Paul Brinkley

Paul Brinkley
Paul Andrew Brinkleyis an American businessman and government official. Brinkley is the co-founder and current CEO of North America Western Asia Holdings, an investment and business development firm based in Washington, D.C. Brinkley served as the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under Secretaries of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates from 2004 to 2011...
call low
I wouldn't call it a failure. We went in with very low expectations.
continue months next six stuff
Every six months over the next 10 years, things will get better. I don't think this stuff ever ends. We continue to improve.
fairly
It's still fairly marginal... and it's a complicated sell.
adopt best business government grow helping industry missing opportunity vocal
We need industry to be vocal about where we are missing the ball. There's ample opportunity to grow business with the government in helping it adopt best practices.
coming definitely hear imagine imagined playing
Yeah, we're stoked about this show. For us, I can't imagine a better place to play. I've been coming here for years to hear bands, but I never imagined playing here. It's definitely different than playing the (Bainbridge Island) Grange, but we'll give this just as much spirit.
setting
We are not setting up a new bureaucracy.