• internet service providers;
• colocation companies;
• commercial communications;
• public safety and utility management; and
• military communications

The Prairie Bunkers/Great Plains Team:

Pam Brown, Founder and formerly Chief Executive Officer and President of Prairie Bunkers, passed away recently after a courageous battle with cancer.  In addition to her business experience as a consultant for strategic marketing, public & governmental relations, including experience with IT-internet research issues Pam was an outstanding Nebraska State Senator from an Omaha-area district for three terms.  During her service in the legislature, she was active in the areas of economic development and information technology, including the creation and funding of the public-private Peter Kiewit Institute for Information Science, Technology, and Engineering with the University of Nebraska. She also led the state government role in the recruitment and location of manufacturing facilities in the state and had extensive relationships and contacts among business, professional and political leaders in the state and nationally.  Pam was a leading advocate for early childhood education and the author of legislation for early-childhood education in Nebraska. Pam received many honors during her lifetime and the accolades of her colleagues in the legislature and Omaha-area governments, including being named one of the Top 10 Young Omahans and election to leadership positions in civic organizations.  She will be missed at Prairie Bunkers and we re-dedicate ourselves to our mission in remembrance of Pam.  

Gary Hultquist, Chairman of the Board of Prairie Bunkers, is a principal in NewCap Partners (www.newcap.com), a private investment bank with offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County and Bejing.  Mr. Hultquist has over 20 years’ experience arranging strategic alliances, mergers, acquisitions, licensing and financings for technology companies, including data storage, mobile, internet and IT clients.  His clients have included large global corporations in the U.S., Europe and Asia, as well as smaller public and private companies in the U.S. and Europe.  He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of NYSE-listed Kinder-Morgan Energy Partners, a mid-stream energy company with a market capitalization of over $20 Billion, where he is Chair of the Governance and Compensation Committees and a member of the Audit Committee.  He has previously served on the Board of Directors of other public and private companies.  Formerly, Mr. Hultquist practiced law in San Francisco and Silicon Valley where he specialized in securities, corporate and intellectual property matters. 

Keith Wilkins – Keith has thirty 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.

Dave Pettengill –Dave has over thirty-four 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.

Nathan Doorenbos –Nate is a member of the R&D team and facilitates coordination of all field activities, including management of materials, vendors, sub-contractors, employees and deadlines.

For further information on Prairie Bunkers and availability and pricing of Powered Shell DataBunkers or Tier III Rack-Ready DataBunkers, contact us: Gary Hultquist, Chairman; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Phone:  415.264.0054.