Overview
Michael (Mike) Brink helps public and non-profit clients improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations, from services to technology to infrastructure. In more than 20 years as a consultant and a local government official, he has developed expertise in public-private partnerships (P3) across a range of fields including public works, human services, and utilities. He uses data analytics, employee engagement and process automation to help agencies enhance day-to-day operations, improve services and save public funds. His government consulting experience also includes strategic sourcing, project management and technology implementation.
Municipal Government Experience
Mike spent several years working in Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith’s Enterprise Development Division, managing service improvement and cost reduction projects. He worked on major P3 projects including the airport and wastewater treatment systems while also managing several municipal contracts, such as the solid waste collection and abandoned vehicle removal service agreements. He performed more than a dozen operational assessment/performance improvement plans for city services.
Corporate Leadership
He has nine years of corporate leadership experience with General Electric and Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), focusing on process improvement, project management, sourcing and technology implementation projects. He has received six sigma training and managed an international staff tasked with implementing efficiency projects around the globe. For ACS, he led the company’s pay-for-performance and in-home worker programs designed to improve labor productivity and increase employee satisfaction and retention.
Public Sector Consulting
As a public sector consultant for the last eight years, Mike has worked with cities, counties, and states across the country. He has helped a range of clients address substantial budget challenges by finding service efficiencies and new sources of revenue. He has implemented employee gain sharing, managed competition and P3 projects for various clients. He has also conducted departmental reviews designed to identify a range of efficiency and service improvement options and assisted with the implementation of such identified opportunities.
Mike serves clients of Faegre Drinker Consulting as a consulting professional, and does not act as a lawyer for clients. Learn more about the Faegre Drinker Consulting practice.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Education
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
M.P.A. in Public Management, Pi Alpha Alpha national honorary (1995)
Truman State University
B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude (1992)
Experience
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2019 1 min readIndianapolis Public Schools Partners With Indy Chamber of Commerce to Address Financial ChallengesHealth and Biosciences Consulting Government and Regulatory Affairs Public Sector Finance
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July 2018 3 min readIndianapolis Public Schools' Strategic Financial Plan and Operational Efficiency Initiative Generate Early ResultsGovernment and Regulatory Affairs Corporate Group Public Sector Finance
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July 2017 3 min readState Government Implements Pay for Success Agreement Designed to Reduce the Rate of Female Incarceration Case StudyHealth and Biosciences Consulting Government and Regulatory Affairs Public-Private Partnerships
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February 2016 3 min readBusiness Process Reengineering and Regulatory Reform Drives Development Services Customer Satisfaction Improvement in Southeast U.S. CityHealth and Biosciences Consulting Government and Regulatory Affairs
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2016 3 min readMidwestern City Develops Dashboard Prototype, Analytics to Manage Fire Department Overtime SpendGovernment and Regulatory Affairs
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2011 3 min readCity in Southwest U.S. Implements Managed Competition to Improve Service and Reduce CostGovernment and Regulatory Affairs
Insights & Events
Insights
Other Perspectives
- You Can Do That? Data Analytics Applications for the Public Sector
BKD, LLP Colorado Government Seminar, August 2017 - Case Studies in Driving Successful Municipal Process Change
City of Webster, TX Executive Team Retreat, March 2017 - Overview of City of Tulsa Development Services Process Improvements
Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa, August 2016 - Using Performance Management to Transform City Operations
BKD, LLP Houston Government Seminar, June 2016 - The Power and Possibilities of Managed Competition
BKD, LLP Nebraska Government Seminar, May 2016 - A Strategic Plan for Transforming Atlanta Construction Permitting
Council for Quality Growth (Atlanta Region), December 2015
Leadership & Community
Civic Activities
- United States Naval Reserve
- Faith Christian Academy — Volunteer
- Hillcrest Transitional Housing — Volunteer
- KC Startup Foundation — Volunteer
Honors
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Pi Alpha Alpha