Peggy Johnson

Peggy Johnson
Residence Washington,USA
Alma mater San Diego State University[BSEE]
Occupation Executive V-P(Business Development)
Website http://news.microsoft.com/exec/peggy-johnson/

Peggy Johnson currently serves as Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Business Development. Before joining Microsoft, she held position of Executive Vice President and President-Global Market Development atQualcomm.Johnson holds BS degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.[1]

Career

General Electric

After college, Johnson joined General Electric full-time as an engineer in their Military Electronics division.[2]

Qualcomm

Johnson later joined Qualcomm, starting out as an engineer who often traveled with business teams to translate technical details of a solution for customers. She eventually transitioned from her technical role to a business role within Qualcomm.[2]

At Qualcomm, Johnson worked on cutting-edge technologies including mobile connectivity and app stores.[3]

Microsoft

After 24 years at Qualcomm, Johnson moved to work at Microsoft as the Executive Vice President of Business Development.[4] In this role, she drives business deals and partnerships for the company.[1]

Awards and achievements

Peggy Johnson has been recognized by multiple organizations for her achievements as a woman in both technology and business.

In 2016, Business Insider recognized her as #2 among the most powerful women engineers in the world[5] and Silicon Republic recognized her as #14 among the most powerful women leading tech around the world.[6]

Johnson was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2013[7] and named one of the top 100 women leaders in STEM in 2012 by STEMconnector.[8]

Personal life

Peggy Johnson is married and has three children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peggy Johnson in News Center". news.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. 1 2 "Peggy Johnson in Women Worth Watching". www.womenworthwatching.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  3. ↑ "Women in Technology: Let's Close the Gap". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. ↑ "Microsoft Poaches Qualcomm Exec Peggy Johnson". Re/code. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. ↑ "26 of the most powerful female engineers in 2016". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. ↑ silicon. "40 powerful women leading tech around the world". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  7. ↑ "WITI - Hall of Fame - 21st Anniversary Celebration at the 2016 WITI Summit". www.witi.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  8. ↑ "100 Women Leaders in STEM" (PDF). STEMconnector. STEMconnector. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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