Peter Michael Brown

Spouse: Pam
Children: Ashley, McKain, Cecilia, Mary Rutledge

Ashley: Strategic Initiatives Manager, Privacy and Data Strategy – Warner Bros. Discovery, Los Angeles California

McKain: Gallery Director, Paderewski Fine Art, Beaver Creek Colorado

COLITE INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

Global Manufacturer of retail and corporate identity signage worldwide, offering full-service sign programs including technical surveys, project management, engineering, and installations of signs. Clients include American Airlines, Texas Instruments, Dell Technologies, Siemens, Duke Energy, UNC Health, Holiday Inn, Cartier, GE Aerospace and Healthcare, Hilton Hotels, Extended Stay America and Levi’s.

Date:  1992-Present
Position:  Founder/ Owner/ President
Responsibilities – Founder/President – Operations, Financial, Strategic Planning

Corporate Awards:  August 2003, Export Achievement Award presented by the US Department of Commerce for accomplishments in the global marketplace. April 2002, Awarded the Palmetto Safety Award in our SIC and category for outstanding factory and job safety record. November 2001, Awarded the World Trader of the Year by the World Trade Center of South Carolina for excellence in international trade and community leadership

Revenue:  $30 million
Number of Employees:  100

COLITE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.

Sustainable Energy Company specializing in lighting, solar, EV, and other sustainable power generation systems.  Customers include Extra Space Storage, Southeastern
Freight Lines, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, and Excel Trucking Group.

Responsibilities – Founder/Partner/Chairman
Revenue:  $20 million
Number of Employees:  40

SIGNALYTIX, LLC.

Energy Management IOT Device designed to manage electrical usage, maintenance, and service as well as data storage.

CITY OF COLUMBIA

Councilman, District 4 Representative, Elected 2023
Chairman, Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee
Member, Administrative Policy Committee
Member, Public Safety Committee

COLITE OUTDOOR, LLC. Sold in 2014

Outdoor advertising network throughout Central America. Customers include Nestle, Delta Airlines, McDonald’s, Unilever, Nike and Eli Lilly and Procter & Gamble

Responsibilities – Managing Partner
Annual Projected Revenues:  $6 million
Number of Employees:  50

Office Locations:
San Jose, Costa Rica; Panama City, Panama; Guatemala City, Guatemala; San Salvador, El Salvador; Managua, Nicaragua; San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  Manages 350 billboard structures in (6) countries in Central America and operates the largest regional outdoor advertising system in Central America.

WORK HISTORY

Date:  1988-1992
Company:  Milliken & Company, Abbeville, SC

Position: Milliken & Company is the world’s largest privately held textile company in the world, with estimated revenues of $3 billion per year and over 75 locations worldwide.  The company was a Malcom Bridge Award winner in 1990.  Positions held were: Senior Production Manager, Advanced Development Engineer, Advanced Production manager, Advanced Process Engineer, Process Engineer, and Production Manger.  The manufacturing facility in Abbeville, SC was affiliated with the Woven Automotive Division of Milliken & Company.  Major accounts included General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Corporation, Mazda, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda.

Date: 1987-1988
Company:  Colite Industries, Inc.

Position: Project coordinator for the installation of all signage at the Greater Cincinnati International Airport.

EDUCATION

High School: Cardinal Newman High School
Location:  Columbia, SC
Year Graduated:  1983

College: University of Notre Dame
Location:  South Bend, IN
Degree/Year: BS Electrical Engineering, 1987

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Member Board of Directors, University of Georgia, Terry School of Business, Entrepreneur Program
• Member Board of Directors, MUSC Children’s Hospital Advisory Board
• Former Board Member, The Human Gathering
• Former Chairman, South Carolina Jobs Economic Development Authority
• Former Board of Directors, Business Carolina, Inc.
• Former Member SC Department of Commerce Coordinating Council and Enterprise Committee
• Former Chairman, Invest SC
• Former Board of Directors, Sisters of Charity Providence Hospital
• Former Member, City of Columbia, Financial Task Force/CFO Search Committee
• Former Chairman, Provost Academy of South Carolina
• Former Board of Directors, South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
• Former Board of Directors, Central Carolina Community Foundation
• Former President of MITA-Midlands International Trade Association
• Former Board of Directors, Columbia World Affairs Council
• Former Board of Directors, Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties
• Former Board of Directors, Edventure Children’s Museum
• Former President, Foundation for Columbia’s Future
• Former Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee, Saint Joseph School