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With more than 30 years of information technology experience, Chuck Barkow has worked as a technology consultant, data processing manager, and software analyst. He founded Uniserv Solutions in 1990, and now Brain Power3 in 2008. He consults with enterprise organizations, non-profits, and government agencies within the state of Wisconsin. His clients have included, FIserv, Barber-Colman, American Family Insurance, and several State of Wisconsin agencies.
Mr. Barkow’s expertise is delivering a positive return on investment to his clients through a disciplined approach. He believes that technology is a tool that should serve people rather than people serving the technology. To that end, he has worked with his clients to design systems to improve and enhance their organizations in the most cost-effective manner.
Mr. Barkow worked for Cray Research on the design team that developed the Cray supercomputer used by the U.S. government to predict weather and design nuclear weapons. It was also used by Apple Computers in the design of the Macintosh computer. Barkow went on to work in the systems departments at Modine Manufacturing in Racine, Wisconsin and Data Communications Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee before moving to Louisiana to become the Data Processing Manager for Lamar Outdoor Advertising – one of the largest outdoor advertising agencies in the United States. At Lamar, Barkow began to apply metrics to information technology and was successful in helping the organization improve its profitability and market position.
Barkow is a graduate of District One Technical College in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He and his wife Jill have been married for 21 years. His interests include classical music, wine tasting, and reading about science fiction, leadership, and organizational management.
People + Performance = Profit
Fact Sheet
- Brain Power3, founded by Chuck Barkow, provides innovative thinking to help small to mid-size companies achieve their profit potential. Mr. Barkow provides strategic counsel to help companies improve their profit by investing in the intellectual capacity of their people. Brain Power3’s mission is to challenge CEOs, CFOs and COOs to maximize and utilize the intellectual capacity of their employees that will lead to greater employee empowerment and expansion of innovative solutions.
- Brain Power3 believes that the fate of our economic system and prosperity rests in the hands of the middle class of America. Therefore, Brain Power3 also helps the middle class understand how their paychecks are affected by their role as employees, consumers and owners of government and what impact these roles have on their company’s financial statements.
- Brain Power3 believes that providing knowledge to employees will produce a greater ROI and more prosperity for the employees and their employers.
- Brain Power3 services include strategic counsel, workshops, white papers and local speaking engagements to provide insight into new ways of doing business in America.
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"It's not my job to minimize the risks I take, it's my job to maximize the risks I can manage."
"Fear of failure destroys our education, our future and our prosperity."
"It's not my job to improve your profitability, it's my job to improve your survivability."
"Businesses do not create jobs, consumers do."
"Competitive advantage is maximized when the emotions of the employees, the wants of customers and the mission of the company are aligned."
"Imagination creates inventions that are produced."
"The leading indicators of your financials statements are found in the bottom of your org chart."
"I can only create the opportunity for success. Creating success requires many people choosing to work together."
"It's not my job to listen to what you say, it's my job to understand what you mean."
"A goal can only be accomplished when two things exist - desire and ability."