Stephen Johnston, Founder and CEO, Fordcastle LLC
Stephen D. Johnston, MBA has over fifteen years of experience working with global companies on innovative products and strategies in the technology, new media and mobile space.
As Founder and CEO of Fordcastle LLC, an innovation company, Stephen advises international clients on innovation and growth strategies, and is co-founder of a mobile health startup. Recent clients include Vodafone, Roche Diagnostics, Intercontinental Hotels Group and the Tau Consortium — a personalized medicine research group.
Stephen has worked for Nokia, Bertelsmann, Daimler, BASF during his time in London, Brussels, Helsinki and New York. He has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He speaks conversational French, German and Spanish and lives in New York.
Twitter: @fordcastle, @sdbj, @agingtoo
stephen.johnston@fordcastle.com
Tel: +1 (914) 417 9471
Further reading
- Article on Web 3.0 (republished by Vodafone's magazine)
- Article on Enterprise2.0 (published as a book chapter)
- Business Week article about use of innovation tools at Nokia
- Information Week article about use of wikis
- Wall Street Journal article
- The Economist article on innovation (reg. required)
- The Economist article on location services (reg. required)
Partners
Fordcastle collaborates with a number of partners and affiliates fromm around the world to deliver projects:
- The Growth Agenda - global network of innovation experts
- Lodestar - New York based innovation consultancy
- Mary Furlong and Associates - Berkeley, CA based longevity expert
- OpenInvo - New York-based open innovation company
- Aging2.0 - Blog and community on new business and technology ideas