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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 17 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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