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Broadcast Network
Young Innovators
The EduSerc Awards
EduSerc Conferences
Training & Programs
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About Us
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- Overview
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Overview
EduSerc (pronounced “ej-u-serk”) stands for Educators Serving the Community. EduSerc is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit organization that dedicates itself to the development and advancement of youth, adults and the community across the nation. Founded in 1996, the focus of the organization is to build an infrastructure of resources to strategically and creatively address needs in the community that involve education.
EduSerc’s primary directive and core capability is career and professional development. Through our network of corporate and community resources, EduSerc leverages partnerships to streamline community service efforts and enhance the value of corporate initiatives that benefit young people.
The members of the organization are a mixture of college students, young professionals, business/organizational employees and business owners. EduSerc's initiatives and programs are designed to expose its members talents and education and to highlight them as role models for the community.
Corporate Capabilities
EduSerc’s strengths are in the following areas:
Corporate Services
- Industry Training & Curriculum Design
Proven training in mentoring, leadership, career fields and professional development.
- Program & Community Resource Management
Quality program management, partnership development and enhancement of community service initiatives.
- Product & Program Development
Creative development of industry-based career & professional development products and programs.
- Corporate Advertising
Media-based promotion of corporate initiatives.
- Industry Marketing
Targeted awareness and image development of corporate programs and industry value.
Core Training Capabilities / Workshops
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Career Development
Accounting / Finance
Cosmetology
Culinary Arts
Engineering
Entertainment / Media
Entrepreneurship
Information Technology
Journalism
Law / Legal
Law Enforcement
Marketing, Sales
Military / Armed Forces
Medical Fields
Sports
Television Production
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Professional Development
Mentor/ Mentee Training
Resume Writing
Leadership Development
Engineering Interview Skills
ETime Management
EMoney Management
Self Esteem
Achieving Your Goals
Job Readiness Training
Dressing For Success
Presentation Skills
Group Problem Solving Skills
Stress Management
Funding Your Future/College
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- Background
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Background
Corporate Profile
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Founder
Brian K. Smith
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Founded
1996 - Mesa, Arizona
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National Headquarters
Laurel, Maryland
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US Census Regions Served
Southern
Northeast
Midwest
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Regional Affiliates
Baltimore / Washington D.C.
Chicago, Illinois
Atlanta / Central Georgia
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Target Audiences
K-12 Grade Levels
Educators - Schools
Colleges/Universities
Non Profits / Corporations
Government Agencies
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Statistics / Facts
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Members:
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30
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Population Served (est.)
- Youth: 3500
- Adults: 300
- Schools / Companies: 40/5
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Partners:
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52
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Volunteers:
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75
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Sponsors:
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10 active / 110 since 1996
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- Mission/Vision
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Vision
EduSerc’s vision is comprehensive and broad, yet directed toward improving the quality of life. This vision involves the following:
- Replicating the essence of each industry, what sustains them and makes them exciting (e.g. culinary, finance or even engineering).
- Customizing individual’s personal experiences and access to role models in these industries such that it educates and causes them to discover their dream and purpose in life.
- Allowing people to realize their dreams by engaging in a customized process of quality career, professional and workforce development opportunities that guarantees a destination in a chosen field.
- Investing in the lives of others by helping them to develop goals to reach their dreams.
Finally, imagine this model connecting communities across cities, states and even the world for that matter…..this is the vision of EduSerc.”
Mission
To build an infrastructure of resources to strategically and creatively address needs in the community that involve education
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- History
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History
The history of EduSerc dates back to 1996 when Brian K. Smith founded the organization in response to a vision that was given to him from God after a lot of soul searching and prayer about his purpose in life.
His academic profile, professional experiences and personal passions in life served as the fuel to ignite Smith into a direction of community service. At this time, Smith knew that if he could replicate his own experiences in the lives of others, they could have the potential to be successful too. As a result, Smith started an organization named after the very short phrase that helped him describe the cores ingredients of his own personal success…Educators Serving the Community.
At that time, EduSerc was founded in Mesa, Arizona, where Smith lived and worked after he graduated college. But later in 1997, Smith moved back to his home town of Temple Hills, MD. In his first year, he began his proof of concept at schools local to his area. The key phrase to Smith’s ingredient was, “Give me one hour a year and I will use that hour effectively to impact the lives of others.” Over the course of seven years, one hour a month of career & professional development training at one school became one day a month at three schools.
Shortly thereafter, Smith began the next phase of his vision, to unite his community at one venue every year. With various obstacles in his way, Smith didn’t let too many things stop him from his next step. Smith invested his own time and money from his IT company to host an event at the Baltimore Convention center called the Annual High School and Development Conference. This event attracted over 200 participants from Washington DC and Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Capturing the attention of the Baltimore Mayor’s administration, EduSerc received funding to continue its efforts to improve Baltimore City’s community. This opportunity and the success of uniting communities gave EduSerc the creditably of an organization that knows how to solve problems and help people reach their dreams at the same time. To date, EduSerc now host this event as the Annual Career and Professional Development Conference and projects to do this in major metropolitan cities.
In 2004, EduSerc started its next initiative in the form of a summer program called Young Innovators. This concept of creating an environment for students to gain experience in various industries was a great success. It was so successful that this summer initiative produced a publication that is now known as EduSerc’s national magazine. Now, EduSerc hosts a variety of summer programs and leads the summer initiatives of other corporations in different parts of the county.
EduSerc’s latest accomplishment has been the development of a national award ceremony to honor the excellence, community service and advancements of individuals and organizations. Called the Educators Serving the Community Awards, this event has awarded over 25 educators and organizations around the country and is produced on the level of the Emmys or the Oscars.
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- Executive Director
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Brian K. Smith - Founder & Executive Director
Brian K. Smith has been serving as a community leader, mentor, tutor and scholar for over 20 years. Mr. Smith exhibits proven leadership in inspiring, motivating and guiding youth to achieve their goals. Originally from Maryland, Mr. Smith began helping people at a young age while still in school. Amongst several of his accomplishments including Youth President of his church, Freshman and Senior Class President, and being inducted into the National Honor Society and Who’s Who among American High School Students , Mr. Smith devoted his spare time to helping his peers. Mr. Smith realized he possessed a talent to lead, teach, and inspire those around him.
After graduating high school with over 13 scholarships, Mr. Smith attended the University of Maryland and received his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. While in college, Mr. Smith served as Steering Committee Chair and President of the Black Engineers Society. He later became a Regional Chairperson on the National Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. Mr. Smith also received many honors including the Martin Luther King Community Service Award, the USAA National Collegiate Engineering Award, and Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities. As a part time job, he still dedicated his time tutoring middle and high school students. During his summer months, he worked as a software engineer at IBM, General Electric Information Services (GEIS), and Motorola. After college, Mr. Smith was employed by Motorola and moved to Phoenix, Arizona and has attained secret and top secret clearances for his work to the government. Mr. Smith’s technical abilities have
During his time in Arizona, Mr. Smith discovered his purpose and started EduSerc out of a vision to raise the quality of life for youth and adults. He later moved back to Maryland and became employed by Sybase as a database consultant, where he receive numerous awards and accolades for his technical solutions on military projects solved in three days single-handed. A couple years later, he co-founded an IT consulting firm called SMITHSolutions providing database, software, and systems engineering solutions for the government and commercial industry.
With his background, Mr. Smith currently serves as a highly sought consultant and innovator for youth, adult and community educational-based programs. Ever since, Mr. Smith has been selected, appointed and elected as a top advisor, chairman and leader of many local and national engineering organizations and corporations to lead STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and many other community service efforts related to youth. Some of his affiliations and leadership roles include Project Lead the Way (Chairman - Northwestern High School), Prince George’s County Science and Technology Board , Parent and Student Advisory Board (Chairman), Black Data Processing Associates (National CIO) and most recently appointed in 2009 to Congressman Steny Hoyer’s Service Academy Board to interview and select young candidates to enter prestigious military academies.
In all, Mr. Smith has a lovely wife, two beautiful children and is actively involved in their lives as he continues to serve his community.
Education
- University of Maryland College Park - College Park, MD [B.S. Electrical Engineering - May 1995]
- Crossland High School - Temple Hills, MD [Graduate - June 1990]
Professional Experience
- SMITHSolutions, Inc, Greenbelt, MD 1999 - Present [Chief Executive Officer] ISO 9001:2000 certified, 8(a) SDB, MBE-MDOT, Nextel Supplier Diversity, PG County MBE, WSSC MBE, MD/DC MSDC MBE, NJ Commerce MBE, MWAA LDBE, MD Dept of Gen. Serv MBE
- Sybase - World Wide Professional Services, Bethesda, MD 1997 - 1999 [Consultant - DBA] Projects/Clients Include: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Boeing-RCAS, GTE-TCAIIMS II, Department of Medicine Institute of Pathology
- Motorola - Space and Systems Technology Group, Scottsdale, AZ 1994-1997 [Software Engineer / CTEP Project Lead] Projects Include: International Space Station
- GE Information Services, Rockville, MD 1992 - 1993 [Software Engineer Intern]
- IBM Marketing and Business Systems, Bethesda, MD 1990 - 1991 [Software Engineer Intern]
Professional Certifications
- Certified Sybase Professional – Database Administrator, 1997
- Certified Sybase Professional – Performance Tuning, 1997
Honors / Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award - New Light Leadership Coalition
- 2004 Top Minority Business Leader Under 40 – MD/DC Minority Supplier Development Council Source Magazine
- 2003 MECEO TRIO Achiever
- GE Foundation Scholar
- Motorola Scholar
- NACME Corporate Scholar
- Inroads Scholar - Baltimore
- National Science Foundation Instrumental Institute Scholar
- Carl Rowen Scholarship Recipient
- UMCP Minority Scholars Program
- Omega Psi Phi Scholarship Recipient
- Who’s Who Among American High Schools
- Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities
- USAA National Collegiate Engineering Award Recipient
- Project Enrich Program
- Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award
- Motorola SSTG Concurrent Engineering Training Program
- P.G. Science Fair Association
- Talent Search Program
- The Rotary Club - Young American of the Month
- National Honor Society
- National Junior Honor Society
- Superintendent’s Award (Middle/High School)
- Outstanding High School Students of America
- Academic Merit Award
- P.G.C.C. Concurrent Enrollment Program
Leadership Experience
- EduSerc - Educators Serving the Community - Executive Director (1996-Present)
- SMITHSolutions - Chief Executive Officer (1999-Present)
- National Society of Black Engineers - Regional II Chairperson (1994 - 1995)
- Black Engineers Society - UMCP Chapter President (1993-1994)
- Educational Talent Search - Mentor / Tutor (1991 - 1994)
- Black Students of North Campus (UMCP) - Vice-President (1990 - 1991)
- Gr. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church - Youth President (1986 - 1989)
- Crossland High School - Class President (Senior/Freshman), Class VP (Sophomore)
Selected Publications
- Smith, Brian K. “The Man Behind Bill Clinton’s Speeches - J. Terry Edmonds’ Journey To The White House and Beyond” Young Innovators Magazine, October 2005 [Article]
- Smith, Brian K. “Laurel Businessman Finds Time For Educating” Business Edition - Gazette Newspaper, August 2005 [Internet] http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/2005b/200531/business/news/288407-1.html
- Smith, Brian K. “Innovative Experiences - A Golden Culinary Experience At Silver Diner” Young Innovators Magazine, October 2005 [Article]Smith, Brian K. “The Corporate 401(k) Plan” Young Innovators Magazine, April 2005 [Article]
- Smith, Brian K. “The Survivor - How Ebeny Rogers made it through the Young Innovators Summer Program” Young Innovators Magazine, April 2005 [Article]
- Smith, Brian K. “Robotic Engineers - How Baltimore City Students Created A Company To Win Spy Robot Competition” Young Innovators Magazine, October 2005 [Article]Smith, Brian K. “How To Inspire Your Students” NextStep Magazine. September 2004 [Internet] http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/nsmpages/articledetails.aspx?order=1&articleid=1626
- Smith, Brian K. “2004 Top Minority Business Leaders Under 40” Maryland/District of Columbia Minority Supplier Development Council, April 2004 [Featured Business Leader Under 40]
Presentations / Speaking Engagements
- Smith, Brian K. “Alliance Opportunities With Native Americans” University of Maryland Office of Minority Student Education, April 2006 (College Park, MD)
- Smith, Brian K. “Mentoring Experiences” Howard County Public School System - Department of Student, Family and Community Services - Triple A Community Outreach Conference, November 2005 (Columbia, MD)
- Smith, Brian K. “Opportunities In Education” Teachers Education Association for Maryland Students (TEAMS) of NEA, November 2005 (College Park, MD)
- Smith, Brian K. “Entrepreneurship” New Light Leadership Coalition 7th Annual Youth and College Leadership Summit, November 2005 (Washington DC)
- Smith, Brian K. “How To Maximize Your Value To Leverage Corporate Relationships” Black Data Processing Association National Convention, August 2005 (Detroit, MI)
Professional Training
- Fast Track to SQL Server, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Fast Track to Replication Server, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Fast Track to PowerBuilder 5.0, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Sybase IQ Internals, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Writing Effective Stored Procedures, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Adaptive Server 11.5 Internals, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Building Dynamic Websites-PowerDynamo, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Building PowerBuilder Internet Applications, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Building PowerBuilder Distributed Applications, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- SQL Server Administration, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Advanced SQL Server Administration, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Performance and Tuning, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Advanced Transact SQL, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Sybase Technical Support Training, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- SQL Anywhere Fundamentals, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Open Client Programming Using Client Library, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Advanced Application Design-Replication Server, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Mobil Computing with ASA, Sybase, Inc., World Wide Professional Services, 1997
- Systems Engineering Principles, Motorola University, 1995
- SEI Capability Maturity Model, Motorola University, 1995
- HP Visual Engineering Environment (HPVEE), Motorola University, 1996
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- Organization
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Organization Chart
Executive Branch (4 sectors)
Administrative: Executive Administrator, Finance, Membership, Business Development, Resource Management, Quality Assurance
Community: Community Relations, Academic Relations, Corporate / Government Relations
Programs: Conference Management, Program Development
Marketing: Media / Public Relations, Marketing / Advertising
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Executive Committee
- Executive Director
- Chief of Staff
- Executive Administrator
- Community Relations
- Program Development
- Marketing / Advertising
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Affiliate Boards
Affiliates are regional installations of EduSerc located around the country. Affiliate Boards mimic the national board’s structure and staff where each position reports directly to their national position head (ie. Chicago Membership Director -> National Membership Director).
Board of Directors
The sum of all affiliate board of directors make up the national board of directors
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