When Brown first entered the IT asset disposition (ITAD) business, it was just a job and steady paycheck. After two years of learning the business, he and his close friend and colleague Damian Rodriguez, came to the realization that they could do the job themselves and do it better. In January 2003, Brown and Rodriguez purchased a surplus computer equipment company that sold refurbished equipment and called it CDR Global, Inc. Today, the company has clients in all 50 states and Canada.