Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Fastek International
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area
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- Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Fastek International
- Past
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- Principal Program Manager at Rockwell Collins
- Manager Network Operations at Rockwell Collins (Airshow Systems)
- Director Technology Infrastructure (Micro General) at Fidelity National Information Services
- President at Brett Mason Computing
- Education
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- Biola University
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Brett Mason’s Summary
Business leader and technology innovator, energized by directing teams, solving complex problems, and exceeding expectations. Strong background in network infrastructure and operations, including Fortune 500 environments and aircraft-to-ground communications. Teams have deployed enterprise applications, merged multi-billion dollar corporate networks, replaced live data centers, and delivered communications solutions.
• Merged two $4B company network operations, creating America’s largest title company with over 2,000 offices and 19,000 users.
• Created national services organization, staff of 55, meeting systems support needs for 19,000 users.
• Completed contract for satellite communications sales, generating above plan revenues of $10M.
• Negotiated supplier contracts for satellite communications equipment and antenna systems, delivering $8M sales
• Renovated server and network infrastructure, maintaining 100% availability, and improving data delivery performance by 85%.
Brett Mason’s Specialties:
Strategic Planning
Team Development
IT Infrastructure Architecture
Systems Integration
Meticulous Implementation
Contracts Negotiation
Service Level Agreements
Enterprise Security
Brett Mason’s Experience
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Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Fastek International
(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2009 — Present (7 months)
Founded as a rapid response engineering company, Fastek delivers projects and develops products where quality and timeliness are critical. Customers call on Fastek during times of peak engineering demand or to enhance the skill sets of their engineering teams.
Fastek is expert at delivering Test, Measurement and Control solutions for industry and manufacturing, DO-178B/DP-254 validation and verification solutions for aviation, and legacy software renovation and repurposing. Simply put, Fastek's expertise can put your business back into top form, elevate your quality, and take you back to the top of your industry.
Fastek's Sales and Marketing Team builds enduring customer relationships and provides solutions and initiatives so that customers achieve their business targets and goals. -
Principal Program Manager
Rockwell Collins
(Public Company; COL; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
July 2005 — February 2009 (3 years 8 months)
Responsibilities include product development initiatives and roadmaps, factory and production coordination, quality team leadership and problem resolution, engineering leadership and customer communications.
• Completed contract with AeroMobile Ltd. for satellite communications sales, generating above plan revenues of $10M.
• Negotiated supplier contracts for satellite communications equipment and antenna systems, delivering $8M sales to Qantas Airways and LAN Chile.
• Delivered systems conversion for Presidential Air Group / Air Force One, ahead of schedule and on budget.
• Created data center operations plan to meet Singapore Airlines and NetJets’ program requirements.
• Directed engineering recovery initiatives for production line failures, meeting customer delivery commitments, while retaining planned product line revenues. -
Manager Network Operations
Rockwell Collins (Airshow Systems)
(Public Company; COL; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
July 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Responsibilities include data center operations oversight, call center team leadership, product development planning and roadmap definition, pricing and channel strategies, subscriptions management and revenue forecasting.
• Renovated server and network infrastructure, maintaining 100% availability, and improving data delivery performance by 85%.
• Facilitated call center optimization events, realigning staff schedules, and providing 10% increase of personal call handling.
• Automated customer performance monitoring, receiving recognition for service excellence at Gulfstream Customer Forum. -
Director Technology Infrastructure (Micro General)
Fidelity National Information Services
(Public Company; FIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1998 — July 2002 (4 years 3 months)
Responsibilities include nationwide network oversight, messaging and telecommunications infrastructure, data network and data center management, contract management, information security, network management and business continuity.
• Merged two $4B company network operations, creating America’s largest title company with over 2,000 offices and 19,000 users.
• Created national services organization, staff of 55, meeting systems support needs for 19,000 users.
• Organized Y2K Office, cataloging all systems and software across 2,000 locations, repairing systems and software as needed, receiving approval to continue operations from US Department of Insurance.
• Managed $7.5M organizational budget for all phases of Information Technology management -
President
Brett Mason Computing
(Computer Networking industry)
January 1992 — May 1998 (6 years 5 months)
Responsibilities included market development, contracts negotiation, financial management, customer engagements, communications and services delivery.
• Provided 24x7 server and network operations support to small businesses in greater Los Angeles.
• Provided IT outsourcing for user support, network infrastructure and server integration.
Brett Mason’s Education
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Biola University
Bachelor of Arts , 1978 — 1980
Additional Information
Brett Mason’s Interests:
Leadership and Mentoring, Client Engagement, Operations Management, Technology Infrastructure, Music, Coffee, Cars
Brett Mason’s Groups:
Boy Scouts of America, Air Force Academy Parents Club of Iowa, USSSA Baseball, Porsche Club of America
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