About
Executive with a three-decade career scaling hyper-growth startups and multinationals, holding C-suite roles at Twilio, Intuit and Cisco. Serves as an independent board director at Quickbase and Genesys, sitting on their audit committees.
Experience
- Authentic VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CentificAdvisory Board Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Amara InvestmentsManaging Partnercurrent2005 — presentOakland
- GenesysBoard of Directors (Audit Committee)2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- QuickBase (Vista Equity Partners portfolio company)Board Of Directors2020 — 2025Greater Boston
- Pure StorageChief Strategy Officer2018 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Twilio Inc.Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development & Global Partnerships; Managing Partner, TwilioFund2015 — 2018San Francisco, CA
- Andreessen HorowitzOperating Partner2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Cisco WebExChief Operating Officer - Cisco WebEx2010 — 2013Santa Clara, CA
- IntuitVice President, Corporate Development2007 — 2009
- Hewlett-PackardHead of Strategy, Planning & Operations2003 — 2007Palo Alto, CA
- Goldman SachsVice President1999 — 2001Menlo Park, CA
- CitigroupSenior Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions1996 — 1999
- United States Treasury DepartmentSenior Bank Analyst1992 — 1995
Skills & more
SaaS81Enterprise Software38Business Development84Venture Capital25Business Planning41Private Equity14Business Process Improvement6Corporate Development23Financial Analysis2MergersValuation1Strategic Partnerships99
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Strategic PlanningStrategyStart-upsProgram ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsEntrepreneurshipDue DiligenceExecutive ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipCloud ComputingPerformance MetricsManagement ConsultingFrom Arthur's professional profile.
Colleagues at AUTHENTIC VENTURES
Briana Billingham
Chief of Staff at AUTHENTIC VENTURES
Dainielle Thompson
Executive Assistant at AUTHENTIC VENTURES
David Kirk
Investor at DigitalDx Ventures
Dawit Gebresellassie
Senior Associate at AUTHENTIC VENTURES
Lindsay Lee
Founder & Managing Partner at AUTHENTIC VENTURES
Michael Nichols
Venture Operations Partner at AUTHENTIC VENTURES
Robin Bordoli
Advisor at AUTHENTIC VENTURES
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arthur Johnson?
- Executive with a three-decade career scaling hyper-growth startups and multinationals, holding C-suite roles at Twilio, Intuit and Cisco. Serves as an independent board director at Quickbase and Genesys, sitting on their audit committees.
- Where does Arthur Johnson work?
- Arthur Johnson is Advisor at AUTHENTIC VENTURES.
- Where did Arthur Johnson go to school?
- Arthur Johnson studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance); Harvard Business School (Executive Education: Negotiation & Leadership); California State University, Los Angeles (BS, Business Administration).
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,385
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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pure Storage19
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Also worked at Cisco WebEx10
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Also worked at Intuit107
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Also worked at Hewlett-Packard277
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