Rob Johnson
Partner at Ventnor Ventures
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Johnson is a sports and entertainment-focused operator and full-stack software engineer with nine years of technical experience and a decade-plus career building commercial teams and products across esports, gaming, and professional sports. Currently a Partner at Ventnor Ventures, he advises and invests in sports tech startups while leveraging prior CEO, COO and marketing leadership roles at Playfly Sports, Nerd Street, and Jackbox Games to scale leagues, events, and platform go-to-market. He founded and grew Playfly Esports into the world’s largest college esports league, connecting 800+ schools and 20,000+ students, and has driven integrations with major leagues and broadcast partners. Comfortable bridging product, engineering, and commercial strategy, Rob brings hands-on full-stack sensibilities to investment and incubation work. Based in Denver, he pairs an MBA and advertising background with on-the-ground experience launching venue brands and mass-audience gaming products. An uncommon mix of operator-investor mindset and developer fluency lets him both spot technical differentiation and help founders turn products into scalable businesses.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Jacksonville UniversityBachelor’s Degree Advertising & Public Relations Minor: Management, Bachelor’s Degree Advertising & Public Relations Minor: Management at Marietta College
Github Skills (12)
slick6
javascript4
nodejs4
css4
golang3
java3
prefetch2
react2
todoist2
filter2
js1
react-hooks1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
johnsonr84/react-portfolio
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:173 commits, 148 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
johnsonr84/fullstack-online-store
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:56 commits, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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