Executive profiles

Jace Johnson

Vice President, Government Affairs & Public Policy
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Jace Johnson

As vice president, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Jace Johnson leads Adobe's efforts with government and policy bodies on key issues for Adobe around the world. This includes work with government entities on policy-making efforts as well as advocating for the role of technology in helping governments meet their information, collaboration and open government needs.

Prior to joining Adobe in November 2010, Johnson was chief of staff in the United States Senate, Office of Sen. Orrin Hatch where he worked with key constituencies in both Washington, D.C. and Utah. In that role, Johnson supported the senator's leadership on the U.S. Senate Committees on Finance; Judiciary; Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP); and Intelligence. In Johnson's senate career, he worked across almost every facet of government operations in order to develop and ensure execution of Hatch's legislative agenda, media strategy and national and international influence.

Before joining Hatch's office in 2002, Johnson was director of finance for Corvis Corporation, a successful data, voice, and media solutions startup company. In this role, Johnson was integral in securing several rounds of financing, culminating in a public offering in July 2000. Johnson also helped build the company to an international entity with more than 3,500 employees worldwide and a market cap of over $40 billion. Corvis Corporation was later purchased by Level 3. Previously, Johnson worked as manager of financial analysis and planning at VISA InterActive, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VISA International, which concentrated on building out the nation's home banking infrastructure in the mid-1990s.

Johnson earned a master's degree in business administration from The George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Brigham Young University.

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Executive profiles

Jace Johnson

Vice President, Government Affairs & Public Policy
Adobe Systems Incorporated