On May 18 2006 Louis Brown's role with Precision Auto Care Inc. changed where he now assumes the role of Chairman of the Board. In August 2000 Brown was named President and CEO of PACI. Recognized as one of Washington's most successful high-tech entrepreneurs Brown also serves as President and CEO of IDEAS Inc. which he founded in 1970 to develop implement and support complex information and telecommunications systems. Over the past 33 years IDEAS has founded and incubated numerous companies including MICROS Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) Autometric Inc. (now part of Boeing Corporation) Strata Group Inc. and FiberGate Inc. Today IDEAS and all of its present and former subsidiaries and affiliates employ over 3 000 employees and will have sales in excess of $600 million. Brown earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore MD) in 1966. |