- Keith Wilkins – Chief Executive Officer / President
Keith is retired from government service with 30 years experience in emergency crisis and high-value asset protective operations with a deep background in Information Technology and advanced communications systems design, engineering, systems-integration, implementation and management. He has implemented many communications data centers. Professional experience includes data and physical security; system threat assessment and counter measures; risk management and mitigation; business recovery and continuity planning and program management. Keith has worked with IBM Global Services and Motorola in executive management positions and provided consulting services for numerous private and publicly traded corporations. Keith is a graduate of the University of New Orleans.
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- Dave Pettengill – Chief Technology Officer / Chief Operating Officer
Dave has over 34 years experience in IT, specializing in data center operations, database management, data modeling, consulting, project management, capacity planning, and application architecture. Dave’s background includes international experience with IBM and Amdahl, IT outsourcing, large telecommunications providers, financial institutions, insurance and health care. A lifelong Omaha resident, Dave holds a bachelors degree in Management of Information Systems.
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- Pam Brown - Consultant for Strategic Marketing, Public & Governmental Relations
Former Senator Brown has 25 years of public policy experience and served in the NE Legislature from 1995-2006 where she was active in economic development and technology. In 1996 she was involved in the creation and funding of the public-private Peter Kiewit Institute for Information Science, Technology, and Engineering with the University of NE. She spearheaded the state government role in the recruitment and location of the Claas combine manufacturing facility in NE.
Pam graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in genetics and has had fellowships with the University of Wisconsin La Follette Institute and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Administration. She was involved in marketing with a company that conducts real-time second-by-second qualitative research over the Internet, including the public response to the 2000 Presidential debates featured on MSNBC.
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- Nate Doorenbos – Vice President of Field Operations
Nate serves as a member of the R & D team and facilitates the coordination of all field activities, including management of materials, vendors, sub-contractors, employees and deadlines. Nate is the critical link in construction and delivery of data centers. He holds a Bachelors of Science Degree from Grace University.
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Comprehensive Professional Capability
Great Plains is fortunate in having assembled an impressive group of architects, engineers, construction specialists and electrical experts. The depth of experience in the Great Plains’ Team includes a wide diversity of projects, ranging from schools and massive water containment and control projects to highly secure military data centers. The latest project is an advanced Tier III data center in east-central Nebraska rated to sustain a direct hit from a Force Five tornado and remain completely operational.
Great Plains Data Center Builders, Inc. is a faith-based corporation that believes in honoring God and its clients and in always conducting business with the understanding that there will be eternal accountability and consequences. We believe that the gains from our business are meant to provide fair profit for us and benefit those who are in need. We treasure our relationships with our clients and are thankful for our abilities to provide the highest quality deliverables and services, always without compromise of excellence.
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The Great Plains Team 
