Johanna Brewer

Current

• Co-Founder & Vice President of Product Architecture at FreStyl

Past

• Product Manager at Supply Insight, Inc.
• Graduate Student Researcher at University of California, Irvine
• Web Designer at Roberta Rossi's Soaring

• Research Intern at Intel Corporation
• Graphic Design Consultant at Zenographics
• Staff Research Associate at University of California, Irvine
• Research Assistant at ETH Zurich @ Universita della Svizzera Italiana
• Advanced Computation in Engineering and Science Trainee at Boston University
• Research Assistant at Boston University
• Research Assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Teaching Fellow at Boston University
• User Services at Boston University

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Education

• University of California, Irvine
• Boston University
• Boston University

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Connections

128 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• setbang
• undersound
• in-between-ness

Johanna Brewer’s Summary

Johanna recently co-founded a music-discovery start-up. She received her PhD in Information & Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine where she worked with Paul Dourish. Her thesis focused on urban computing, particularly in the design of social technologies.

Johanna Brewer’s Specialties:

Software Programming: C, C++, Java, Ruby on Rails

Hardware Programming: nesC / Berkeley Motes, Processing / Arduino, Analog Circuit Design

Web / Graphic / Interaction Design: JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, CSS, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Physical Fabrication (plastics, metal, wood)

Johanna Brewer’s Experience

• Co-Founder & Vice President of Product Architecture

  FreStyl

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

• Product Manager

  Supply Insight, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2007 — August 2009 (2 years )

• Graduate Student Researcher

  University of California, Irvine

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  July 2005 — March 2009 (3 years 9 months)

  Informatics Department

• Web Designer

  Roberta Rossi's Soaring

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  www.robertarossi.com

• Research Intern

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)

  People and Practices Group

• Graphic Design Consultant

  Zenographics

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• Staff Research Associate

  University of California, Irvine

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)

  Institute for Software Research

• Research Assistant

  ETH Zurich @ Universita della Svizzera Italiana

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

  CP2K project

• Advanced Computation in Engineering and Science Trainee

  Boston University

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2003 — August 2004 (1 year )

  Center for Computational Science

• Research Assistant

  Boston University

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2003 — June 2004 (10 months)

  Computer Science Department

• Research Assistant

  Massachusetts General Hospital

  (Medical Practice industry)

  June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)

  Integrated Radiotherapy Imaging System (IRIS) Project

• Teaching Fellow

  Boston University

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2002 — August 2003 (1 year )

  Computer Science Department
  CS111: Introduction to Computer Science I, Summer I 2003
  CS112: Introduction to Computer Science II, Spring 2003
  CS112: Introduction to Computer Science II, Fall 2002

• User Services

  Boston University

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

  Computer Science Undergraduate Lab

Johanna Brewer’s Education

• University of California, Irvine

  Ph.D. , Information & Computer Sciences , 2005 — 2009

• Boston University

  M.A. , Computer Science , 2002 — 2004

• Boston University

  B.A. , Computer Science & Philoshopy , 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Magna Cum Laude (GPA 3.7/4.0)
  John N. Findlay Award in Philosophy
  Golden Key National Honor Society
  National Society of Collegiate Scholars
  Dean's List
  CAS Honors Program
  Boston University's University Scholarship

Additional Information

Johanna Brewer’s Websites:

• setbang
• undersound
• in-between-ness

Johanna Brewer’s Groups:

ACM, CHI, In-Between-Ness, London Knowledge Lab Workshop

•    RomaIn
•    NUOK

Johanna Brewer’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch