Brian Brown

Current

• CEO at zzyzzo Group (LinkToBrianBrown@gmail.com)
• Broker of Intellectual and Financial Capital & Companies at Brian Carl Brown and Associates, RSA
• Microsoft Partner and Innovator at Microsoft

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Past

• Chief Operating Officer at Blue Catalyst
• Business Development Manager, 2ic at Softstart Business and Technology Incubator (SoftstartBTI or SBTI)
• Senior Manager, Business Acceleration Consultant / Entrepreneurial Development, 2ic at Bodibeng Technology Incubator (BTI)

• Moved to South Africa from Houston, Texas, USA, Elected to Take a One Year Sabbatical to Read &Write at Home in South Africa
• Broker of Intellectual and Financial Capital at Brian Carl Brown and Associates, USA
• Major Account Management at Ricoh Corporation
• Major Account Management at TLC
• IBM Family and Manager at IBM
• Major Account Management at Lanier Worldwide Corporation
• Major Account Management at Lanier
• Friend at Enron
• Owner at All Business Systems
• Owner at Recycled Copiers
• Managing Partner at B. Carl Brown and Associates / Thomas Sharpe Group / Assets Utilization, Inc.
• Partner at Carlton Interior Design / B. Brown Contracting
• Associate at Fitzwilliam and Associates
• Account Executive / Business Development at BDS Incorporated
• Intern at Coopers & Lybrand
• Intern at Price Waterhouse Coopers
• Intern at PriceWaterhouse Coopers
• Went to High School with Michael Dell at Dell

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Education

• University of St. Thomas
• Texas A&M University
• Alexander Smith Academy

• Memorial High School

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Recommended

7 people have recommended Brian

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Company

Brian Brown’s Summary

LinkToBrianBrown@gmail.com

Revenue and Profit Catalyst.

Diversely Experienced Human Being with a High EQ.

American Citizen Permanently Residing in South Africa.

Long History of Entrepreneurial Activity.

Real Estate Idiot Savant.

Brian Brown’s Specialties:

LinkToBrianBrown@gmail.com

Rainmaker.

Strong Communicator. Abundant Empathy. Extremely Intuitive.

I Know a Lot of People and I Know How to Know a Lot of People.

Largest Linked In Hub in Africa.

Sales Oriented Entrepreneur.

Brian Brown’s Experience

• CEO

  zzyzzo Group (LinkToBrianBrown@gmail.com)

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa.

• Broker of Intellectual and Financial Capital & Companies

  Brian Carl Brown and Associates, RSA

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  October 2003 — Present (5 years 10 months)

  Global Reach.

• Microsoft Partner and Innovator

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1992 — Present (17 years)

  Global.

• Chief Operating Officer

  Blue Catalyst

  (Government Agency; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  March 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 3 months)

• Business Development Manager, 2ic

  Softstart Business and Technology Incubator (SoftstartBTI or SBTI)

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  November 2003 — October 2006 (3 years)

  Johannesburg and Pretoria, Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa.
  
  Merged Bodibeng Technology Incubator (BTI) in Johannesburg, South Africa, with Softstart Incubator in Pretoria, South Africa. New entity branded as Softstart Business and Technology Incubator (Softstart BTI or SBTI).
  
  More than doubled the size and the capacity of the incubator.
  Full charge responsibility for key goals and objectives of the merged entity.
  2ic.

• Senior Manager, Business Acceleration Consultant / Entrepreneurial Development, 2ic

  Bodibeng Technology Incubator (BTI)

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  November 2003 — April 2006 (2 years 6 months)

  Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa.
  
  In core startup team with CEO, grew the business incubator from zero base to over 1,000 companies served. Created substantial wealth and numerous jobs by fostering and developing entrepreneurs and small to medium sized businesses in the technology sector (IT/Software, Communications & Electronics).
  
  Developed a working virtual business incubation model combined with a physical incubation facility.
  
  In conjunction with the WorldBank InfoDev program, BTI developed information and management systems for use in incubators throughout Africa and an African Business and Technology Incubator Network (regional and continental) to link all business incubators in Africa to each other and to the rest of the globe.
  
  Rated as one the most successful business incubation organizations in Africa.
  
  BTI merged with SoftStart Incubator in Pretoria, South Africa on April 1st, 2006, to form the largest business incubator in South Africa.

• Moved to South Africa from Houston, Texas, USA, Elected to Take a One Year Sabbatical to Read &Write

  Home in South Africa

  (Farming industry)

  November 2002 — October 2003 (1 year)

  Houston, Texas, USA to Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
  
  Moved to South Africa because my spirit was calling me to go.
  
  Took a one year sabbatical, met my wife and witnessed the birth of my daughter.
  
  Then, I planted an Avocado and Peach orchard.

• Broker of Intellectual and Financial Capital

  Brian Carl Brown and Associates, USA

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  1990 — November 2002 (12 years)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

• Major Account Management

  Ricoh Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2002 — October 2002 (10 months)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

• Major Account Management

  TLC

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

• IBM Family and Manager

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  December 1966 — December 2002 (36 years 1 month)

  Born into an IBM Family.
  
  My father was a Branch Manager who won President's Trophy. Sister, Brother, Brother-in-Law, Step-Mother and self all worked or still work for IBM in various management roles at various business units.

• Major Account Management

  Lanier Worldwide Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year)

  Austin, Texas, USA.

• Major Account Management

  Lanier

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year)

  Austin, Texas, USA.

• Friend

  Enron

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  January 2000 — January 2000 (1 month)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

• Owner

  All Business Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1992 — 2000 (8 years)

  Houston, Texas, USA.
  
  The only independently owned, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year I.T. and Document Management/Office Equipment service and supply company in the Greater Houston Area. Specialized in serving always open and after hours businesses/institutions (as well as traditional regular hours clients) in various industries including the entertainment, medical, educational, real estate, construction, maritime/shipping and petrochemical industries.

• Owner

  Recycled Copiers

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1991 — 2000 (9 years)

  Houston, Texas, USA.
  
  Remanufacturer of equipment for wholesale and retail distribution. Retail and wholesale service and supply organization. The only 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year copier, printer, scanner, fax multi-brand service house in Houston. Developed a very successful in-house lease financing operation.

• Managing Partner

  B. Carl Brown and Associates / Thomas Sharpe Group / Assets Utilization, Inc.

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  1989 — 1999 (10 years)

  Consulting firm and acounting practice with a strong bent towards the real estate and residential construction industries. Developed, owned and managed a large portfolio of single family residential real estate in Texas. Created a unique and successful in-house mortgage finance operation to liquidate the portfolio using owner financed instruments.

• Partner

  Carlton Interior Design / B. Brown Contracting

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Construction industry)

  1984 — 1993 (9 years)

  Houston, Texas, USA.
  
  High-end residential interior designer and general contractor.

• Associate

  Fitzwilliam and Associates

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Accounting industry)

  1988 — 1989 (1 year)

  Houston, Texas, USA.
  
  Small audit and accounting firm with a sizeable write-up and tax practice.

• Account Executive / Business Development

  BDS Incorporated

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Accounting industry)

  1987 — 1988 (1 year)

  Houston, Texas, USA.
  
  Marketing of profesional services.

• Intern

  Coopers & Lybrand

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

  1985 — 1986 (1 year)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

• Intern

  Price Waterhouse Coopers

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

  1985 — 1986 (1 year)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

• Intern

  PriceWaterhouse Coopers

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

  1985 — 1986 (1 year)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

• Went to High School with Michael Dell

  Dell

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1981 — 1984 (3 years)

  Houston, Texas, USA.

Brian Brown’s Education

• University of St. Thomas

  Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Thomistic Philosophy January 1986 — May 1990

  Specially designed study program to obtain 3 separate BBA's with a minor in Thomistic Philosophy.

• Texas A&M University

  Aerospace Engineering 1985 — 1990

• Alexander Smith Academy

  Advanced Study Program January 1984 — May 1985

• Memorial High School

  Accelerated Classes August 1981 — December 1983

Additional Information

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• My Company

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•    Exodus Alumni
•    Name Sourcing
•    MBAconnect.net
•    Clinical Development and Innovation
•    Networked Video Surveillance systems (NVSS)- CCTV, NVR- Video Analytics
•    ISTIDAMA - CSR & Sustainability
•    Interviewing Tips and Techniques

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