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Roderick "Rod" Johnson is an Australian computer specialist who created the Spring Framework and co-founded SpringSource,cite-ref-eweek-johnson-leaves-vmware-1-0[1] where he was CEO until its 2009 acquisition by VMware.cite-ref-techcrunch-acquisition-2-0[2] In 2011, Johnson became chairman of Neo4j Inc. In 2012 it was announced that he joined the Typesafe Inc. board of directors.cite-ref-typesafe-appointment-3-0[3] In 2016, he founded Atomist.

• Biography

• Education

• Career

• Publications

• References

Johnson studied at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1992 with a BA Hons (music and computer science). In 1996 he completed a PhD in musicology, also at Sydney, with a thesis entitled 'Piano music in Paris under the July monarchy (1830-1848)'.

In the early 2000s, Rod Johnson founded SpringSource,cite-ref-eweek-johnson-leaves-vmware-1-1[1] and served as CEO until its 2009 acquisition by VMware.cite-ref-techcrunch-acquisition-2-1[2]

• 2002. Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development. Wrox. ISBN 0-7645-4385-7.

• 2004. Expert One-on-One J2EE Development without EJB. Wrox. ISBN 0-7645-5831-5.

• 2005. Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework. With Juergen Hoeller, Alef Arendsen, Thomas Risberg and Colin Sampaleanu. Wrox. ISBN 0-7645-7483-3.

cite-note-eweek-johnson-leaves-vmware-11. ↑ "Spring Creator Rod Johnson Leaves VMware, Makes Mark on Java". 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

cite-note-techcrunch-acquisition-22. ↑ "VMware Acquires Springsource". 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

cite-note-typesafe-appointment-33. ↑ "Typesafe Appoints Rod Johnson to Board of Directors". 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.