Gregory Q. Brown (born 1960) is an American businessman.
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/ref> He has been chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions
Motorola Solutions, Inc., is an American video equipment, telecommunications equipment, software, systems and services provider that succeeded Motorola, Inc., following the spinoff of the mobile phone division into Motorola Mobility in 2011. The ...
since 2008.
Education
Brown graduated from Rutgers’ Livingston College
From 1969 to 2007 Livingston College was one of the residential colleges that comprised Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey's undergraduate liberal arts programs. It was located on Livingston Campus (originally Kilmer) in Piscataway, ...
(now part of Rutgers’ School of Arts and Sciences), where he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1982.
He graduated from Highland Park High School.
Career
Brown is chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions, which provides land mobile radio communications, video security & access control and command center software for public safety and commercial enterprises.
He was the Chairman and CEO for San Francisco-based network management software
Network management software is software that is used to provision, discover, monitor and maintain computer networks.
Purpose
With the expansion of the World Wide Web and the Internet, computer networks have become very large and complex, making ...
company Micromuse
:''This article refers to the former software company. For the online role-playing game see MicroMUSE.
Micromuse Inc. (Former stock number: ) was an American company based in San Francisco which provided network management software. The company' ...
(acquired by IBM) for four years until his resignation in December 2002
Brown joined Motorola Solutions in 2004, he has been CEO since January 2008 and is the company’s longest-serving CEO, after the founder Paul Galvin and his son Bob.
Brown serves on the board of Rutgers University, where he chairs the Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics. He also serves as the Navy SEAL Foundation Midwest Event Chairman and is a member of the Business Council and the Business Roundtable
The Business Roundtable (BRT) is a nonprofit lobbyist association based in Washington, D.C. whose members are chief executive officers of major United States companies. Unlike the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, whose members are entire businesses, BRT ...
.
Brown has served on the boards of Xerox
Xerox Holdings Corporation (; also known simply as Xerox) is an American corporation that sells print and electronic document, digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (ha ...
, Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...
and RR Donnelley
R.R. Donnelley is an American Fortune 500 integrated communications company that provides marketing and business communications, commercial printing, and related services. Its corporate headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois, United State ...
. He also served as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (informally the Chicago Fed) is one of twelve regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, make up the United States' central bank.
The Chicago Reserve Bank serves the Sevent ...
and the Chairman of the Rutgers University Board of Governors.
Brown has served two American presidents as part of President Obama’s Management Advisory Board and President George W. Bush’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
He earned an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
The degree of Doctor of Humane Letters (; DHumLitt; DHL; or LHD) is an honorary degree awarded to those who have distinguished themselves through humanitarian and philanthropic contributions to society.
The criteria for awarding the degree differ ...
from Rutgers University.
Personal life
Brown and his wife, Anna, have two children, Megan and Troy.
References
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American chief executives
1960 births
Living people
Rutgers University alumni
Businesspeople from Chicago
American chief operating officers
American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies