About BakBone

Management Team

James R. Johnson

James R. Johnson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Jim Johnson, president and CEO of BakBone Software, joined the company in November 2004, and is responsible for its overall business strategy and direction. With more than 25 years of executive management experience, Johnson has a successful track record in growing global software and enterprise applications services companies, both organically and through strategic acquisitions.

Johnson joined BakBone Software from SoftBrands Inc. Hospitality Group, where he most recently served as president and chief technology officer. Prior to joining SoftBrands in 2001, Johnson was president and senior vice president of the Asia Pacific Group of Sterling Commerce, Inc., a former NYSE-listed company specializing in e-commerce software and services that was acquired by SBC. Johnson also held numerous senior positions with Sterling Software, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Computer Associates including president and senior vice president of the Asia Pacific Group, executive vice president of business development, and president of the Softlabs Division for Sterling. During his fifteen-year career at Sterling, Johnson established numerous onshore and offshore multi-development centers and extended his expertise in storage management, systems management, connectivity, e-commerce software and services and application development tools to both developing and increasing Sterling's product lines in these areas. From 1976 to 1982, Johnson was co-founder and co-president of privately-held Application Development Systems, Inc. where he was instrumental in the development of one of the industry's first direct attached storage management products which continues to be offered by Computer Associates today.

Johnson earned his bachelor's degree in Operational Research from California State University, Fresno.