Brown has been involved with learning technologies for over 25 years and has been involved in online learning since writing CBT applications on the mainframe in 1984. She was named one of the Top 100 women in computing by McGraw Hill's Open Computing magazine. For six years she wrote a technology column for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has written for the Higher Education Cooperative Purchase Consortium and The College Magazine; helps coordinate eWEEK's Corporate Partner Program; and participates in the Masie Consortium.

Since 1996, Judy has been involved in using mobile devices in learning and has participated in test deployments with both Palm and Pocket PC devices. In 2003, she set up the m-Learning Technology Center in conjunction with the government and military Job Performance Testing Center located at the ADL Co-Lab in Alexandria, VA. Working with faculty and graduate students, current work focuses on the use of devices in augmented reality with GPS enabled devices and with mobile phone delivery of learning and job performance support. Judy is a frequent presenter at training conferences on mobile learning and has led training, tracks and sessions on both current and future directions in the mobile learning industry.