Gregory Q. Brown (born 1960) is an American businessman.Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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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

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company

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(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

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. Brown has served on the boards of

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and

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. He also served as the Chairman of the

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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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