About
B2 is a small consulting company based in North Texas. Founded in 2019, we have thrived by focusing attention where it matters - on the results that our customers are seeking. Give us your biggest, most complex initiatives. Chances are we have delivered a similar project for a different customer. That knowledge can be your gain.
As of 2024, we offer 3 lines of business:
On-Demand Consult - this is the quickest way to get the B2 founder, Blake Brownlee engaged on time-sensitive matters. It also is a useful avenue to start a conversation about a broader potential effort that B2 may be able to assist with. Hosted through clarity.fm, the consult is very easy to request, schedule, and track.
Project Management (includes Program Management and Scrum Master) - this is time/materials-based contract work, where we provide the leadership necessary to deliver the results you are looking for.
Retainer Services (includes Agile Transformation, Change Management, and Executive Steering Committee) - this is a retainer/subscription-based service for specialty consulting activities where we offer at a reduced rate a service that we know can be executed/repeated with high effectiveness.
Our founder is Blake Brownlee, a well-respected and highly grounded consultant and project management professional. He started his career as a developer and analyst working in the telecom and semiconductor industries. He became a talented technical resource early in his career, specializing in web-based applications and ETL and database solutions. Eventually he began taking on more management assignments.
A full accounting of his educational achievements are:
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering - Texas A&M University (1998)
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Management Consulting Focus - Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business (2003)
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (2008 - 2023)
Safe Agilist (SA), Scaled Agile Academy (2015 - Present)
Prosci Certified Change Practitioner (PCCP), Prosci University (2023 - Present)
Over time, Mr. Brownlee’s career achieved balance through merging his strong technical perspective and personnel leadership capabilities. The culmination of this synergy was a decided career path beginning in 2008 toward project management. After earning a PMP, he started taking on project management responsibilities. These opportunities grew over several years in size and complexity, and eventually allowed him to travel the world leading teams through the complexities and challenges of core system migrations.
By 2015, Mr. Brownlee started working for boutique consulting firms as a consulting project manager and Scrum Master. He developed a sense of customer service through these valuable experiences that was not self-evident working as a staff project resource. By 2019, he started his own company, B Squared - IT Delivered (or colloquially, “B2”). This company launched with an initial project delivering a hybrid on-prem/cloud infrastructure delivery project for a well-respected bank. This set B2 up for taking on more challenges, and the rest is history!
A renowned philanthropist, Mr. Brownlee regularly contributes to charitable organizations in the North Texas area. One area of great pride is his participation since 2022 as a coach and judge for the “INCubatoredu” initiative, which teaches high school students how to think like an entrepreneur. The program culminates in a “Shark Tank” type competition where judges oversee a proposal from the top business plan teams and decide which team has the best pitch (for a cash prize!). Any opportunity to give back to the community, B2 will take the lead!
A personal note from our founder:
“I look forward to building a relationship with you and to earn your trust. I will not waste your time, and you will be pleased with the results that B2 will bring to your organization. Let me know how I can help!”
