Phil Johnston is the managing director of Spencer Stuart's San Francisco office. Since joining Spencer Stuart in 1998, Mr. Johnson has held various management and practice leadership positions and currently co-leads the firm's Strategic Leadership Services for North America. Mr. Johnson is a member of the firm's Technology, Communications & Media and Life Sciences practices. He routinely places candidates in board, CEO, president/COO, administrative and senior sales and marketing positions.
Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Mr. Johnson worked for another international search firm in San Francisco, where he focused on technology clients. Previously, he served as the top human resources executive for two companies which were acquired by Lucent: Mosaix, a CRM company, and Octel Communications, the leader in voice processing. He also served as vice president for Teknekron, a technology incubator, and served on the boards of portfolio companies, including TSS (now TIBCO), Teknekron InfoSwitch, Software Alliance, IEX and Tenera. Phil also was a former board member of Discovery Toys.
Mr. Johnson began his career in human resources as the personnel manager for American Hospital Supply Corporation (now Baxter). He currently sits on the board of The San Francisco East Bay Wellness Community, an agency which serves people who have been diagnosed with cancer. He holds a BA in Psychology and a MA in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota.
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