Roderick "Rod" Johnson is an Australian computer specialist who created the Spring Framework and co-founded SpringSource,[1] where he was CEO until its 2009 acquisition by VMware.
In 2012 it was announced that he joined the Typesafe Inc. board of directors.
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,[1] and served as CEO until its 2009 acquisition by VMware.