Summary
Chris Johnston is the founder and CEO of Adoreboard, a London-based SaaS company that uses AI to turn qualitative text into predictive drivers of customer and employee satisfaction, trusted by clients like Amazon, P&G and DHL. With over a decade building the platform alongside data scientists from Queen’s University, he bridges academic rigor and product-led commercialization, integrating with partners such as Qualtrics and earning Gartner Cool Vendor recognition. He combines hands-on technical curiosity as a software engineer with strategic leadership shaped by executive programs at MIT Sloan and Harvard Kennedy School. A former public affairs and consulting professional, Chris brings rare cross-disciplinary fluency—marketing, analytics, and operations—that helps translate emotion-driven insights into measurable business outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Leadership Programme Leaders for Tomorrow Programme, Executive Leadership Programme Leaders for Tomorrow Programme at Harvard Kennedy School
MITEDP Program MIT SLOAN MITEDP Program, MITEDP Program MIT SLOAN MITEDP Program at MIT Sloan School of Management
Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship Business Scholarship , Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship Business Scholarship at Montana State University-Bozeman
BA Hons Business Studies Dip in Industrial Studies with Dip in Industrial Studies, BA Hons Business Studies Dip in Industrial Studies with Dip in Industrial Studies at Ulster University