Satya Nadella's first big hire as Microsoft CEO tells why she took the job
One comment that particularly stood out was her response to why she joined Microsoft last year, after spending 24 years at Qualcomm, when she became Nadella's first major hire since being named CEO.
"I had watched his progression and I was curious about his vision. He seems so different," Johnson said of Nadella. "And out of the blue, when I got a call to look at the role as head of business development, and got to meet Satya in person - he's such a change agent. And I was all bought in, I picked up and moved to Seattle."
In fact, her hiring made more headlines because Nadella created her position for the first time at Microsoft. And she's been nothing but impressive during her first 12 months leading Microsoft's partnership efforts: she's already struck deals with Uber, Yahoo, Dropbox, and AOL.
That changed image will be on full display Wednesday, when he gives a keynote speech at Dreamforce, the massive annual conference hosted by Salesforce - the company that used to have one of the most contentious relationships with Microsoft in the pre-Nadella period.