Keith L. Brown

Seal Beach, CA; London, U.K.;
Berkeley, CA; Hillsboro, OR; Pahoa, HI

+1 415-889-7946
email: keith at this website

February 25, 2025

Keith Brown brings a unique in-depth blend of technology and communities development to the table.  He grew up in the broadcasting and electronics industries, moving into computing in the mid-1970s. After running his own computer consulting firm for 30 years, specializing in custom integrated multi-user business applications including accounting, CRM, asset management, POS, Inventory, and HR... he most recently is moving the technology to the Web 2-3 user interface. He has participated as a founder of several computing start-ups, and has a wide variety of high profile customers, from Epson America, to CH2MHill, Les Schwab Tires, and Hollywood Video. Recent positions include VP and Chief Technology Architect with FohBoh, Inc., the leading social media company for the foodservice industry, and CTO of QuikFitApp.com, a gamifying app for promoting physical fitness. Lastly, since 2017 he is currently a part of a development team transforming solar hardware and software to save the power grid from solar overload, serving as CTO.

In the realm of community building, Mr. Brown has been involved in developing and producing Network For a New Culture's intentional community workshops and camps for the last 28 years.  He is one of the team that put on the annual Art of Community conferences sponsored by the Fellowship for Intentional Community; and also serves on the convening team for the 11th Continental Bioregional Congress.  He also, with his partner, leads community building workshops.  Lastly, Mr. Brown has been a Green Dot Ranger at Burning Man (2008-2012).

Mr. Brown is a past-president of the Oregon Computer Consultants Association, a former member of the Audio Engineering Society, SMPTE, and worked with FohBoh in focusing and developing its next-generation Social Media tools.  He is currently involved in the HTML5 and CSS3 implementations. Mr. Brown was an active participant in the Drupal, HTML5, JavaScript, MySQL, and jQuery Meetup groups in the Bay area. Now primarily back in Southern California, he spends several months each year traveling the world, with the Panama Canal and the South Pacific on his current wishlist.

At FohBoh, Mr. Brown led the development of four overall system revisions, the technical creation of FohBoh Brand Central, and invented and implemented the FohBoh Membership Manager, a unique software environment creating seamless member-asset management (single login) across disparate feature and service provider platforms.   Projects revolve around Social Media metrics tools, sentiment analysis, and the launching of FohBohWine.

Keith is open to both 1099 and W-2 contracts.

Brown/Collinson Associates, 1980 to present- President, Partner a Unix/Web consulting/development firm Lake Oswego, OR. and Berkeley, CA. Specializing in: Drupal 5, 6, 7 Web / Web 3 / AJAX / LAMP User interface design / UX / Useability jQuery Graphic design and Themeing Database management Network design and implementation Multi-user business applications Design and implementation of integrated     turnkey business critical applications Computer Forensics Toolsets: C C++ Assembler     - Intel     - Motorola     - DSPs     - SOCs PHP Javascript, jQuery Unix/Linux tools & Shells:     - ksh,   bash,   zsh Forth Pascal Perl MySQL HTML5/CSS3/XML GitHub, SVN, etc. some Python Drupal.org profile Keith's GitHub Printable format		Industry	Customers hover for details
		Retail:	Hollywood Video Les Schwab Tire Centers The Printer Place Wizers Grocery 100 Fires Bookstore (online)
		Consumer:	Westcon, Inc. / Transcat, Inc. Epson America, Inc. Comrex, Inc. Sungevity.com Sunset Systems Vendini.com
		Medical:	Child Eye Care, Inc. Kaiser Permanente
		Printing / Graphics / Marketing:	Camera Graphics, Inc. Collinson Graphics Robley Marketing
		Insurance:	Adams-Thompson Ins. AFLAC Portland
		Engineering / Software:	CH2M Hill New Horizons Software Value Networks, LLC Sharechive, Inc Scatterpoint Tech Group
		Telecom:	Oresys, Inc. Fial Computer
		Manufacturing / Distribution:	Vermont American The Credo Company Western Pacific Building Materials Hollywood Film Company BBC Steel Squires Electronics Ohio Scientific Portland Board Co. Powis Parker, Inc.
		Education:	the evergreen state college Reed College (consultant) Pacific University (faculty)
		Social:	FohBoh.com East Side Athletic Club Honoring Institute OneTaste Urban Retreat Center Soulmate.dk TrophyMatch.com Vibio.com
		Distribution:	KIC International Martin Ray Winery Pellegrini Winery and Distribution Physical Distribution, Inc.
		Services:	Vancouver Sanitary Service Columbia Helicopter
		Web Properties:	FohBoh.com (and subsidiaries) FohBohWine.com Sungevity.com & Sungevity.org Vibio.com HearPlanet.com 100Fires.com     and many others
		Startups:   (ownership interest)	ARK, Inc. Brown/Collinson Associates FohBoh Inc. QuikFit Inc. Portland Board Co. Sunset Systems
		Non-Profits:	NFNC.org BioregionalCongress.net HonoringInstitute.org Fellowship for Intentional Community