1. Resume
Todd A. Brown
64 Judy Avenue,
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4E 1T5
902-430-7259
Todd.Brown@novascotia.ca
Skills:
• Multiple award winning national leader in the development and management of
public safety communications systems and services
• Successful negotiator of multiple, major, long-term telecommunications contracts
valued at over $100 million dollars
• Extensive experience with developing public-private partnerships for the
development and delivery of public safety communications systems
• Twenty year proven track record at developing wide ranging, multi-jurisdictional
partnerships across the public sector
• Exceptional communications skills as evidenced by authoring feature articles for
world leading trade journals, general interest publications, and as a featured
speaker at national and international conferences
• Established reputation as a builder of multi-disciplinary teams
Work Experience
April 2001-Present Director-Public Safety and Field Communications
Nova Scotia Department of Internal Services,
Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Led the development, negotiations, implementation,
operations and management of multiple province-wide,
integrated mobile communications services and systems
for 42 government agencies, including the RCMP,
twelve provincial departments, four federal departments
and the volunteer public safety community.
Led the Nova Scotia team managing a multidisciplinary
team of over 30 internal and external procurement,
public-private partnering, IT, legal, and governance
expert resources on a $900 million dollar procurement
project to create a single mobile radio system for the
Maritime Provinces.
(Ongoing) Managing/Directing a Government staff of
20, and multiple outside technical and support
contractors on all aspects of the management and
operation of several mobile communications systems

2. with over 20,000 users, across 400+ organizations
supporting the vast majority of public safety and public
works organizations field communications at all levels
of Government in Nova Scotia.
April 1996-March 2001 Director-Integrated Wide Area Network Project
Nova Scotia Technology and Science Secretariat
Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Responsible for the conceptualization, development,
procurement, and implementation phases of a multi-year
project to establish wired and wireless wide area
telecommunications networks and services to support
electronic delivery of public services in Nova Scotia.
March 1994-April 1996 Director-Communications Technology
Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and
Communications Government of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Acting Director March 94-March 95)
Responsible for regulatory affairs on
telecommunications and broadcast related issues for the
Provincial Government.
July 1993-March 1995 Senior Policy Advisor to Premier of Nova Scotia
Priorities and Planning Secretariat
Government of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Acted as the most senior policy advisor to the Premier of
Nova Scotia. I was one of three senior staff who
attended and participated in the weekly Executive
Council or Cabinet meetings
September 1991-July 1993 Director of Policy and Research
Office of the Official Leader of the Opposition
Government of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Directed a staff of five public policy researchers who
provided policy and research services, including
developing communications strategies, speechwriting,
legal research, and public policy development for 22
members of Nova Scotia’s Legislative Assembly.
January 1989-September 1991 Public Policy Researcher
Office of the Official Leader of the Opposition
Government of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

3. January 1987-January 1989 Journalist
CBC Radio Current Affairs Halifax
Wrote, researched, produced, and narrated over 70 radio
documentaries for the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation for its local (Information Morning,
Mainstreet), regional (Maritime Magazine), national
(The Arts Report) and international markets (Radio
Canada International)
Education
2006 Master’s Certificate-Project Management
St. Mary’s and York Universities
Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985 Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education)
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
1984 Bachelor of Arts (English Literature)
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Awards
2016 Award Winner Innovative Management Gold Medal
IBM/Institute for Public Administration in Canada
For innovation and transforming the delivery of public
services for leading the development of coordinated
managed encryption services for public safety radio, and
establishing cross jurisdictional partnerships in the
development of the TMR 2 shared public safety radio
system with 20,000 users
2016 Award Winner Nova Scotia Premier’s Award of Excellence
Government of Nova Scotia
For leading the procurement and implementation of the
$125 million dollar TMR 2 mobile radio system for
20,000 public sector field staff
2014 Award Winner Nova Scotia Fire Marshall’s Award of Excellence
Government of Nova Scotia
For leading the implementation of $15 million dollars
in communications equipment and services to
volunteer first responders across Nova Scotia
2006 Award Winner Nova Scotia Premier’s Award of Excellence
Government of Nova Scotia
For the development and management of a best in class
communications system for Volunteer First Response

4. 2002 Finalist Cross Jurisdictional Partnerships Award
Government Technology Exhibition Conference (GTEC)
Selected as a finalist for this national awards program
that recognizes excellence in the management of large
Government technology projects for the Bridge 2
Project, an initiative that built a transitional VHF radio
network for volunteer public safety organizations in
Nova Scotia.
2001 Award Winner Unique Achievement Award
Government Technology Exhibition Conference (GTEC)
Winner-bronze medal in the Unique Achievement
Category for leading the implementation of the first
TMR digital mobile radio network (TMR 1) in Nova
Scotia.
Published Articles:
October 2015 Mission Critical Communications
“Coordinated Encryption in Canada”
Co-authored with Ron Dingwell- Regional Director
Informatics-RCMP Atlantic Division (retired)
September 2011 The Globe and Mail-National Edition
Facts and Arguments Page-The Essay
August 2009 The Globe and Mail-National Edition
“I remember”-Guest column
April 2007 E-911 Magazine
“Satellite Technology for Business Resumption
Communications”
January 2007 Law Enforcement Technology
“Ringing Busy-Managing Commercial
Telecommunications in a Public Safety World”
March 2006 Mission Critical Communications
5 Steps To Success-Making Your Case for a New Mobile
Communications System
Featured Speaking Engagements:
July 2004 15th
World Conference on Disaster Management
Toronto, Ontario Canada
“Shared Field Communications for Emergency Agencies-
Vital Lessons Leaned”

5. August 2015 APCO International 81st Annual Meeting and Expo
Association of Professional Communications Officials
International (APCO)
Washington D.C.
“Building a Multi-Jurisdictional Radio System”
Current Committee Work
May 2015-Present Public Safety Radio Network Advisory Committee
Government of the Province of Ontario, Canada
Working on a handpicked committee of senior officials from the
5 leading public safety radio jurisdictions in the United States
and Canada advising the Province of Ontario on the procurement
of its next generation mobile radio system
January 2016-Present Maritime Radio Communications System Committee
Governments of the Provinces of New Brunswick, Prince
Edward Island and Nova Scotia
Working as the Chair and as Nova Scotia lead on tri-province
committee of contract administrators on the co-management of a
two zone, three province, 190 site joint mobile radio
communications system
March 2016-Present Federal-Provincial-Territorial
Interoperability Working Group
Public Safety Canada
Working as part of a group of senior officials from each province
and territory of Canada on the development of a national
700MHz broadband public safety mobile data system and the
development and implementation of shared public emergency
notification systems
May 2016-Present TMR 2 Radio System Threat-Risk Assessment
Steering Committee
Government of Nova Scotia
Chairperson of a committee of senior officials and expert
security and IT consultants on the development of a Threat-Risk
Assessment study of the new Trunked Mobile Radio 2 Radio
System (a Motorola 7.16 Astro digital mobile radio system with
101 sites across two provinces).
References available upon request

6. August 2015 APCO International 81st Annual Meeting and Expo
Association of Professional Communications Officials
International (APCO)
Washington D.C.
“Building a Multi-Jurisdictional Radio System”
Current Committee Work
May 2015-Present Public Safety Radio Network Advisory Committee
Government of the Province of Ontario, Canada
Working on a handpicked committee of senior officials from the
5 leading public safety radio jurisdictions in the United States
and Canada advising the Province of Ontario on the procurement
of its next generation mobile radio system
January 2016-Present Maritime Radio Communications System Committee
Governments of the Provinces of New Brunswick, Prince
Edward Island and Nova Scotia
Working as the Chair and as Nova Scotia lead on tri-province
committee of contract administrators on the co-management of a
two zone, three province, 190 site joint mobile radio
communications system
March 2016-Present Federal-Provincial-Territorial
Interoperability Working Group
Public Safety Canada
Working as part of a group of senior officials from each province
and territory of Canada on the development of a national
700MHz broadband public safety mobile data system and the
development and implementation of shared public emergency
notification systems
May 2016-Present TMR 2 Radio System Threat-Risk Assessment
Steering Committee
Government of Nova Scotia
Chairperson of a committee of senior officials and expert
security and IT consultants on the development of a Threat-Risk
Assessment study of the new Trunked Mobile Radio 2 Radio
System (a Motorola 7.16 Astro digital mobile radio system with
101 sites across two provinces).
References available upon request