Dave Johnston

senior director of technology, PBS Interactive

Over the past sixteen years Dave Johnston has overseen the development and implementation of many of the Public Broadcasting Service's business processes and information systems for the K-12 and higher education divisions. Johnston established PBS's first public Internet "gopher server" and in 1994, along with several colleagues, launched the first PBS Web site that was to become PBS Online. In his current role he is responsible for the technical infrastructure and services of PBS Online, the award-winning website that currently attracts more than 145 million page views per month and is the number one "Dot Org" site on the Internet (according to Nielsen NetRatings). Mr. Johnston has contributed to the "transition to digital broadcast" as PBS's representative to the ATSC T3/S17 specialist group working to create standards for the enhancement of digital television. He also served as the PBS member of the Advanced Television Enhancement Forum (ATVEF). Johnston lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and three children.