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Mr. Donald E. Brown, APSA retired in 2005 as vice president and CSC Program Director for the IRS PRIME Program, a 10-year $5 billion technology modernization contract to replace inefficient technologies  from the 1960s with systems to improve service to the taxpayers and the nation.  CSC, under the management of Mr. Brown, lead a consortium of contractors that included Northrup Grumman Corp., Unisys Corp., IBM, SAIC, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, and SAIC.

A 1958 graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School (Paducah, Ky), Mr. Brown served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force.  He studied for 2 years at the Yale University Institute of Far Eastern Languages and spent his first 8 years in the USAF as a Chinese Language Specialist.  Mr Brown then went on to obtain his BS degree from Syracuse University and was commissioned as a 2nd Lt in the USAF in 1968.  He retired from the USAF in 1982 after serving the previous 5 years as Associate Professor of Computer Sciences at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

Mr. Brown joined Computer Sciences Corporation in 1983 as Chief Engineer of the CSC Logistics Systems Center in Dayton, Ohio.  Promoted to Vice President in 1987, he managed the Air Force Stock Control and Distribution (SC&D) project, a $225 million project that was selected best of breed and eventually implemented for all U.S. military services. 

In 1992, Mr. Brown transferred to CSC Europe, United Kingdom Operations.  During his final 3 years in the UK, Mr. Brown was Vice President and Program Director for the CSC Operations at Anglian Water PLC.  Anglian Water PLC is the largest water utility company in the UK.  CSC Operations at Anglian Water was responsible for all Information Systems services delivery plus the development and delivery of a fully distributed client-server IT infrastructure, replacing their then current Bull/Vax based mainframe environment.  CSC Operations at Anglian Water was accountable for 350+ people and $65-$80 million in annual revenue. 

In 1997, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it was seeking a private sector partner (A Prime Integration Services Contractor) to manage its IT Modernization program. The program was described by various analysts as the largest, most complex organizational and IT modernization program ever attempted.  Mr. Brown returned from CSC UK to the Washington offices of CSC in June 1997 to manage the CSC bid for that opportunity.  On December 9, 1998, the IRS awarded the 15-year Prime contract – potentially worth $5 billion – to Computer Sciences Corporation.  After heading the team that put together the winning bid, Mr. Brown managed the CSC business unit responsible for performing  on that contract.

In 2005, Mr Brown retired from CSC and established residence in Charlotte, NC.  President of the Board of  Directors of the Carolinas Nature Photographers Association, he spends his days engaged in the joys of outdoor and nature photography and golfing.

A 1958 graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School, Mr. Brown has an Associates degree from Yale University (Far Eastern Languages), a BS degree in Statistics from Syracuse University, an MS degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and an MBA degree from Ohio State University.

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