael Johnson

Current

• Director of Software Sales at Avature USA, LLC

Past

• Vice President, Investment Sales at Baum Realty Group, Inc.
• Principal at Ardent Capital, LLC
• Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts at Yahoo!

• Regional Sales Manager at HotJobs.com
• Account Executive at Field Marketing & Management, Inc.

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Education

• Syracuse University

Recommended

6 people have recommended Michael

Connections

336 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Michael Johnson’s Summary

Proven sales and management executive with extensive experience in start-up environments in digital media and software-as-a-service (SaaS).

Michael Johnson’s Specialties:

Sales and Sales Leadership in software and digital media

Michael Johnson’s Experience

• Director of Software Sales

  Avature USA, LLC

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Human Resources industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Leading sales for SaaS provider of Enterprise 2.0 CRM solutions.

• Vice President, Investment Sales

  Baum Realty Group, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)

  April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  Commercial real estate brokerage, representing owners in the disposition and acquisition of large, commercial investment properties (office, industrial, retail, and land).

• Principal

  Ardent Capital, LLC

  (Investment Management industry)

  September 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 1 month)

  Started small private equity investment firm to raise capital and invest in early stage companies and real estate investments.

• Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  January 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 9 months)

  Managed the major accounts sales team for the western half of the US with sales teams based in Chicago, Austin, LA, and San Francisco.

• Regional Sales Manager

  HotJobs.com

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; HOTJ; Internet industry)

  August 1997 — January 2002 (4 years 6 months)

  Started with the company in it's infancy in 1997, moved to Chicago in 1999 to open and manage the Chicago office until being acquired by Yahoo! in 2002.

• Account Executive

  Field Marketing & Management, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 1995 — July 1997 (2 years)

  Created and managed product launch field campaigns for Ameritech, Bacardi Rum, Dunkin' Donuts, and Philip Morris USA (Altria).

Michael Johnson’s Education

• Syracuse University

  BA , English & Textual Studies , 1991 — 1995

Additional Information

Michael Johnson’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Michael Johnson’s Groups:

•    Executive Suite
•    Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
•    Syracuse University Alumni Network
•    Candidate Pipeline Development ™ (2900+ members)
•    pdxMindShare - Portland's Career Community
•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
•    Social Media Today
•    Syracuse University Silicon Valley Alumni
•    Young Professionals of Portland
•    Greater Portland Recruiters
•    Razorfish Careers

Michael Johnson’s Honors:

President's Club (5x) - Yahoo! HotJobs
Manager of the Year (2x) - Yahoo! HotJobs
2008 Top HR Products of the Year honor - Human Resource Executive magazine

Michael Johnson’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
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• business deals
• reference requests
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