David Johnson
Managing Director at Intel Capital
David Johnson
Managing Director at Intel Capital
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director / Investment Director
2004 - Current
Investment focus: Co-lead Intel Capital's Frontier Domain. Invest in Internet of Things, Autonomous Systems, Network Infrastructure and Chip Technology. Sample investments include Skylo (Satellite to Device Communications), Deep Sentinel (CV for physcial security), MatrixSpace (mmWave Radar and mesh networking for physical security), Asato (Copilot for CIOs), Foghorn (Edge Intelligence for Industrial IoT- Acq Johnson Controls), Cellwize (Radio Access Network automation), ParkourSC (Supply Chain Visibility), Matroid (Scaled Computer Vision), Landing.ai (AI for Industrial), K4Connect (Connected-life platform for seniors), Netspeed Systems (Advanced NoC Fabric IP for SoCs- Acq by Intel), Beceem (WiMAX & LTE chipsets- Acq by Broadcom). Joined Intel Capital as Technical Assistant to John Miner, President of Intel Capital in 2004.
M&A and Strategic Investments Manager- Treasury
1999 - 2004
Deal lead for acqusitions and strategic investments for Treasury group. Competed over a dozen acquisitions and approximately 10 VC/private equity investments primarily in the communications sector. Key investments include Netscaler, Mobile365, Rainfinity and E2O.
Finance Manager / Controller
1993 - 1999
Finance Manager for the "P7" division, the Microprocessor Products consolidations group, and Controller for the contract mfg, assembly test, and fab materials groups in TMG.
Financial Analyst, MBA Finance Rotation Program
1991 - 1993
Distribution Supervisor
1987 - 1989