Rick Johnson

Rick Johnson has extensive work experience in talent acquisition and recruitment. Rick currently serves as the Global Talent Acquisition Leader at DataStax, where they assist companies in competing and staying ahead in a rapidly changing world. Prior to this, Rick held the position of Talent Acquisition Lead, Sales at both Cloudera and Hortonworks. These companies merged in January 2019 to deliver cloud-native machine learning and analytics. Rick also worked as a Recruiter at VMware, where they empowered organizations to streamline IT operations through virtualization software. Before that, they were an Executive Recruiter at Kirkwood Consulting, focusing on matching the right people with the right job, particularly in the technology industry. Rick has also worked in IT Staffing Management at Cingular Wireless, as a Contract Sales Recruiter at Lucent Technologies, and as an Account Manager & Recruiter at TEKsystems. Overall, Rick Johnson's work experience has equipped him with a deep understanding of talent acquisition and a strong ability to recruit for various roles in different industries.

Rick Johnson attended Lake Mary High from 1987 to 1991. Rick then went on to Florida State University, where they obtained their BS degree in Business, graduating in 1995.