Summary
Riley Johnson is a results-driven enterprise sales leader with nine years of experience closing large strategic deals across data and AI infrastructure, currently serving as Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Lambda. He distinguished himself at Confluent as a top global AE (H1 2021 #2; Q1 2021 #1) and consistently overachieved quota, bringing a rare combination of deep technical presales experience from NetApp and entrepreneurial grit from co-founding an ML-vision startup. Riley pairs hands-on product instincts—helping design UX, author technical docs, and lead go-to-market strategy—with active advising and angel investing in early-stage enterprise data tools. Based in Nashville, he has driven customer transformations for Fortune 100s, led successful hospitality exit as a small-business partner, and chooses vendors he trusts (a long-time Lambda customer), signaling a practitioner’s perspective that informs his sales and advisory work.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science Computer Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Spanish