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Ideas from the work.

Short observations on federal transformation, alliance growth, and platform leadership— alongside selected conversations and presentations from across the ServiceNow ecosystem.

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Field notes

Working principles, kept concise.

These are deliberately short: enough to make the point, with room for the next conversation.

01

Federal transformation

Trust is infrastructure.

In regulated environments, trust cannot be a final review. It has to shape the architecture, operating model, partner motion, and definition of value from the beginning.

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That changes how transformation is sold and delivered. The strongest roadmap connects mission outcomes to governance, security, adoption, and a sequence of changes the organization can actually absorb.

AI raises the stakes. A useful program starts with controlled data, accountable decisions, and measurable workflows—not a detached demonstration. The technology earns its place when it shortens work without weakening confidence in the result.

02

Alliances

A partnership is a working system.

Logos on a slide are not an ecosystem. A real alliance has a shared customer problem, clear ownership, enabled sellers, delivery confidence, and a way to learn from every pursuit.

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The practical unit of partnership is the motion: who identifies the opportunity, how credibility is transferred, what each party contributes, and how the customer experiences one coordinated team.

Healthy ecosystems are designed for repetition. Executive relationships matter, but durable growth comes from turning those relationships into simple field behavior that survives changes in territory, personnel, and market conditions.

03

Platform leadership

Architecture is a growth discipline.

Technical fluency is most valuable when it improves a business decision: clarifying the path, exposing risk early, and making the promised outcome credible.

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A platform conversation should connect architecture to adoption, operating cost, delivery pace, and future options. That is why the best technical leaders are translators as much as designers.

Commercial leadership benefits from the same habit. When teams understand the system behind the promise, they qualify more honestly, shape stronger solutions, and build customer trust that lasts beyond the initial transaction.

Selected appearances

On the record.

Talks, interviews, podcasts, and technical artifacts with stable public sources.

2026

Podcast

GlideChat

Real-World Public Sector Transformation with ServiceNow

A practical conversation about outcomes, AI in production, application consolidation, and measurable public-sector impact.

2025

Presentation

TASSCC

Laying the Groundwork for AI Success

A TASSCC conference deck on AI readiness, value assessment, governance, and public-sector modernization.

2025

Podcast

GlideChat

Why GlideFast Chose VividCharts for Project Management Reporting

A look inside the move from inconsistent manual status reporting to an automated ServiceNow reporting system.

2024

Interview

CRN

ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott: “We’re Putting AI To Work For People”

CRN quotes Brett on enterprise data boundaries, LLM security, and response time inside the ServiceNow platform.

2024

Video webinar

Everforth GlideFast

Meeting the Needs of Students with ServiceNow

A panel on streamlining higher-education operations and improving the student experience.

Current

Industry quote

Everforth GlideFast

Everforth GlideFast and 3CLogic expand their strategic partnership

Brett comments on connected voice, workflow, AI, and customer experience across the Now Platform.

2018

Public service

State of Michigan

Appointment to the Michigan Board of Professional Engineers

Governor Rick Snyder appoints Brett to represent the public on the state licensing board.

2017

Technical credit

ServiceNow Community

Service Portal: Multiple Catalogs

A ServiceNow Community article credits Brett’s approach to consolidating categories across multiple catalogs.