TYRONE TAYLOR
Founder & President
Tyrone C. Taylor is the founder and President of Capitol Advisors on Technology, a management and technology consulting firm that has been working to cultivate innovation, research and effective management and technology solutions since 2003. The firm has successfully executed innovation as well as technology and development projects in support of the Departments of the Army, Homeland Security, NASA, and Commerce as examples.
Mr. Taylor worked at NASA for over 20 years and was responsible for a range of technology transfer initiatives in many of his senior management positions. As an Executive on loan, he served as the Washington DC Representative for the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer for over three years. He was also NASA's senior liaison between the White House and other federal agencies for industry and technology policy initiatives.
Mr. Taylor has worked in the private sector as a senior official responsible for various technology projects and initiatives. As V.P., Government Services for an Enterprise Software Solutions and IT Services company, he managed and grew the portfolio of federal clients and supported business development activities for professional information technology and health care solutions. As Director, Washington Relations, for the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation, he developed and managed strategic partnerships with public, private, and academic organizations in the field of technology commercialization.
Additionally, Mr. Taylor served as the Co-Director of the Founder Institute’s, Washington, DC Chapter. The Founder Institute, with a mission to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and empower talented and motivated people to build impactful companies, has helped launch over 3,500 companies across 180+ cities and six continents. Also, Mr. Taylor worked with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, an international non-profit organization providing entrepreneurship training and education programs to young people from low-income urban communities.
Mr. Taylor earned his master’s degree in Business and Public Administration from Southeastern University, Washington, D.C. and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Wilmington College, Ohio, where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees. He has received several awards for his work and contributions, including the NASA Exceptional Service Award, and NDIA’s National Gold Medal. Also he was recognized by Congress for his outstanding leadership and many successful efforts in support of the federal R&D laboratory community.
CURTIS BROWN, JR.
Manager, Business Development
As an Entrepreneurship Evangelist, Curtis shares the opportunity that all people have to use their natural gifts and abilities to provide solutions for customers, causes & communities. He does this by partnering with organizations that provide products, services and platforms for entrepreneurs. Build The Crowd, LLC is a digital business management company with a focus on ecommerce and advertising for entrepreneurs. Build The Community, Inc. is a Georgia based non profit that supports citizen entrepreneurship opportunities that promote financial literacy and civics education. Although they are separate entities, they are promoted under the “btc brands” name.
Curtis participates in a number of civic and community organizations in Troup County and throughout the state. In 2017, he was the Co-Chair of the countywide SPLOST (sales tax) campaign that led to the approval of more than $70 million in tax revenue for projects & infrastructure in Troup County, GA. Curtis is the citizen representative for Troup County on the Three Rivers Regional Commission. He also serves as a current Board Member for Wellstar West Georgia Hospital, LaGrange Industrial Development Authority, Friends of The Thread and United Way of West Georgia. Curtis was also selected to participate in the statewide Leadership Georgia class of 2019.
Previously, Curtis held roles in finance, operations and strategic marketing where he influenced executive decisions for lines of business and large corporate projects. His past experience includes selection for the Finance Management Development Program at Sprint, and both Product and Program Management roles at UMB Financial. He started his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in both the Mergers & Acquisitions and Oil & Gas groups at Morgan Stanley.
Curtis has a BA, Economics from Morehouse College and an MBA from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
MAURICE SWINTON
Senior Advisor
Maurice Swinton is the former Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH). Mr. Swinton also served as the agency’s Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, Records Management Officer, Chief Health Information Officer, the Agency’s Security Manager & Occupational Safety Manager and the Chief Operating Officer (head of the federal agency) prior to his retirement. He served as a senior staff member with full responsibility for defining strategic direction for the agency’s Information Technology (IT) resources, which included transitioning the agency’s business functions to operate 100% in the cloud. He was a participating member of the Small Agency CIO Council (SACC) for over 7 years and served on the SACC Executive Committee. Mr. Swinton is also the former Assistant Administrator for the Office of Technology at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Washington, D.C. During his tenure at the SBA, Mr. Swinton was responsible for directing the SBA's Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. He oversaw the awarding of over $2.4 billion of federal research and development contracts and grants to small businesses each year. As the Program Manager at the Department of Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, he directed the Rapid Technology Applications Program (RTAP), a research and development program that developed technologies for first responders within 6-18 months after contract award. He conducted quarterly topic forums with DHS first responder agencies. Developed budgets for individual topic areas to be researched. He developed broad Agency announcements for research topics and conducted Source Selection Panels to review proposals and select best qualified applicants.
Mr. Swinton has over 30 years of federal and commercial experience.