Richard Brown

About Richard Brown

Richard is currently responsible for serving the veteran entrepreneurial spirit throughout Montana, Utah, and Wyoming as the Director of the Veteran Business Outreach Center located in Billings, MT. He combines his passion for serving the veteran population with his experience in business startups to assist and offer advice where needed. Prior to his current employment, Richard was the Director of the Utah Veteran Business Resource Center in Sandy, Utah. Prior to that, he taught at the MBA & Doctorate level and was employed at Bellarmine University for seven years as head of the Military & Veteran Services and the International Student & Scholar Services. In that role he liaised with multiple government agencies and employed the skills and experience gained through his international travels, business work, psychology background, and veteran status to implement programs and support in these critical areas. His extensive negotiations, project management, and Six Sigma experience assisted in developing efficient & effective procedures, and prospectively designing policies and practices, which provided the foundation for 50-70% growth experienced during his time. Richard worked for over 25 years as a business consultant and executive counselor. He has had Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial clients across the world; in the United States, China, Brazil, Russia, Czech Republic, and elsewhere. The foundation of his practice has centered around leadership development, negotiation skills, team building, and personal growth. He draws on many years of business consulting in New York, Washington, D.C, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Hong Kong, China, and many other countries in formulating his approach. He has taught undergraduate, MBA, and PhD students negotiations, leadership, teamwork, project management, management and business law. His exposure to many cultures and countries throughout his life has synthesized his work in business and psychology into a unified field of focus. Specialties: Leadership Development, Negotiation Skills Enhancement, Branding and Identity, Team Building, and Personal Growth

Experience

1. Counselor

   Richard Brown Inc

   Jan 2001 — Present

   As a Private Counselor, advise businesses and their executives and/or owners on growing their companies, assisting in negotiations, and creating more efficient procedures (Six Sigma), and dealing with the associated psychological stress.

Education

• Saybrook University

  Master of Arts - MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Executive Program, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy

• Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville

  J.D., Business Law

  1981 — 1983

• Saybrook University, San Francisco

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology

  2005 — 2010

Skills

• Strategic Negotiations
• Leadership
• Strategy
• Team Leadership
• Clinical Research Experience
• Analysis
• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Management
• Team Building
• Marketing Research
• Leadership Development
• Project Management
• Negotiation
• Strategic Planning
• New Business Development
• Management Consulting
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• International Negotiations