Brett Johnson is an international expert in reactive UI engineering, data visualization, complex interaction design, and frontend architecture. His mission is to bridge the gaps between technical precision and intuitive user experiences to create practical, AI-native, exemplary products.
As the Tech Lead for Interactive Visualization & Front-End Engineering at Spindle AI, Mr. Johnson focuses on designing & engineering dynamic, data-centric interfaces for FP&A and business analytics. While his work encompasses everything that enables users to interact with Spindle AI, his expertise also extends into system-wide data flows, ensuring that frontend interactions flow into backend computation with fault-tolerance, scalability, and speed.
Prior to Spindle AI, Mr. Johnson built a career spanning cutting-edge analytics platforms, large-scale enterprise software, and high-impact systems at the forefront of data-centric interactivity. He began his engineering journey at Periscopic, an early pioneer in high-performance data visualization, where he ultimately served as a Tech Lead clients including Google, Microsoft, Novartis, and other blue-chip firms, delivering intuitive data visualization experiences with fluid interactivity.
Seeking to transition from consultancy-based projects to long-term product development, Brett later joined the world-renowned Prototyping Team at Tableau, on the heels of its acquisition by Salesforce, as a Lead Engineer. There, he tackled challenges like ingesting non-schematic data, crafting cross-platform and cross-UI interactions, and real-time collaboration. Brett has also worked at New Relic (NEWR), where he helped develop observability tools for Kubernetes, a container orchestration system, empowering developers to diagnose and optimize cloud infrastructure at scale.
Beyond his professional career, Brett enjoys creative activities with high interactivity & rapid feedback loops — not unlike the user interfaces he builds. When not experimenting in the kitchen, practicing calligraphy, or tending to his garden, he can often be found hiking or tearing apart and rebuilding parts of the house he shares with his wife and puppy in beautiful Portland, Oregon — a testament to his lifelong passion for hands-on, creative problem-solving and engineering. ∎
Brett Johnson is an international expert in reactive UI engineering, data visualization, complex interaction design, and frontend architecture. His mission is to bridge the gaps between technical precision and intuitive user experiences to create practical, AI-native, exemplary products.
As the Tech Lead for Interactive Visualization & Front-End Engineering at Spindle AI, Mr. Johnson focuses on designing & engineering dynamic, data-centric interfaces for FP&A and business analytics. While his work encompasses everything that enables users to interact with Spindle AI, his expertise also extends into system-wide data flows, ensuring that frontend interactions flow into backend computation with fault-tolerance, scalability, and speed.
Prior to Spindle AI, Mr. Johnson built a career spanning cutting-edge analytics platforms, large-scale enterprise software, and high-impact systems at the forefront of data-centric interactivity. He began his engineering journey at Periscopic, an early pioneer in high-performance data visualization, where he ultimately served as a Tech Lead clients including Google, Microsoft, Novartis, and other blue-chip firms, delivering intuitive data visualization experiences with fluid interactivity.
Seeking to transition from consultancy-based projects to long-term product development, Brett later joined the world-renowned Prototyping Team at Tableau, on the heels of its acquisition by Salesforce, as a Lead Engineer. There, he tackled challenges like ingesting non-schematic data, crafting cross-platform and cross-UI interactions, and real-time collaboration. Brett has also worked at New Relic (NEWR), where he helped develop observability tools for Kubernetes, a container orchestration system, empowering developers to diagnose and optimize cloud infrastructure at scale.
Beyond his professional career, Brett enjoys creative activities with high interactivity & rapid feedback loops — not unlike the user interfaces he builds. When not experimenting in the kitchen, practicing calligraphy, or tending to his garden, he can often be found hiking or tearing apart and rebuilding parts of the house he shares with his wife and puppy in beautiful Portland, Oregon — a testament to his lifelong passion for hands-on, creative problem-solving and engineering. ∎
