A Message From Our Founder

Brookey & Company was founded in 2014 on a straightforward principle: organizations deserve independent, experienced advice when confronting consequential business decisions.

Throughout my career, I have worked with executive leadership teams navigating organizational transformation, technology modernization, restructuring, operational improvement, and strategic investment decisions. These experiences reinforced my belief that effective consulting requires more than analysis. It demands sound judgment, an understanding of how organizations actually operate, and accountability for the recommendations delivered.

At Brookey & Company, we combine decades of executive consulting experience with structured methodologies designed to uncover underlying business challenges, challenge assumptions, and provide practical paths forward.

Our approach is independent, evidence-driven, and focused on measurable business outcomes. We do not advocate technology for its own sake, recommend organizational change without understanding its consequences, or confuse cost reduction with sustainable performance improvement.

I remain personally engaged in our consulting assignments, working directly with Boards and executive leadership teams to ensure that findings and recommendations reflect both analytical rigor and real-world business experience.

Thank you for your interest in Brookey & Company.

Michael Brookey
Founder, President & CEO
Brookey & Company, Inc.

Executive Experience. Independent Judgment. Proven Methodologies.

Brookey & Company's leadership combines more than three decades of executive consulting experience with proprietary methodologies for organizational assessment, AI investment and workforce transformation, and zero-based budgeting. Our approach emphasizes evidence-based analysis, direct executive engagement, and accountability for the recommendations we deliver.

ABOUT MICHAEL

Michael Brookey founded Brookey & Company in 2014 following a distinguished career in management and technology consulting, including executive leadership positions with KPMG, BearingPoint, Attain, and IDS/MicroPact, now part of Tyler Technologies. With more than three decades of experience, he has worked with commercial enterprises, government agencies, and executive leadership teams confronting complex strategic, operational, and technology challenges.

Throughout his career, Michael has focused on the relationship between business strategy, organizational structure, technology, and operational performance. His experience leading consulting organizations and advising clients through enterprise transformation, restructuring, and technology modernization shaped his belief that successful transformation begins with understanding how an organization actually operates.

Drawing on this experience, Michael developed Brookey & Company's Expert-Driven Loop (EDL) methodology, which combines structured evidence gathering, executive interviews, analytical evaluation, and professional judgment. This approach underpins OrgCore™, the firm's proprietary organizational diagnostic framework, and its AI Investment & Workforce Assessment, which evaluates the operational and financial assumptions underlying AI investments and workforce restructuring. His work in Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) and Zero-Based Organization (ZBO) similarly emphasizes challenging historical assumptions and aligning organizational resources with strategic priorities.

Beyond his consulting career, Michael served for 14 years on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Futures Foundation, including two terms as Board Chair. He also served on the San Diego State University Computer Science Industry Advisory Board through July 2026 and has held the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification since 2006.

Michael earned an MBA in General Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Today, Michael personally leads Brookey & Company's consulting engagements, working directly with Boards and senior executives to evaluate organizational performance, challenge strategic assumptions, and develop practical recommendations grounded in independent analysis and executive judgment.

HOW WE WORK

Brookey & Company operates through a senior-led advisory model emphasizing independence, direct executive engagement, and measurable business outcomes.

Independent Advisory

Our recommendations are grounded in objective analysis and aligned with client priorities - not vendor relationships or technology preferences. We focus on practical, decision-ready insights that address underlying business challenges.

Direct Executive Engagement

Clients work directly with firm leadership. We do not employ layered staffing pyramids or rotate junior consultants into critical discussions. This provides continuity, discretion, and accountability from initial assessment through final recommendations.

Structured Diagnostics, Measurable Outcomes

Our proprietary frameworks, including OrgCore™ and the AI Investment & Workforce Assessment, combine quantitative scoring with qualitative executive insight. combine quantitative analysis, qualitative evidence, and experienced executive judgment. Findings and recommendations are designed to support informed decisions on organizational structure, operating performance, governance, and strategic investment.

Focused Engagements Across Sectors

We serve commercial enterprises, private equity and portfolio companies, government agencies, higher education institutions, and healthcare organizations navigating transformation and strategic inflection points.