Brian D. McCarthy, founder and director of 327 Solutions, Inc., has been involved in placement, consulting, and training since 1992. Brian is an entrepreneur, IT trainer, operations leader, certification expert, recruiter, instructional designer, sales executive, formally trained project manager (PMP), and e-learning guru. He has more than 20 years of talent development expertise, has been working in building technical competency for decades, and has held multiple positions in operations, training facilitation, and sales with increasing responsibility for building a world-class national network of performance experts. Brian has worked hand in hand with the Department of Defense to enable information assurance compliance for cybersecurity workers (8570.1-M / 8140). He also has experience working with cutting-edge e-learning, workshops, immersive environments, gamification/contest design, method-of-action 3D animations, LMS tracking, portal systems, and other learning assets to accelerate world-class corporate teams.