Damon Johnson

Chief Financial Officer

Damon Johnson is the new consulting Chief Financial Officer for the Institute. He brings over 27 years of experience in the field of Finance and Accounting in both public and private entities.

Damon Johnson is the new consulting Chief Financial Officer for the Institute. He brings over 27 years of experience in the field of Finance and Accounting in both public and private entities.

Damon started his career as an Internal Auditor for the City of San Antonio. From there, Damon accepted an opportunity to join Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS) where he held various positions in the finance organization.  During his tenure at Motorola, Damon was a key member of the Finance System Transformation Team who was responsible for implementing the SAP Finance system.  In addition, Damon held other leadership roles at Motorola where he helped establish and monitor performance of many KPI metrics through the company transition to Freescale Semiconductor.  It is during this tenure where he honed his financial modeling skills. He also held roles in Manufacturing & Business Group Finance Controller at Freescale Inc. Damon migrated to Dell where he became Director of Finance for the End User Computing Group and oversaw financial support for a global finance team charged with fiscal oversight of $6B in consumer and client computing business along with two successful M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) projects aimed at enhancing the client product portfolio.  

Upon departing from Dell, Damon entered the world of Finance and Accounting consulting which led him to take a position as the Vice President of Administration and Finance for Huston-Tillotson University where he successfully implemented new financial, human resource and facilities, management processes while stabilizing and driving a fiscal turnaround for the University.  

Realizing his passion was to help others, Damon was inspired to start DAJ Business Services LLC, a Finance and Accounting Consulting venture where he has combined his accounting and finance experience and expertise to help businesses and nonprofits expand and thrive.  Damon holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Realizing his passion was to help others, Damon was inspired to start DAJ Business Services LLC, a Finance and Accounting Consulting venture where he has combined his accounting and finance experience and expertise to help businesses and nonprofits expand and thrive.  Damon holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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