Don Brake

Current

• Director - PMO Services at Armada Data Solutions / AUS Information Systems

Past

• Consultant - Operations & Development at AUS Information Systems
• Associate - Network Ops Manager at Booz Allen Hamilton
• Chief Technology Officer at Swingvote LLC

• Senior Consultant at Intellinet Corporation
• Network Engineer at Perimeter Church
• Business Systems Analyst at Northern Trust Corporation

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Education

• Georgia State University
• Liberty University

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Information Technology and Services

Don Brake’s Summary

• Currently managing the development of world-class Project Management Services offering of Armada Data Solutions; designed to facilitate the channel development and sustainability of our business partners end user relationships.
• Responsible for management and technical oversight for a $50M outsourcing contract, including daily operations, emerging technology integration, design and implementation of business continuance, data storage, e-mail, and directory services.
• Hired and managed world-class development team of 15 that designed, built, and implemented state-of-the-art web based, revenue-generating financial services application.
• Hired and managed senior engineers responsible for network operations and technology integration.
• Managed and led integration team of 10 engineers that provided architecture planning, testing and implementation of directory services in support of major consulting clients.
• Fostered relationship with strategic investment and operations partner, which resulted in $3M capital investment and at-cost tactical services These services were first-mover advantages.
• Played key role in executive round-table tasked with business model development and strategic planning
• Procured partner relationships and negotiated agreements for data and services with industry-leading vendors, which reduced costs by $1.2M from contract commencement through initial term.
• Managed numerous integration and operations projects designed to increase efficiencies and provide critical business systems capabilities. Researched emerging technologies and negotiated purchase contracts with industry leaders such as IBM, Dell, EMC2, McData, Brocade, HP and many others.

Don Brake’s Experience

• Director - PMO Services

  Armada Data Solutions / AUS Information Systems

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Armada Data Solutions is a leading international provider of business-to-business outsourced services. We offer a full spectrum of solutions, from consulting services and implementation, to practice development, PMO and training services. If your organization is considering advanced emerging technologies, you need to engage the experts trusted by the technology sector’s biggest players.

• Consultant - Operations & Development

  AUS Information Systems

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2006 — June 2008 (2 years 6 months)

  -- Responsible for all operational activities of the organization and consultant to the Executive Steering Committee.

• Associate - Network Ops Manager

  Booz Allen Hamilton

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1999 — 2004 (5 years)

  Responsible for personnel and project management across classified and unclassified networks for 5,000-seat client – U.S. Forces Command, Fort McPherson, GA.
  
  •Full responsibility for managing, coaching, developing and evaluating 6 Booz Allen senior engineers and support staff. Led these engineers and up to 8 senior engineer sub-contractors in day-to-day operations of classified and unclassified networks at Headquarters U.S. Forces Command, a long-term government contract worth $50M over 5 years.
  •Was named “Key and Essential Personnel” by U.S. Government leadership during re-compete of the aforementioned contract. The designation is the highest awarded to civilian contractors.
  •Managed and led integration team of 10 senior engineers implementing directory services designed to consolidate disparate directories. Project was under budget and successfully delivered by project due date.

• Chief Technology Officer

  Swingvote LLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Responsible for all strategic and tactical aspects of the IT organization within the firm; both at the infrastructure/operational level and for the development of a web-based, revenue-generating application.
  
  •Full responsibility for hiring, managing and developing operation and development teams that would deliver and support the web-based technology that operationalized the business model. Successfully recruited leading talent from Delta, Ernst & Young, Hewitt & Associates, and other industry leading firms to form world-class development and operations capabilities.
  •Member of executive team reporting to the CEO with key influence on strategic planning and business model decisions.
  •Formed IT plan to align initiatives with organizational objectives through product launch and beyond, while holding costs well under projections.

• Senior Consultant

  Intellinet Corporation

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

  June 1998 — May 1999 (1 year)

  Responsible for enterprise consulting services specifically related to Windows NT directory services infrastructure planning and design and Microsoft Exchange planning, implementation, troubleshooting, and collaborative application development.

• Network Engineer

  Perimeter Church

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  December 1996 — May 1999 (2 years 6 months)

  Responsible for the design, ongoing operation and maintenance of Windows NT network, 100mbps switched network with 150 Windows-based clients. Configuration included all domain servers and many of the Microsoft BackOffice software titles (Exchange mail, SQL Server, IIS).

• Business Systems Analyst

  Northern Trust Corporation

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NTRS; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1990 — 1996 (6 years)

  Responsible for analyzing core system design, developing specifications for new software releases, coordinating programming activities, and assisting in the release implementation into user groups.

Don Brake’s Education

• Georgia State University

  MS , Computer Information Systems , August 1999 — December 2002

• Liberty University

  BS , Business Administration , August 1978 — May 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Baseball, Orchestra