TIMOTHY JOHNSON

Hi, I’m Tim.

I’m a marketer, storyteller, triathlete, and dad. My career has gone from Hollywood film sets to Seoul agency boardrooms to building my own candy company in Austin.
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I started out in Burbank as an intern at Silver Pictures/Warner Bros., assisting the producers behind The Matrix series, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and V for Vendetta. After graduating from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Advertising, I joined Legend 3D as a visual effects assistant during the 3D film boom, working on movies like Transformers and The Smurfs.
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Then I took a leap and moved to Seoul to teach English. I saw that local businesses struggled to reach the city’s foreign community, so I built an advertising platform to help them do it. Seoul is also where I met my wife, and where our first two kids were born.
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Korea is where my global marketing career took shape. At Edelman Korea, I managed accounts for Samsung, Hyundai Motors, HP and Marina Bay Sands. Later, Geometry Global, Ogilvy & Mather’s creative arm, brought me in to lead digital accounts. There I pitched and won Google/YouTube’s campaign for the BTS documentary Burn the Stage.
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Korea is also where I caught the endurance bug. I’ve now finished four Ironman 70.3 races, and training helps me clear my head and stay sharp.
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In 2018, my family and I moved to Texas, where I’ve worked in real estate and consumer technology. My life as an athlete eventually turned into a business. I wanted electrolytes without the sugar, so I co-founded Salty Batches, a sugar-free electrolyte hard candy for athletes and everyday life. We launched in February 2026.
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These days I’m usually on the bike, chasing the next race, or out exploring Austin with my family.