Del Johnson is an accomplished venture capital investor, keynote speaker, and tech writer. He received his Doctor of Law degree from Columbia Law School and honed his talent identification skills at Google's People Operations team. Additionally, he worked as an award-winning business development and account management professional at Oracle before joining Backstage Capital as an Investment Principal. During his time at Backstage Capital, he has invested over $7 million into 100 startups led by underrepresented founders. He is recognized for identifying outlier talent beyond the reach of traditional networks and signals. Del is based in New York and specializes in diversifying the venture capital asset class.