He was an advocate of the service science, management and engineering initiative across companies, governments and academics.
[citation needed] He works with service research pioneers from diverse academic disciplines and he advocates for Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Design (SSMED) as an integrative framework for global competency development, economic development, and advancement of science.
[4] He was a Distinguished Scientist in Learning Research at Apple Computer between 1989 and 1998,[5] where he was a co-inventor receiving 9 patents.
Spohrer attended Hampden Academy from 1970 to 1974 while growing up in Newburgh, Maine, where his teachers included Stephen King.
[citation needed][6][7] In 2009, Spohrer was one of the leaders of the IBM Smarter Planet University Jam.