about us

We are just average people like you with an idea who chose to do something about it. Like most people, we decided to start BrainJams out of frustration with the status quo. We saw events happening like Gnomedex, BarCamp and TechCrunch BBQ and realized we needed to take these concepts out of the technologists silo and bring the principles to the rest of the economy.

BrainJams started with an event called Web 2.1, which was held as an alternative conference to the Web 2.0 conference being held by O'Reilly. It was such a success that Alicia Preston and other's encouraged us to do another one. With the input and support of a lot of great people, we pulled off BrainJams3Dec2005 and as of January 2006 formed a non-profit corporation to expand the original ideas and spread the goodness.

Board of Directors:

• Chris Heuer (Executive Director)
• Kristie Wells
• David Gutelius
• Jennifer Myronuk

Much thanks and good wishes for all our past, present and future supporters:

Since first writing about the idea for a BrainJams event called Web2point1, there have been many people who have stepped up to support our efforts. Beginning with Todd Parsons who encouraged us to take a chance and Brian Shields from KRON4 who first promoted the idea widely, there has been a steady stream of good vibes. In an effort to keep this succinct, let us say a special thanks to Rachel Murray, Alicia Preston, Tara Hunt, Andy Kaufman, Nate Koechley, Enric, Chris Messina, Noah Kagan, Nivi, Chris Pirillo, Christopher Allen, David Gutelius, Michael Arrington, Brian Sullivan, Kaliya and of course the wonderful blogging addict, Kristie Wells.