About Cindy

Pratt Brown & Associates, LLC is led by CEO Ms. Cynthia "Cindy" Brown, who has over 3 decades of staff augmentation experience with over 16 years within the Information Technology sector.

Success in the Technology Staffing, Project Delivery, and Staff Augmentation industry hinges on contacts, a keen knowledge of the local market IT Projects and initiatives, the IT Hiring Managers, IT Candidates and talent pool in those markets.

Nowhere will you find an IT Recruiter in the Greater Tampa Bay Area as plugged into the local Technology Community as PB&A and Cindy Brown.

Deep community roots give PB&A a unique advantage in fulfilling IT Jobs in Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, and beyond. With our finger on the pulse of the IT community, we have unique knowledge of:

Projects underway
Trends in the industry
Talents of new graduates
Where the greatest technology talent needs are
Access to those able to fill those needs

Cindy Brown has held senior executive positions in other successful technology staff augmentation companies.

She is the founder and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tampa Bay Technology Leadership Association.

Through TBTLA, we've created a girls program called GETSMART (Getting Everyone to Study Math and related Technologies). Cindy sits on the Board of Directors for this exciting initiative to motivate girls to pursue STEM, (math, science, engineering and related technologies) in school. Additional efforts promoting Girls in Education are reflected by a 2010 speaking engagement for the Girl Friends of Pinellas organization.

Cindy sits on the University of Tampa’s IT Advisory Board and the St. Petersburg College IT Advisory Board.

She is membership co-chair for the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics’ Association (AFCEA), and sits on the AFCEA Executive Committee.

Cindy is the IT Advisory Chair for the Pinellas Education Foundation Center of Excellence Program and an advisor to WorkNet Pinellas and the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance Information Technology Apprenticeship Program.

Additionally, Cindy is a member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National council (WBENC) and sits on the Board of Directors of the Women's Business Development Council for FL, where she represents the certified WBENC woman owned businesses in Central FL.

Cindy is in the Pinellas County School Systems DDM program (decentralized-decision making), part of Envision 2014 five year strategic plan and has been assigned to the Principle of Clearwater High School for mentoring. The intent of the program is to teach the principle how to help schools learn and implement best practices from businesses.

Cindy sits on the Board of Directors for Supporting America's Finest, holding Military Appreciation Concerts each year.

She is on the Marketing Committee for New Life Solutions/the Pinellas Pregnancy Center.

Cindy is also actively involved in many community based support and outreach initiatives.