Jeff Brewer
Senior Manager, Dallas
Jeff Brewer is a three-decade technologist with experiences across the depth and breadth of the industry. He began his career as the 8088 processors (original IBM PCs and clones) were entering mainstream business usage and has performed Tier I support through enterprise architecture. For over half of his career, Jeff has served as a consultant and project manager in software, infrastructure, and solution development/delivery. During his career, Jeff was expatriated to Paris, France (two years), London, UK (one year), and Doha, Qatar (18 months). Each experience was both technologically and culturally enriching, but the most rewarding was the French assignment – where he met the love of his life. As a result, Jeff is a dual citizen (US and French), mais je ne parle pas français! In addition to technology, Jeff has a passion for volunteering and has been a member of CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams), MRC (Medical Reserve Corps), PCPAAA (Plano Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association), and TXSG (Texas State Guard). He has also served as a mentor in ACP (American Corporate Partners) assisting service members in transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce. Jeff has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas and certifications in project management (PMP, CSM), ITSM (ITIL Expert), and enterprise architecture (TOGAF).
If you had to describe yourself using four words, it would be…
- Logical
- Candid
- Meticulous
- Conscientiousness
What is your favorite weekend trip?
With two children and a puppy, we don’t do a lot of weekend trips. We like to visit family when possible and take a couple of planned vacations each year. Below is our last trip to Southern California, whale watching near Long Beach.
Sharing our core values is very important to us. What does Passion, Discipline, Innovation, Teaming and Integrity mean to you?
Passion: What we’re individually passionate about exists in the eye of the beholder, but the results are always the same. We derive gratification from doing what we’re passionate about. When we’re not passionate in what we do, we’re not content. Discipline: Discipline is having the self-control to do something we’re not particularly passionate about without requiring oversight. A disciplined person consistently delivers non-passionate commitments on time; an undisciplined person may need prompting. Innovation: Innovation is an original and valuable creation. Anyone can create – most of us do every day – but not all creations are original or valuable. Innovation requires: 1) the understanding of an exploitable situation; 2) the envisioning of a solution; and 3) results that add new, never before seen value. For example, fertilization of an egg is not an innovative event. By contrast, in-vitro fertilization (i.e., the process of fertilizing an egg outside of the host) was highly innovative when first introduced. Note, innovations are innovative when introduced but become normalized and accepted over time. Teaming: Teaming is putting the needs of the many above the needs of the few (or the one); it is the cornerstone of collective success. Integrity: Of all the PDITI values, integrity is the most foundational to me. Integrity is the constant and consistent demonstration of honesty, morality, and ethics. Living life without integrity is only a shadow of what it could (should) be.