Founder & Visionary

As one of our nation’s most innovative & dynamic activist for youth and education, Brian K. Smith utilizes all of his God-given talents to create an awards ceremony that honors the catalyst for growth in our country...educators!

Pioneering a new movement to improve the quality of life is Smith’s passion and life’s purpose.  With such an undertaking, anyone would agree that it takes a lot of skills & faith to stay committed.  However for the multi-talented Smith, it seems to come natural.

Smith’s talents and experiences are far more than average.  His life has taken him on a path of excelling in many mediums in such a short time:  electrical engineering, information technology, web design, organization & community leadership, teaching, tutoring, mentoring, modeling, poetry, music, graphic design,video production, the arts, public speaking, personal & professional coaching, program development, and the list continues...

A key ingredient to Smith’s success has been his unique gift to adapt to any industry and teach himself in a short amount of time to become exceptionally proficient and articulate in it.  Many of his abilities are natural, not developed.  But with the added combination of passion and purpose, Smith hasn’t let too many things stop him from reaching his goal to implement a new paradigm to change the face of education.

As a practicing engineer, Smith also is the co-owner and founder of SMITHSolutions, an IT consulting firm that focuses on database, software and networking engineering.  Smith has received numerous awards for his community leadership, technical solutions to the government and over 13 scholarships.  Smith graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with his degree in Electrical Engineering and worked for prestigious organizations such IBM, GE, Motorola and Sybase. 

Smith’s passion was discovered as a 10th grader when his geometry teacher gave him an opportunity to teach the class on concepts that no one else understood.  This opportunity began Smith dedicating his discretionary time to teach his classmates how to pass their classes.  After serving as class president and graduating from high school, Smith came back to the school to teach the rising seniors how to receive all of the scholarships he had earned. 

Now many years later, Smith’s efforts are conceptualized in an organization supported by top corporations such as Lockheed Martin, Comcast and Southwest Airlines.  He has managed three youth conferences that stem far from ordinary, as he teaches students how to visualize their dreams by giving them professional experience at his venues.  Smith’s dream is to fulfill God’s purpose in his life...to create a mechanism that will help people develop goals to reach their dreams.