Executive Profile: Keith Johnson, Spire Global VP, General Manager for Federal Business

 

Keith Johnson has been serving as vice president and general manager of federal business at Spire Global, a maritime, weather, and aviation data and analytics company, for over two years. Throughout his 36-year career in the federal marketplace, he used his expertise in business development and helped start-up companies build their portfolio for federal clients. Johnson joined Spire Global after working for nearly five years as vice president of federal sales at ThinkLogical, LinkedIn posted. In this role, he was instrumental in generating 70 percent of ThinkLogical’s revenue and in initiating a reseller channel. The executive also served a three-year tenure as vice president for the public sector at Vocollect, where he spearheaded the company’s services, sales and marketing organization on top of contributing to the company’s 300 percent growth. Johnson was also the vice president for the public sector at Liquid Machines and Akamai Technologies. He also held other positions, including director of ERP sales federal at Oracle, a senior executive at SAP and director of federal sales at Government Systems. Johnson earned his bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology from Towson State University.