RONALD W.

BROWN
Business:
Residence:
300 Riverview Plaza, P.O. Box 212
180 Union Street
Trenton New Jersey 08625
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
Land Line Phone: (609) 633-8975
(973) 746-1730
Cell Phone: (862) 202-6789 Fax: (609) 633-0090 (973
) 746-3666 E-mail: Ronald.Brown@oit.state.nj.us
rb108e6a8@westpost.net
PROFILE
Results-driven, integrity focused, senior executive manager and counsel with ov
er thirty years of diverse and extensive cross-functional legal, financial, and
general management experience. Team leader and coach with exceptional ability to
build consensus and foster cooperation to reach specified goals on time and on
budget. Strengths include world-class negotiating skills that result in agreemen
ts reflecting optimal solutions to business challenges and opportunities, legal
counsel and project management including structuring strategic alliances, multi
-disciplinary team building, executive level and general management level leader
ship, ethics, compliance policies and procedures. Industry experience includes s
tate and local government in New Jersey, an academic medical health center, a na
tional trade association, start up business enterprises, established not-for pro
fits, management consulting practice, and a New York City headquartered Fortune
500 company.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Executive level leadership and team building
* Effectively managing a portfolio of diverse program areas and projects
* Structuring and negotiating complex business transactions
* Legal counsel and project management
* Creative business counseling
* Entity governance and national association
* Legislative and regulatory compliance
* Ethics
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Compliance policies and procedures
EDUCATION & HONORS
* Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Master in Business Adminis
tration. Goldman Sachs Fellowship.
* Harvard Law School. Juris Doctor. Board of Editors and Articles Editor, Harvar
d Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Resident Tutor, Pre-Law Advisor, Curr
ier House, Radcliffe College.
* Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, B.A. with Distinction in History.
Honors History Program. Deanas List. Woodrow Wilson Fellowship nominee. Rutgers
Review.
* Columbia University, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law (Summer Prog
ram).
* Whoas Who In American Law. Whoas Who In Finance and Business. Whoas Who In Ame
rica.
* U.S. Small Business Administration, State of New Jersey, Minority Small Busine
ss Advocate of the Year, aFor significant contributions as an advocate for small
business.a
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Office of Information Technology, State of New Jersey (Trenton, New Jersey). Le
gal, Ethics, EEO-AA, and Legislative Affairs Officer (2003-present). OIT is a 90
0 employee state agency with an annual budget of $103 million, and oversight of
more than $500 million in state IT procurements. Served as In-House Chief Counse
l providing legal advice and counsel to the Chief Technology Officer for the Sta
te of New Jersey and to the Senior Management team. Functioned as sole liaison t
o the Department of Law in the Attorney Generalas Office and with the Office of
Administrative Law. Member of the Executive Management Team (through 2007). Mana
ged a portfolio of program areas.
LEGAL AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
* Structured and negotiated the first Comprehensive Research and Development Agr
eement (CRADA), recognized as a national model in IT collaborations, between OIT
and U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Research, Development, and Eng
ineering Center (CERDEC). The CRADA defined the operations and architecture need
ed to deploy an intrusion detection and response program for the stateas 16 exec
utive branch departments, identified and reduced network vulnerabilities by 25%.
CERDEC is part of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command that develop
s and secures the U.S. Armyas battlefield and strategic networks while performin
g the required systems engineering to ensure seamlessly integrated systems.
* Drafted and negotiated agreements, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Memorand
um of Agreement, and contracts, including MOU leveraging financial, personnel, a
nd technological resources for a Web Enabled Human Resource System, MOU with the
Department of Health and Senior Services for a Feasibility Study and Cost Benef
it Study, MOU with the Casino Control Commission for License Acquisition and Int
egrator Services, MOU for Cooperative Data Sharing, MOU to Implement a National
Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, Nationa
l Geospatial Programs Office, Technical Collaboration Agreement under the Techni
cal Collaboration Partners program U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA Re
gion II, and MOU and Interconnection Security Agreements with the United States
Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service.
* Chaired the inter-departmental working group team that collaboratively produce
d the legal, information technology, records retention, training, and education,
practices, policies, and procedures for compliance with e-discovery.
* Worked with the Human Resources department on all legal aspects of employment
matters, with the Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services on legal aspec
ts of 9-1-1 matters, and the Public Information Officer on legal aspects of comm
unication with various publics.
* Served as a permanent member of the OIT Security Oversight Group, the executiv
e forum that discussed, reviewed, and approved OIT-wide information security pol
icies, standards, and procedures for OITas information security program.
* Drafted and negotiated contracts for disaster recovery and business continuity
services.
* Assisted in drafting the statewide IT Advisory Services contracts with Gartner
, Meta, and Forrester.
* Anticipated and prevented legal problems from arising by counseling, training,
and advising supervisors and managers on legal aspects of day to day business o
perations.
* Provided assistance with resolving issues with strategic stakeholders and vend
ors.
* Drafted, reviewed, submitted and monitored all request for Attorney General le
gal opinions and guidance.
ETHICS
a Conducted the ethics orientation for all new employees.
a Created on the OIT Intranet, a aresources centera covering Ethics Obligations
and presenting Ethics Materials as a tool for educating staff about ethics comp
liance, using scenario examples of how to correctly respond to ethics situations
.
a Ensured compliance with Executive Orders, the Conflicts of Interest Law, OITas
Code of Ethics and the Code of Ethics promulgated by the State of New Jerseyas
Executive Commission on Ethical Standards.
a Made certain that proposed OIT disciplines for ethics violations were reviewed
in advance by the State Ethics Commission.
a Managed and supervised compliance with the ethics requirements that all employ
ee recusals be in writing, that outside employment and/or business interests be
disclosed, that gifts from vendors be returned, that joint ventures between priv
ate entities and OIT received prior review and approval.
a Performed ethics investigations into alleged violations of rules, regulations,
policies, and procedures, including supervisory conflict of interest, personal
and business relationship disclosure for employees involved in the procurement p
rocess.
a Prevented ethics problems from arising through on-going education, counseling,
and advising of senior executive management, supervisors, managers, and employe
es on all aspects of compliance with ethics requirements.
a Undertook a comprehensive agency audit, using ethics and legal compliance chec
klists, in preparation for an Ethics Compliance Review conducted by the staff of
the State Ethics Commission.
EEO/AA OFFICER
* Handled all EEO/Affirmative Action and discrimination case management from com
plaint processing, fact-finding investigations, writing of findings and recommen
dations, and follow up.
* Developed and delivered preventive education program about and ensured complia
nce with all state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, Executive Orders, a
nd guidelines.
* Successfully prepared the OIT Work Force Development Plan for the past four ye
ars.
* Conducted internal investigations and made recommendations to the Chief Techno
logy Officer.
* Promptly and thoroughly investigated all allegations of sexual harassment, dis
crimination, or hostile environment in the workplace.
* Created an EE0-AA aresource centera on the OIT intranet with seven different m
odules on aspects of what every manager needs to know about equal employment opp
ortunity.
* Member of the Americans with Disabilities Act committee.
* Member of a multi-agency diversity committee.
FISCAL (2005-06):
* Managed a team of 45 persons, with full responsibility for the leadership, tea
mwork, overall supervision and managerial performance of OITas financial functio
ns in the areas of Operating Budget, Capital Budget, Contract Negotiation and Ad
ministration, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Accounting and Financial Reporting,
Cost Allocation/Rate Development, Billing Accounts Receivable, statewide Teleph
one Billing Services, and Federal Fiscal Compliance.
* Realigned and successfully turned around operations so that client billings we
re delivered within 60 days after the close of each month.
* Using sports and business materials such as Don Martinas Teamthink, coached, m
entored, and developed managerial capability of staff so that they accepted acco
untability and responsibility across functions.
* Reviewed and executed on behalf of the CTO all OIT internal IT procurements an
d statewide external IT purchase orders and procurements.
GOVERNANCE:
* Developed the by-laws for the IT Governing Board. The IT Governing Board is re
sponsible for setting overall direction, standards, and priorities for the infor
mation technology community in the executive branch of New Jersey State governme
nt, for reviewing and approving the annual budget request of the Office of Infor
mation Technology, and for reviewing all requests from departments and agencies
for new information technology spending before submission to the Office of Manag
ement and Budget. The IT Governing Board consists of a Chair, appointed by and s
erving at the pleasure of the Governor, the Chief Technology Officer, the State
Treasurer, three executive branch commissioners, and three public members.
COMPLIANCE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
* Interpreted legal, legislative, and regulatory developments requiring creation
or modification of policies and procedures for compliance.
* Drafted compliance policies and procedures covering legal aspects of social me
dia usage, e-mail usage and monitoring, and hostile environment in the workplace
.
* Reviewed proposed IT Security policies and procedures for legal adequacy.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
* Current member and a CTO representative, The Public Safety Spectrum Trust. The
PSST is aa non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the District of C
olumbia, established to provide public safety leadership an organizational struc
ture through which decisions can be made to guide the construction and operation
of a nationwide wireless broadband network for public safety. a
* Current Member, and a CTO representative, National Association of Chief Inform
ation Officers. Social Media Committee.
* Chief Technology Officeras former representative on the Procurement Committee
and the Intellectual Property sub-committees of National Association of State Ch
ief Information Officers (aNASCIOa).
* Participated in writing the four NASCIO briefing papers: IT Procurement and En
terprise Architecture: Recognizing the Mutual Benefits; Getting What You Need On
The Way To The Win-Win: Leveraging the RFP In State Technology Procurements; Ne
gotiating IP On The Way To The Win-Win: NASCIOas Intellectual Property Recommend
ations; Walking The Road To Win-Win: NASCIO Procurement Subcommittee Recommendat
ions on Liability Limitations for State IT Contractinga.
* Participated with the Chief Technology Officer in a NASCIO fly-in program meet
ing and briefing of New Jerseyas Congressional delegation.
LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY
* Reviewed, monitored, analyzed, and coordinated Executive level management resp
onses to proposed federal and state legislation or regulation that could impact
present and future OIT operations.

W. Frye & Associates Certified Public Accountants/Consultants (Newark, New Jers

ey), Director of Management Consulting.
* Structured and advised on proposed deal terms, analyzed contractual and contin
gent financial obligations, and provided business development services in connec
tion with venture capital mezzanine financing, as well as prepared financial pro
jections for entrepreneurial enterprises.
* Prepared business plans for entrepreneurs.
* Served as project manager for a special project with the City of Newark in dev
eloping a Banking Policy and developed the Request For Proposal for Evaluation o
f Financial Institutions for designation as municipal depositories for the City
of Newark.
* Coordinated and managed the firmas response to Requests for Proposals in the f
irmas service areas.
* Assisted a not-for-profit in structuring the financing for the renovation of a
building to serve as its new headquarters.
* Prepared policy and procedure manuals.
The Reed-Brown Consulting Group (Montclair, New Jersey), Executive Vice Preside
nt.
* Conducted a customer/client satisfaction survey for former NY Jet Bruce Harper
as Heroes & Cool Kids.
* Prepared an Economic Development Handbook for the NJ Commerce and Economic Gro
wth Commission.
* Completed national employee survey for Avis Rent A Car, Budget Rent A Car and
Cendant Car Rental Group used as a guide in developing a communications strategy
.
* Provided corporate strategic planning facilitation services in the areas of bu
siness development, human resources, communications, asset management, and custo
mer management for a major water company.
* Provided business management and consulting services to a sports and entertain
ment marketing company on the Internet.
* Provided business management and consulting services to a start-up, multimedia
entertainment company.
* Conducted the CEO Executive Retreat at the Supplier Development Diversity Coun
cilas Second Business Opportunity Conference for Minority and Women Owned Busine
sses. The theme of the Retreat was aDeregulation and Diversity: Leadership and T
he Challenge of Changea. RBCG also contributed to the development of the survey
questionnaire used to identify best practices in supplier diversity.
* Provided qualitative market research services through focus groups and one on
one interviews in connection with a not-for-profit organization launching an aff
iliated foundation.
BRS&W Productions Inc. (New York, New York) President and Chief Operating Offic
er, co-founder, and shareholder.
BRS&W was established for the purpose of acquiring all rights relating to an un
derlying literary property in connection with all development activities for a t
heatrical motion picture. BRS&W was associated with one of the founders of Tri-S
tar Motion Pictures in connection with this project.
a Drafted and negotiated contracts including option to purchase all underlying l
iterary property rights.
a Performed business, financial, and legal affairs functions including structuri
ng and negotiating proposed deal terms.
a Analyzed contractual and contingent financial obligations.
Sammy Davis, Jr., National Liver Institute, Inc. at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey) Executive Vice President for Ad
ministration and Chief Operating Officer.
Recruited as Director for this start up national venture devoted to patient care
, education, and research supported through annual special event concerts by ent
ertainers.
a Responsible for short and long range planning, direction, evaluation and admin
istration of the business and affairs of the Institute.
a Prepared the first budget and comprehensive fundraising plan.
a Prepared and secured Board approval of the by-laws for the Institute and execu
tion of an affiliation agreement.
a Member of the Board of Trustees, Executive, Finance, Building, Personnel, and
Bylaws Committees.
a Drafted and negotiated contracts.
a Developed and wrote personnel policies, including compensation, benefits, recr
uitment, purchasing, accounting, financial control and other needs.
a Conducted special event fund-raising, with such celebrities as Elizabeth Taylo
r as Honorary Chair.
Motion Picture Association Of America (New York, New York). Director of North Am
erican and Commonwealth Anti-Piracy Operations.
The MPAA is the trade association for the following major producers and distribu
tors of motion picture, home video, and television products: Buena Vista Picture
s Distribution (The Walt Disney Company), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Par
amount Pictures, Sony Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
, NBC Universal, and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. Responsible for developing,
executing, and evaluating the effectiveness of operational, financial, and litig
ation management plans to overcome unauthorized taking, copying and use of Ameri
can motion picture products in all media platforms throughout their release patt
ern in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, India,
Sri Lanka, Kenya, and South Africa.
* Directed MPAA joint venture with the National Cable Television Association.
* Supervised a full time staff of 18 and a part time staff of 54, with a multi-m
illion dollar program budget.
* Increased productivity and effectiveness by introducing area operation reviews
, conducting training conferences, creating a loss prevention management functio
n.
ITT World Headquarters (New York, New York). Staff Counsel, Legal Department.
* Provided legal advice and counsel on television, video, and cable program proj
ects, as well as advertising copy to the Vice President and Deputy Director of C
orporate Relations and Advertising responsible for ITTas worldwide advertising a
nd sales promotion.
a Handled in-house all ITT legal work in connection with the $6 million co-produ
ction, national and international distribution of Robert Halmi Productionas aCoo
k and Perry: Race To The Polea, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rod Steiger; aT
errible Joe Morana starring Jimmy Cagney and Art Carney; ITT Theater sponsorship
of network television film broadcasts; a ITTas pay cable films aAnna To The Inf
inite Powera and aSomewhere Tomorrowa; domestic and international agreements for
syndication and distribution of aThe Big Blue Marble: television series; Alphav
enture and Betaventure Music Publishing Companies.
* Provided operational, managerial, and executive type legal advice and counsel
to General Managers within six Product Groups.
* Drafted and negotiated joint ventures, international commercial agreements, st
ructured national and international product distribution agreements, prepared co
ntracts, real estate leases, handled regulatory matters, performed preventive le
gal and contract administration audits, assured compliance with environmental, a
ntitrust, product safety, occupational health and safety laws.
* Counsel to the ITT Medical Department and the ITT Safety Department on legal a
spects of occupational safety and health.
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
a Publication, Strategic Alliancesa"A Business Tool For The Business Services En
terprise (aBSEa) (2010)
http://ronaldwbrownassociatesllc.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/part-7a"strategic alli
ances/
a Publication, The Challenge of Change (Part VII). (2009) http://rongeri.wordpre
ss.com/2009/10/12/the-challenge-of-changing-times-part-vii/
a Publication, Co-author, aWhat Every Business Executive Needs to Know About Dis
pute Resolution.a (2009)
a Publication, Co-author, aThe Strategic Alliancea"A Tool For Business Growtha.
(2009) http://rongeri.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/strategic-alliances/
a Publication, Co-author, aJoint Venturing: A Business Tool for The Small Busine
ss Enterprisea. (2009) http://rongeri.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/joint-venturing-a
-business-tool-for-the-small-busienss-enterprise/
a Presenter, aLessons and Legacies from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Drum Majors
, Drum Lines, and Dreamsa as Featured Speaker, New Jersey Department of Health a
nd Senior Services (2006).
a Presenter, Council of State Governments, Eastern Regional Conferencea"Innovati
on in Government Awards (2005). Poster Presentation, Environmental Justice, aMa
nagement Models Exist and Should be Adapted for Improving Environmental Equity C
oordination at the Federal, State, and Local Levelsa, at a Symposium on Health R
esearch and Needs to Ensure Environmental Justice. The Symposium was sponsored b
y the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; the National Institut
e of Health -- Office of Minority Health Research; the United States Environment
al Protection Agency; the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health;
Center for Disease Control; the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
; the Department of Energy--Argonne National Laboratory; and the National Center
for Environmental Health.
a Lead Perspective, aEconomic and Trade Related Aspects of Transborder Data Flow
: Elements of a Code for Transnational Commercea, The Northwestern Journal of In
ternational Law and Business. Reprinted as a book by Chartwell-Bratt Ltd. (Lond
on) and Studentlitterature (Sweden).
a Author, aEconomic Development Handbook: Urban Enterprise Zones and Other Tools
a published by the New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission.
a Author, aAnatomy of A Memorandum of Understandinga.
a Article, aComputers, Communications, and Information Exchangea in Toward A Law
of Global Networks, American Bar Association, Section of Science and Technology
.
CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
aEmployment Strategies in Challenging Timesa. aLicensing Intellectual Propertya,
aLegal Aspects of Information Technologya. aSymposium on Negotiating IT Contrac
tsaa. aOptimizing Pubic Sector Procurementa. aBusiness Continuity and Disaster R
ecovery.a The Investigative Seminar: Investigating Misconduct In A Diverse Workp
lacea. Attendee: aChief Legal Officer Update, 2008a,American Bar Association, aE
thics For Corporate Counsel: Emerging Ethical Trendsa, aSupreme Court and Other
Developments Affecting Litigation of Retaliation and Whistleblower Claimsa. aSha
ll We Dance? Partnering With the Courts, Neutrals, Advocates, and Clients: Next
Steps for Alternative Dispute Resolutiona, aProducing In The New Millennium, Cha
llenges and Opportunitiesa, New York State Bar Association. Best Practices in th
e Development and Refinement of IT Operational Processes,a aAlternate Dispute Re
solutiona, aExecutive Training on Equal Employment Opportunitya, New Jersey Affi
rmative Action Officersa Council, 2005: aThe Challenge of Change: Diversity Tips
, Techniques, & Trapsa, New York State Office of the Attorney General, 2005: aSy
mposium on Negotiating IT Contractsa State of New Jersey, Office of Dispute Sett
lement, 2005: aBasic Mediation Traininga State of New Jersey, Department of Law
& Public Safety, 2006: aIncident Command System For Executivesa, U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, Emergency Management Institute, 2005: aNational Incident
Management Systema
TEACHING
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Law, Newark New Jersey
Former Adjunct Professor of Law, teaching Real Estate Transactions: Land Transfe
r, Development, and Finance.
MEMBERSHIPS
New York State Bar Association. Garden State Bar Association. Harvard Law School
Association of New Jersey. Past Member: Information Technology Financial Manage
ment Association; Association of Technology Procurement Professionals; Rutgers A
frican-American Alumni Alliance.
COMMUNITY AND BOARDS
a Flugelhorn Player, Intergenerational Musicians, St. Marks United Methodist Chu
rch (2007-Present)
a Member, Board of Trustees, Harvard Law School Association of New Jersey (2010-
).
a Judge, Constitutional Law Debates, The New Jersey Law and Education Empowermen
t Project (NJLEEP, Inc.)(2009).
a Member, Board of Trustees, Garden State Bar Association(2009- ) Chair, Web sit
e Committee (2008-2010).
a Member, Corporate Advisory Board, The Leaguers, Inc. (2008- ).
a Member, Board of Trustees, and Board of Education Representative, Township of
Montclair, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Committee (from inception to
present).
a Former Member, Planning Board, Township of Montclair (1994-2004).
a Former Member, By-Laws, Best Practices, and Statewide Assessment Committees, S
upplier Diversity Development Council, Board of Public Utilities, State of New J
ersey.
a Former Member of the Board of Trustees, Executive, Finance, Building, Personne
l, and Bylaws Committees, Sammy Davis, Jr., National Liver Institute, Inc. at th
e University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
a Former Member of the Board and President, The Minority Business Brain Trust of
New Jersey.
a Former Chair Finance Committee, St. Marks United Methodist Church (2005-2008).
a Former Vice Chair, St. Marks United Methodist Church Council (2002-2008).
a Former President, Montclair Board of Education and Member, Board of School Est
imate.
a Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Eta Pi Chapter (Montclair),
a Former Moderator, Sessions on International Trade, The White House Conference
on Small Business, State of New Jersey Meeting and eight state Northeast Regiona
l Meeting.
BARS
New York State Bar. U.S. District Courts (Southern, Eastern Districts of New Yor
k). Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. United States Supreme Court.