Michael Brown
Founder and Managing Partner
Michael is Co-Owner and Managing Partner of Kingdom Architects. He has over 30 years of experience in global capital markets and corporate banking. His expertise includes having managed over $10 billion in institutional assets and building high-performance executive teams. He also founded and developed a unique operating company specializing in the outdoor industry culminating in a successful sale to private equity. Michael is also an Adjunct Professor at Dallas Baptist University, teaching Entrepreneurial Capital. His passion lies in empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs. Michael and his wife have been married 31 years, have two adult children, and split their time between Oklahoma and Texas.
Bren Brown
Managing Partner
Bren brings more than 30 years of fundraising experience, with a background in Psychology from the University of Missouri (1993). She has successfully secured millions of dollars for organizations in both secular and faith-based sectors around the world.
In addition to her fundraising career, Bren co-founded a retail brand that grew to five store locations and was ultimately acquired by a private equity group. She is an active member of First Baptist Owasso in Oklahoma.
Bren’s passion is helping churches and businesses realize their full potential through strategic growth, financial clarity, and aligned vision. Outside of her work, she enjoys painting, creating art, running, and reading.
Jason Wagner
Managing Director
Jason serves as the Managing Director and is a seasoned executive with years of experience in leadership roles, consistently delivering exceptional results in revenue growth and operational efficiency. He has a proven track record of managing high-performing teams, driving significant annual revenue, and implementing strategic business improvements. Jason is recognized for his expertise in team leadership, new business development, and optimizing organizational processes. Jason lives in Kansas with his wife and two children.
Don Bisbee
Senior Advisor
With a a passion for growth, innovation, and scale, Don has spent more than 25 years at the intersection of healthcare and technology. He understands changing healthcare trends in the provider, payor and technology realms and is able to help companies pinpoint where innovation and action can create opportunity. He brings deep experience in market and product strategy, organizational structure and efficiency, partner and channel development, as well as how to scale for transformation and growth.
Don has been married for 25 years and has two sons, both Eagle Scouts and now in college. Don is an elder in his church and enjoys time with his family hunting, snow skiing, trail riding and relaxing at the lake.
James Hwang
Senior Advisor
With over 25 years of experience in executive management and private equity, James specializes in helping businesses redesign and grow. His expertise spans mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, financial restructuring, compliance, cybersecurity, product development, sales and channel development, and engineering delivery workflow design. He has a deep understanding of the Financial, Retail, MDI, and Healthcare markets.
James and his wife have two children and reside in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Tony Henry
Senior Advisor
Tony is a CPA with over 30 years of financial and operational experience in the energy, commercial construction, manufacturing, and hospitality industries. He has strong abilities to recognize, create and execute plans, supervise teams, and recommend appropriate action. Tony has consulted with numerous clients to evaluate business processes to determine compliance with management policies, procedures, goals, and objectives. As a former CFO, his experience underscore’s reliability and integrity of financial information and the means used to identify, measure, classify, and report such information.
Tony lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife and 2 children.
Kennedy Brown
Analyst
Kennedy supports Kingdom Architect’s M&A efforts with a focus on transactional execution, due diligence review, and administrative support. She earned her BA in Political Science from Southern Methodist University and began her career at Haynes and Boone, LLP, where she assisted in patent prosecution within the Intellectual Property division.
She resides in Dallas, TX, and is an active member of Providence Church in Frisco, where she serves in the children’s ministry. Outside of work, Kennedy enjoys CorePower yoga, reading, and spending time with her English Bulldog, Mr. Carl.