Kevin Johnson

Education

Johnson graduated in Molecular Biology from Edinburgh University and has a Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology from Cambridge University.

Career

He currently serves as president and chief operating officer of Starbucks Corporation. Johnson earned his Bachelor"s degree in business administration from New Mexico State University. He began his career as a software developer in International Business Machines Corporation"s systems integration and consulting business in 1981.

Johnson joined Microsoft Corporation in 1992, where he served in a range of executive assignments for 16 years.

Johnson was appointed group vice president of Microsoft"s worldwide sales, marketing and services in 2003, and he was named co-president of the Windows and Online Services division in 2005. When fellow co-president Jim Allchin retired a year later, Johnson was named president of the Windows and Online Services division.

Johnson joined as Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Networks in September 2008. In a statement announcing Johnson"s departure from Microsoft to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Juniper, Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft, praised Johnson"s contribution to the company, "Kevin has built a supremely talented organization and laid the foundation for the future success of Windows and our Online Services Business.

This new structure will give us more agility and focus in two very competitive arenas," Ballmer said.

"lieutenant has been a pleasure to work with Kevin, and we wish him well in the future."

Johnson was succeeded as Juniper Chief Executive Officer by Shaygan Kheradpir in January 2014.

Achievements

• In 2010, Pangenetics was shortlisted for the Newsflow category at the Genesis 2010 Awards and for Management Team of the Year at the Scrip Awards.

Membership

Johnson also served as a member of the Western Region Board of Advisors of Catalyst, a non-profit organization dedicated to women"s career advancement. He was appointed by President George West. Bush to serve on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and is also a board member of Starbucks Coffee Company.