G. Hall Johnson
Co-founder / Past President / Board Treasurer
Hall started his career in advanced technology sales and sales management at Hewlett-Packard, Prime Computer, and FORMTEK. Later Hall joined MindLeaders, serving as Director of its ISV Division, Director of Strategic Partners and Alliances, and ultimately Sr. Director of Sales. He was Head of Operations for the Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio before starting MassMatrix.
Hall’s BS in Engineering Management is from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Hall has commercialized new products and markets in operational and business development leadership roles. He has managed sales and service teams for enterprise software sold to Fortune 500 companies. At Hewlett-Packard, he learned to use mass spectrometers. At MassMatrix, he raised two rounds of seed funding, executing on State of Ohio and NIH grants. He formed and led a team of scientists and software engineers and acquired two development collaborations with pharmaceutical companies. Hall commercialized mmSearch—a valued mass spectrometry software tool with a worldwide user community developed by co-founder Michael Freitas. Over 750 scientists have used a freeware version of mmSearch.