Gardner Johnson

Gardner Johnson currently serves as the VP of Partnerships at Cognition, a position held since August 2025. Prior experience includes roles as VP of Partnerships at Windsurf and Vice President, Global Partners at Grafana Labs. Gardner's career also includes significant positions at DataRobot and AppDynamics, where roles encompassed Vice President of Worldwide Partnerships and Vice President of Worldwide Channels, respectively. Earlier experience at BMC Software focused on developing channel sales in North America, with additional roles at Cadec Global, Mindreef, Inc., and Lumigent Technologies. Gardner Johnson holds degrees from Castleton University and The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.