David Lawrence Johnson (Dave Johnson) joined the Board of Mphasis in September 2016. He is a senior advisor to Blackstone, where he has led many of their private equity technology investments. David joined the firm in 2013 and is based in New York. He is currently also a Director of Cylance (cyber security), Pactera (IT services), Green Sky Labs (pharma), and Cloudreach (cloud advisory).
Before joining Blackstone, David was Senior Vice President of Strategy at Dell Corporation, where he was responsible for corporate strategy, corporate development, and acquisition integration. Prior to joining Dell, he also held a number of positions at IBM, including Vice President of Corporate Development, responsible for the company’s acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments, and acquisition integration.
David received a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Boston College.