An international team. The two founders of Consort Partners have an unparalled international perspective. Dominic is born and bred in London, while Kathy is a half-Japanese American who speaks decent German. Having lived and worked in the US, UK, Germany, Belgium, and Japan, the partners have built an impressive international network within technology and media markets.
Key Players:
Kathy Johnson - Co-founder
Kathy's evangelism of disruptive technologies has garnered global media attention including appearances in international TV (BBC, CNBC, CNN, CBS), newspapers (The Sunday Times, The Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Daily Mail, Die Welt), radio (BBC, NPR, Bayerischer Rundfunk), and business and lifestyle magazines (Fast Company, Red Herring, Woman).
Her pioneering ventures include co-founding blinkx.tv, the world's first video search engine; Firefly, where she developed the international channel and distribution strategy before it was acquired by Microsoft; and the introduction of online loyalty, where Kathy was pivotal in the creation of international strategies for companies including Bertelsmann, Vivendi-Universal, BT and Dentsu. She was voted "2004 Agenda Setter" by www.silicon.com alongside Apple's Steve Jobs, eBay's Meg Whitman, and Chinese Premier Hu Jintao. She has also been named a finalist for the Stevie Awards for Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award 2008.
Kathy has also served as a consultant to Prime Minister Koizumi and has been closely involved with Japan's first inbound tourism campaign, "Yokoso Japan," as well as Japan's FDI (foreign direct investment) strategies with the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry.
You can follow Kathy on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kathy_johnson
Dominic Johnson - Co-founder
Dominic's record as a business innovator and marketer has been evidenced in a number of companies, from internationally renowned companies like News Corp, to technology companies like Autonomy and Blinkx. Primarily working to effect change in revenues and profile, he took Autonomy from an obscure 4-person neural-networking startup to a global publicly-traded company generating over 300 million in annualized revenues. His experience in the financial circles include public transactions on the LSE, Nasdaq and AIM, as well as serving as trendscouting and executive advisor to leading VC and hedge funds. Additionally, he has spearheaded several successful M&A projects with an impressive portfolio of US and European companies, both publicly and privately held.
Dominic has a long history in management, operations and marketing in media, technology and advertising companies. He was the founder of the multimedia divisions of both News Corp and the UK's leading TV company Channel Four, responsible for generating incremental profits by monetizing existing properties. Additionally, he has guided companies from obscurity to international headlines, his positioning work has garnered leading coverage in TV and print media venues, from the BBC, CBS, WSJ, FT, amongst others.
You can follow Dominic on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dominic_johnson