Justin Bregar

Head of Content at IDEO

Justin Bregar is an accomplished web developer, designer, and usability engineer with extensive experience in the insurance/financial and education industries. He has a knack for open-source platforms such as MySQL/PHP, Ruby on Rails, and Python/Django. Justin has a wide range of specialties, including web development, web design, usability, JavaScript/JQuery, HTML, CSS, Ruby, Rails, PHP, Python, Django, content management systems, and video/audio production.

His educational background includes a BS in Mass Communications from Colorado State University-Pueblo and an MS in Technical Communication from the University of Colorado Denver. Justin has worked in various organizations throughout his career, including Leepfrog Technologies, Inc. as a User Experience Designer, JERBCO, Ltd. as an Owner, Crowd Favorite as a Developer, Colorado State University-Pueblo as an Assistant Professor, Thomson Micromedex as a Consultant/Software Developer, InsureMe as a User Experience Manager, Navidec, Inc. as a Web Programmer, and Greeley Tribune as a Web Developer.

Experience

Head of Content at IDEO (October 2023 - Present)

Editorial Consultant at Emerson Collective (June 2022 - October 2022), Co-head Global Marketing & Communications at IDEO (July 2022 - September 2022), Global Editorial Director at IDEO (June 2013 - August 2022), Marketing Strategy & Brand Communications at Heath Ceramics (July 2020 - December 2020), Head of Communications at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (August 2018 - June 2019), Director Of Special Projects at WIRED (2011 - March 2013), Senior Editor at WIRED (July 2011 - November 2011), Digital Marketing & Communications at Amazon (September 2011 - February 2012), Writer at various periodicals (June 1994 - February 2012), Founder, Editor in Chief at ReadyMade (December 2001 - January 2009), Editorial Director at Young & Rubicam (January 2000 - December 2000)