I help you grow and scale your business through effectively transferring what you know without thinking about it | Delegate the tough tasks | Be able to pass on your business

You built your business with grit, vision, and a willingness to buck convention. Now, it's time to amplify what makes you unique.

I work exclusively with successful entrepreneurs like you to systematize your unconscious brilliance into a transferable asset. Unconscious brilliance refers to the wealth of expertise, methodologies, and insights you possess but struggle to articulate and systematize.

The result? Your business can run without you, retains institutional knowledge, and becomes a highly valuable entity ready for exit or acquisition.

My proven Brilliance MiningTM system helps you:

- Extract and codify your proprietary knowledge and experiences into an advantage no algorithm can replicate.
- Develop leadership teams that don't just maintain but grow what you've built
- Put succession plans in place to ensure the longevity of your life's work
- Boost company value and marketability for lucrative exit or acquisition
- Reward yourself with more well-deserved time to do the things you’ve always wanted to do.

You've spent decades innovating and disrupting your industry. Now, disrupt how much people rely on you within your business. Leverage your maverick mindset into a scalable, sellable asset.

I don't work with just anyone. My clients are unconventional thinkers and independent operators ready to build an enduring legacy. If this resonates, let's connect.

Reward Yourself - You've Earned It

After years of grinding, you deserve to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor. My system allows you to step away more and more so you can travel, spend time with family, or unwind. You built this business through dedication and vision - now make it possible for your business to run without you.

Experience:

Founder, The Brilliance Mine - Helping entrepreneurial businesses systematize expertise and prepare for growth/transition since 2005
Author, 365 Brilliance Nuggets, 101 Quick Tips for High-Talent Companies, 101 Quick Tips for ESOP Leaders
Certified Action Coach,
PhD in Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Helped entrepreneurs systematize their expertise so they had time for family vacations, hobbies, and other well-deserved indulgences.

Let's connect and discover how the Brilliance Mining™ System can unlock the full potential of your business. Shoot me an email at DrStephie@TheBrillianceMine.com, or connect with me on LinkedIn. 

Check out my website: https://thebrilliancemine.com/
Join me for our Q&A on Knowledge transfer and the smart use of AI: https://go.thebrilliancemine.com/training-page

Stephie Althouse, Ph.D. ("Dr. Stephie")

BFCE, LLC

• Working as a Fractional Executive for Telecomm and ISP companies.

• Helping to create the right knowledge base for a successful business.

• Helping businesses and other agencies to better understand IT and Network Operations.

FCIO | Founder

Aristotle Unified Communications

Leading the Fiber Operations at Aristotle.

Fiber Operations Manager

As a GLG Network Member, I bring my more than 20 years of experience in IT related fields to help clients solve some of their biggest challenges around using the right technology.

GLG is the world’s insight network. It connects decision makers to the right experts so they can act with the confidence that comes from true clarity and have what it takes to get ahead. Its network of experts is the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise.

Network Member

Resound Networks LLC

• Responsible for leading a team of network engineers in identifying various network events, leveraging best practices to generate an appropriate and timely resolution

• Functioned as the face of Network Engineering within various management meetings, providing guidance, answering questions, as well as assisted in decision-making concerning future directions to support organizational growth

• Performed deep dives with the purpose of vetting new software packages, strategically making the decision of which would bring the most benefit to the organization

• Created and implemented new company processes concerning network changes, resulting in a reduction in the risk of failed change

• Oversaw the management of implementing the new Cisco Network Core, connecting the network together for streamlined operations, lower costs, better security, and more effortless scalability

• Initiated the implementation of new gear, allowing the organization to move forward with a more robust network while generating $100K in cost savings

• Managed the onboarding of employees following a company acquisition, merging the 2 groups into 1 culture focused on driving organizational success

• Led the implementation of a change management process, establishing a foundation to keep track of the quickly growing company

• Collaborated with the Help Desk and engineers, creating the ability to identify issues through analysis and provide directions to generate a resolution

Manager Network Engineering

Verizon

• Provided cell tower functionality reviews to ensure proper configuration and use, ensuring adequate network performance for customers

• Responsible for providing routine maintenance on cell tower equipment, following all organizational safety policies and procedures

• Collaboratively worked with a team throughout the Oklahoma City metro, installing and turning up the 5G equipment

Network Field Assurance Engineer III

Yaana

• Responsible for the implementation phase of a $64M project in Bangladesh, overcoming cultural and language differences to deliver a successful product

• Directed a team in equipment installation, strategically overcoming multiple roadblocks while working in remote country networks

• Analyzed and reviewed network survey documents, assisting in developing a solution for implementing network monitoring within foreign networks

• Leveraged expertise to train, guide, and mentor customers, ensuring an understanding of the best network security practices

Sr. Engineer - Global Operations

Dobson Fiber

• Delivered engineering for WISP Solution in Poteau, Oklahoma, utilizing Cambium Networks gear to provide a radio frequency link to customer and business locations, generating enhanced service to an underserved area, as well as adding 200 new customers to the organization in the first year

• Created a script and built a database to track court orders and work within Cisco equipment, allowing the ability to eliminate a vendor holding the company captive and generate a $150K savings in upgrade costs

• Performed as SME for CALEA cultivating relationships with law enforcement agencies and customers, servings as a trusted 3rd party

Network Engineer

University of Central Oklahoma

• Recognized for top-performance and tasked with supervisory duties, leading a team of network specialists, and leveraging expertise to train and mentor all aspects of the job expectations

• Implemented the use of best practices within the team operations, supporting the streamlining of password management as well as better documentation

• Managed the Exchange 2007 E-Mail system with 1900 mailboxes, producing minor configuration changes to provide better up-time

Email Administrator

Healthcare Partners Investments, LLC

• Directly responsible for the designing, installing, and maintaining of innovative technology infrastructure, resulting in increasing the network uptime from 65% to 99%

• Successfully wrote various scripts for AIX and Linux in-house to eliminate the use of vendors, generating a $10K in cost savings

• Developed access control lists and maintained corporate firewall equipment, securing compliance with HIPPA requirements and keeping personal health information safe

Sr. Systems & Network Engineer

OneNet

• Utilized Linux to build, deploy, and maintain web servers, allowing the decommissioning of old web servers, and generating 1000s of dollars in maintenance cost

• Delivered support for Microsoft SBS 2003 Hosted Exchange Services, resulting in saving the agency $2.5K in monthly licensing fees

• Hired as the EMail Administrator and recognized for top-performance, being recruited by the CIO at Healthcare Partner Investments to lead the organizational IT Infrastructure replacement project

Systems Engineer

I help small and medium sized businesses build their IT strategy without breaking the bank

With 25+ years of experience as a strategic technology leader, I have been integral to building top-performing teams to design, build, & implement innovative technology solutions to ultimately drive organizational growth. I am well versed in training initiatives, disaster recovery / business continuity planning, as well as network & data recovery efforts.  I have a proven track record of impactful team leadership, infrastructure architecture, & server support.

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