Eric Johnson

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States31 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in building successful digital businesses.
  • Expertise in ecommerce, digital media, and mobile applications.
  • Led significant revenue growth in multiple executive roles.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned executive in ecommerce and digital media with a strong focus on business growth.

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About

Senior executive with a strong track record of leading and growing companies and turning ideas into businesses. Deep expertise in ecommerce, digital media, mobile applications, and finance. I combine a passion for building great products with a deep understanding of the key drivers of value in a digital world and proven operating success.

Experience

31 yrs
Total Experience
4 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Surveymonkey

Chief Executive Officer

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business and loved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design to help teams—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth. Discover how at surveymonkey.com.

Tcg

Operating Partner

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr · San Francisco, California, United States

Multiple companies

Strategic Advisor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 · 3 yrs

  • Advised CEOs and senior leadership at multiple companies on strategic initiatives, operating structure, due diligence, go to market plans, etc. Clients included Momentive, Yahoo, and several private equity firms.

Laneone

Chief Executive Officer

Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Built a company to reimagine the premium ticketing and live event experience. We created a digital platform for powering premium events and delivered unmatched live experiences. Grew from $0 in revenue to over $32 Million in two years. Profitable business with strong margins and a run rate over $50 Million in 2020 before Covid shut down the industry.
  • Built proprietary ticketing and mobile experience solution unlike anything else in the live event industry.
  • We combined seamless consumer mobile apps with extraordinary customer service to drive success.
  • Employed both B2B and Direct to Consumer models. Launched “Experience as a Service” model for
  • corporate customers to offer complete technology and service solution around events.
  • Worked with some of the biggest acts in the world including the Eagles, Harry Styles, Fleetwood Mac, Jonas Brothers, John Mayer, Jennifer Lopez, Travis Scott, Gwen Stefani, Journey, and more.

Cbs interactive

2 roles

EVP/GM CNET Media Group

Promoted

Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 · 4 yrs

  • Ran one of the the largest and most profitable digital-native publishing groups in the world. Led significant operational changes to transform the financial profile of the business. International team spanning 7 countries and over 1,000 employees. Our sites reached 250 Million unique visitors per month and contained properties covering technology, games, media, and entertainment. It combined the former public company CNET Networks with acquisitions including Last.fm, Metrolyrics, and TVGuide

SVP/GM CBS News & CNET (CBSi)

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr

Wolfgangs vault

President & COO

Jan 2006 – Jan 2011 · 5 yrs

  • Wolfgang's Vault is a unique online music destination which owns the largest collection of live music recordings and memorabilia in the world. We digitized these assets and monetized through ecommerce, digital subscriptions, and advertising.

J&j/h&q healthnet ventures

Partner

Jan 1997 – Jan 2001 · 4 yrs · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Named a partner in a venture fund while continuing my efforts as a coverage banker focused on eHealth and Healthcare IT.

Jpmorgan

Vice President

Jan 1994 – Jan 2005 · 11 yrs

Hambrecht & quist

Vice President

Jan 1994 – Jan 1999 · 5 yrs

Education

Princeton University

Jan 1990 – Jan 1994