
Robert Johnson
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Professional experience for Robert Johnson
- Current 11 years and 1 month, since Apr 2014
Cofounder / Advisor / Board Member
Makers Academy
- Current 11 years and 3 months, since Feb 2014
Advisor
City Falcon
CityFALCON is designed for retail traders and investors. We provide next generation, market-leading solutions for a portfolio of stocks, foreign exchange and commodities. Users can access valuable real-time, curated news and tweets for their portfolio. They can also find the best leverage trading (spread betting / CFD / FX) broker for their portfolio based on their trading preferences, and can take advantage of tax-effective leverage trading strategies to further increase their gains.
- 1 year and 6 months, Nov 2012 - Apr 2014
Cofounder & CEO
Makers Academy
MakersAcademy.com is an intensive program to teach non-programmers everything they need to know to get an entry-level programming position in a world-class technology company. After founding the company in late 2012, I raised a round of venture capital in London and quickly grew it into Europe's largest coding bootcamp. Makers Academy was recently ranked by the Guardian as the #1 place to learn to code in London.
- 4 months, Aug 2012 - Nov 2012
Entrepreneur in Residence
Forward Labs
Forward Labs (now Forward Partners) was a startup foundry utilizing the lean startup, customer development and business model generation principles to rapidly validate startup ideas. As the first EIR hired I validated and built Makers Academy, now Europe's largest coding bootcamp, out of my experiences at Forward Labs.
- 1 year and 5 months, Jan 2011 - May 2012
MBA Graduate Assistant & Student
Northern Michigan University
- 7 years and 6 months, Jan 2003 - Jun 2010
Mandarin Chinese Linguist & Intelligence Analyst
US Army Intelligence
During my time in the military I acted as a linguist (french and mandarin chinese) and intelligence analyst. With both strategic and tactical experience I worked closely with (and at) the National Security Agency and authored more than 300 classified reports on defense threats.
Educational background for Robert Johnson
- 1 year and 5 months, Jan 2011 - May 2012
Business Administration
Northern Michigan University
- 2008 - 2009
Liberal Arts
Excelsior College
- 2006 - 2007
Mandarin Chinese
Defense Language Institute
- 2003 - 2003
French
Defense Language Institute
Languages
English
First language
German
Intermediate
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