“Docker both feels like a cool new startup and the bedrock of the container native universe, prevalent now and moving towards ubiquitous, as cloud-native takes over the world,” Johnson said in a statement announcing his appointment.
Johnson is Docker’s sixth CEO, following co-founder Solomon Hykes who led the company until 2013; Ben Golub, who departed in 2017 to make way for Steve Singh; and Rob Bearden, who was the company’s CEO for just six months before Docker chief product officer, Scott Johnston, was promoted to lead the company in 2019.