Brian Brown

Owner at Solana Technology
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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Owner
      • Feb 2017 - Present

      Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Founded to enable IT and Business to collaborate around the correct solutions, long term efficiencies, and one that is not influenced by commission checks. Our goal is help you navigate through innovations, move to an OPEX model, provide concise audit of systems/processes, and integrate business and technology with delivery excellence. Solana’s Residency Services Team has a long track record delivering Onshore and Offshore projects/solutions based on our unique customer… Show more Founded to enable IT and Business to collaborate around the correct solutions, long term efficiencies, and one that is not influenced by commission checks. Our goal is help you navigate through innovations, move to an OPEX model, provide concise audit of systems/processes, and integrate business and technology with delivery excellence. Solana’s Residency Services Team has a long track record delivering Onshore and Offshore projects/solutions based on our unique customer needs. Whether you want to have unique talent onsite on a project, build an offshore S/W development team, or build out your Executive IT team, we have options and tremendous past performance.

    • CEO
      • Mar 2012 - Present

      Las Vegas Metropolitan Area

    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Business Consultant
      • Sep 2005 - Present

      Nationwide Strategic Business Consultant to the Staffing and VAR/MSP space. Expert in business planning, leadership "swim lanes", operational efficiencies, and Talent Acquisition. Develop unique Sales and Delivery of Technology Services model for large VAR that utilized outsource model to grow revenue from zero to $15mm in 2.5 years while maintaining margins in excess of 35%. Created operational guidelines to effectively manage talent acquisition/recruitment that incentivized internal… Show more Strategic Business Consultant to the Staffing and VAR/MSP space. Expert in business planning, leadership "swim lanes", operational efficiencies, and Talent Acquisition. Develop unique Sales and Delivery of Technology Services model for large VAR that utilized outsource model to grow revenue from zero to $15mm in 2.5 years while maintaining margins in excess of 35%. Created operational guidelines to effectively manage talent acquisition/recruitment that incentivized internal recruiters, decreased agency spend, and produced a 10x ROI. Leadership and business coaching to upstart company on customer acquisition cost, creating monthly recurring revenue plan, and retention. Business coaching to develop employee evaluations, recruitment processes, and drive internal candidate flow. M&A due diligence for a number of acquired companies. Strategic planning of acquisition and go forward planning. Show less

    • Chief Growth Officer
      • Jan 2022 - May 2023

      CGO focused on the development/incubation of new programs to facilitate rapid growth coupled with development of M&A strategy

    • United States
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Board Member
      • Mar 2018 - May 2023

      San Francisco Spectra360 provides temporary, temp-to-hire & direct hire staffing solutions in the fields of shipping & receiving, professional services, and commercial driving. We are the leading skilled workforce recruiters in the industry because our recruiting experts have multiple years of experience in their respective fields. They are highly trained and qualified in identifying top candidates who can deliver skills, safety, and reliability to their employers. Spectra360 extends far beyond… Show more Spectra360 provides temporary, temp-to-hire & direct hire staffing solutions in the fields of shipping & receiving, professional services, and commercial driving. We are the leading skilled workforce recruiters in the industry because our recruiting experts have multiple years of experience in their respective fields. They are highly trained and qualified in identifying top candidates who can deliver skills, safety, and reliability to their employers. Spectra360 extends far beyond just delivering high-quality skilled workers wherever they’re needed. Our expert field representatives have been trained to help give you full control over labor-related costs as well as meet 6 critical business objectives consistently: Minimize Workers Compensation Exposure Control HealthCare & Benefits Costs Maximize Workforce Productivity Manage the Financial Impact of Labor Legislation Lower Hiring Costs Lower SUTA & Unemployment Costs Spectra360 not only delivers the highest-caliber skilled contingent workers in the industry, we also give you a strategic workforce approach that enables maximum profitability. Show less

    • President
      • Nov 2011 - Dec 2021

      RASO Solutions is a recruitment, RPO, and staff leasing firm that can assist your company in finding unique technical and professional candidates for both internal and external positions. We are a combo recruiting firm and staff leasing firm. We provide staff to assist our clients with growing their team in our facility and/or theirs. Whether that is a large scale recruitment effort and/or building out a technical team, we are up the task. We can coin our service as "Staff Leasing"​… Show more RASO Solutions is a recruitment, RPO, and staff leasing firm that can assist your company in finding unique technical and professional candidates for both internal and external positions. We are a combo recruiting firm and staff leasing firm. We provide staff to assist our clients with growing their team in our facility and/or theirs. Whether that is a large scale recruitment effort and/or building out a technical team, we are up the task. We can coin our service as "Staff Leasing"​ More Jobs + Less Available Talent = Lengthy Recruiting Processes + High Turnover. At Raso, we have flipped the switch. We put employees first in order to build loyalty with qualified and reliable talent. That’s how we are able to access all of the employees you need quickly. That’s how we reduce turnover. That’s how we help you grow! Our purpose is to Make People Proud. Scroll over any of the images below to see the culture we cultivate. Show less

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Chief Delivery Officer
      • Jul 2010 - Sep 2011

      Greater San Diego Area Responsible for: -all commercial staffing divisions for SkillStorm, StormStaff, Strata and StormSearch nationwide. -all sales/recruiting training for SkillStorm, StormStaff, Strata, and StormSearch. -all internal hiring and software tools -all operations groups

    • Executive Vice President/Executive Director
      • Feb 2006 - Jul 2010

      Responsible for retail staffing operations nationwide for technology, administrative and accounting. Created new brand identities and models for admin/accounting staffing brand StormStaff and VMS delivery model for Strata. Helped develop offshore recruiting model to supplement price constrained VMS clients. Created and delivered all internal hiring processes, developed all training programs for government/DOD groups, staffing sales and recruiters. These efforts helped drive sales for… Show more Responsible for retail staffing operations nationwide for technology, administrative and accounting. Created new brand identities and models for admin/accounting staffing brand StormStaff and VMS delivery model for Strata. Helped develop offshore recruiting model to supplement price constrained VMS clients. Created and delivered all internal hiring processes, developed all training programs for government/DOD groups, staffing sales and recruiters. These efforts helped drive sales for combined companies to double in size 3 years in a row and reach sales in excess of $140mm combined and from 200 to over 1400 employees.

    • Vice President
      • Nov 2001 - Apr 2005

      Greater San Diego Area Developed 3 new brands for a former Mortgage Staffing company to include now On Call Technical, On Call Financial, and On Call Admin. Hired, trained and managed all operations for Southern and Northern California.

    • United States
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Vice President of Operations/Partner
      • Oct 2000 - Nov 2001

Education

  • San Diego State University-California State University
    BS, Nutritional Science
    1990 - 1994

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