Drew Johnson

Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering & Operations at Aeris Communications

San Jose, California, United States

About Drew Johnson

Drew Johnson is Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering & Operations at Aeris Communications. Location: San Jose, California, United States.

Drew Johnson is an engineering leader and technologist with more than 30 years of experience at both large and small companies. Currently, Drew is Chief Technology Officer and Head of Engineering & Operations at IoT leader, Aeris. Before that, he was VP of Engineering at mobile and messaging software company Openwave and Director of Engineering at Austin mobile start-up SoloMio. Drew started his career at Compaq Computer working on the first generations of mobile computing devices. He holds a Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Illinois and has more than 25 patents. Specialties: Highly-scalable software, messaging, mobile, telecommunications, Java, Agile, Internet of Things

Skills

  • Telecommunications
  • Java
  • Agile Methodologies

Additional experience

  • EVP Product and Technology

    Aeris Communications

    January 2021 – March 2023

Education

  • MS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • BS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign