LARRY ROGER JOHNSON
Pilots at 9 Ave, Seattle, WA

Director | Retail Marketing and Sales at DTS, Inc.

Consumer Electronics

DTS, Inc. - Calabasas California and Gig Harbor, Washington since Jul 2012 - Director | Retail Marketing and Sales SRS Labs, Inc. - Santa Ana, California and Gig Harbor, Washington Feb 2010 - Jul 2012 - Director | Retail Marketing and Direct Sales Yamaha Electronics Corporation, USA - Buena Park, California Feb 2008 - Dec 2008 - Sales Manager/Consultant | Major Accounts Altec Lansing, a division of Plantronics, Inc. - Santa Cruz, California Oct 2004 - Jan 2008 - National Sales Manager | Western US and Canada Yamaha Electronics Corporation - Buena Park, California Jan 2001 - Oct 2004 - National Accounts Manager & Special Markets Manager State of Washington - Olympia, Washington 1997 - 2001 - Sales Manager | Correctional Industries JBC Consultants, Inc. - Virginia Beach, Virginia 1996 - 1997 - General Manager | Co-founder Spec 4 International 1995 - 1996 - Vice President of Sales United States Sales Corporation 1992 - 1995 - Senior Account Executive

Account Management, Brand Awareness, Budgeting, Budget Performance, Channel Management, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Products, Contract Negotiation, Customer Loyalty, Forecasting, Large Territory and Team Management, Multi-vertical Product Launches, New Business Development, New Client Generation, Product Development, Product Forecasting, Product Marketing, Promotional Campaign Development, Prospecting, Research and ROI Analysis, Retail, Sales Presentations, Sales Management, Sales Team Training, Strategic Planning, Strategic Start-up Division Expansion, Wholesale, Wholesale Club Sales, YOY Sales Growth Increases, Marketing, Budgets, Training, E-commerce, Competitive Analysis

Coaching Sales Teams, New Technology, Sailing/Boating, family outings and spending time with my many friends spread accross North America...

2005 - Awarded Plantronics, Inc Stock Options 2005 - Awarded Best Vendor at COMPTIA, Canada 2004 - Awarded Altec Lansing Stock Options 2001, 2002, 2003 - Best Buy, Category Preferred Vendor Status. 1997 - Awarded Executive Analyst Certification, George S May Consulting.

Social Media Editor at MSN News

Writing and Editing

MSN News since Feb 2013 - Social Media Editor Freelance Writer, Editor, Communications Specialist Nov 2012 - Feb 2013 - CEO MSN - Bellevue Nov 2011 - Nov 2012 - Web producer Johnson Communications Jul 2011 - Nov 2011 - Writer and Communications Consultant Nyhus Communications Mar 2011 - Jul 2011 - Senior Writer Seatte PostGlobe Mar 2009 - Mar 2011 - Content Editor Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sep 1998 - Mar 2009 - National/Foreign Editor Cincinnati Enquirer Apr 1998 - Sep 1998 - Copy Editor/Wire Editor The Herald 1991 - 1998 - Copy Editor/Wire Editor The Everett Herald 1991 - 1998 - Wire Editor

Writing, Editing, Social Media, Media Relations, Public Relations, Press Releases, Blogging, Copywriting, Journalism, Corporate Communications, Copy Editing, Strategic Communications, Newsletters, Crisis Communications, Research, Marketing Communications, Internal Communications, Web Content, Headline Writing, Editorial, AP Style, Publications, Newspapers, Storytelling

The Fund for Investigative Journalism, Inc., grant, 1980 Foundation for National Progress, grant, 1981 The 1982 Silver P.E.N. Award for Magazine Writing James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, 1999 National Press Club’s Edwin M. Hood Diplomatic Correspondence Award, 2001 Society of Professional Journalists Award, Social Issues Reporting, 2001 Environmental Media Services, grant, 2001 National Press Foundation Fellowship, 2003 Gatekeeper Fellowship to Lebanon and Syria, 2004 Fulbright Research Scholar, Taiwan, 2005 East-West Center Seminar, Indonesia and Bangladesh, 2006 Seattle Chapter-United Nations Association, Syria research grant, 2007 Fulbright Journalism Peer Review Committee, 2006-2008

Lead Developer at Screenplay Labs

Internet

Screenplay Labs - Seattle since Sep 2008 - Lead Developer Muze Jun 2006 - Mar 2008 - Software Engineer Loudeye Jan 2000 - May 2006 - Developer/Production Support Loudeye May 1999 - Dec 1999 - Quality Control Lead Loudeye Jan 1999 - Apr 1999 - Data and Audio Technician

Leeward Community College 1994 - 1995
University Of Maryland: Asian Division (Japan) 1993 - 1994

Agile Methodologies, Microsoft SQL Server, Scrum, Databases, Streaming Media, Software Development

making music, watching movies, reading, gaming, watching sports

Information Technology and Services

Owner at Walter Johnson & Grandsons Painting

Construction

customer service , math tutoring and computer word and exce

Owner at Walter Johnson & Grandsons

Construction

Research

Music

Maritime