About

Sven Johnston is a world traveler having worked in Europe, Australia, South Africa and now in beautiful Orange County, CA. He is a passionate strategic business development expert & consultant, who thrives on challenges and incorporates his cultural backgrounds. His Australian side is optimistic, open, and talented at building relationships, while his German side is resourceful, disciplined in finishing the job, and trustworthy.

Sven is a LinkedIn power user, Twitter addict, video blogger and has shared his knowledge with hundreds of people in one on one sessions as well as speaking at events. He also teaches online marketing at college.

He is the founder of “We Are Orange County!™”, which in less than 5 months became the second largest LinkedIn group in Orange County with over 3000 members and in less than 6 months achieved the goal of convincing LinkedIn to give Orange County, CA its well deserved own location code. He is also the co-founder of Orange County Connectors™, which organizes monthly events and is building a web portal for the Orange County business community.

Actively volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and Laguna Niguel Connectors.

Sven is looking for like minded people to have various discussions, share referrals to build business, turn virtual connections into long term relationships and most importantly “Pay It Forward”.