Bryan J. Smith

Current

• Senior Consultant at Red Hat, Inc.

Past

• Engineering and Technology Consultant at Various
• Engineer and System Administrator at Theseus Logic, Inc.
• Software Engineer at L-3 Coleman Aerospace

• Consultant at Various (Self-employed)
• Technician at Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.

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Education

• University of Central Florida
• Oviedo Senior HS

Connections

141 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Personal Blog (2008+)
• Facebook Profile

Bryan J. Smith’s Summary

Bryan J. Smith’s Specialties:

None really. I know technologies, not products -- i.e., break down to their core technologies (what they do/don't). At best, defense and financial systems are my mainstay.

If it needs integration, I integrate it. If it needs glue around APIs, I glue it with whatever language is already in use. If it is a mess of unknown quantity, I not only fix it, but I extensively document everything it took to fix it and how to prevent a similar mess in the future with Best Common Practices (BCP).

Bryan J. Smith’s Experience

• Senior Consultant

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; RHT; Computer Software industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Senior Consultant for the leading Linux and open source software developer, distributor and services firm. Involved with all spects of Global Professional Services in North America, including Government (defense, federal and state), Financial Services Industry (FSI) and various Regional clients and partners.
  
  Select, direct and indirect, engagement partners:
  Dell, DLT, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, Stratus and others
  
  Select, direct and indirect, engagement clients:
  American Express, AT&T, Comcast, Dunnhumby, Entergy, State of Florida DCA, State of Georgia DOT, Harvard FAS, The Home Depot, Lehman Brothers (grid now Barclays), US Census Bureau, US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), US Army SDDC-TEA, USAF NASIC and others

• Engineering and Technology Consultant

  Various

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 1999 — October 2007 (8 years 3 months)

  Various clients in CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, MO, NY, NV (USA)
  Select clients (incomplete list):
  - TimeSys Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (2007)
  - IPC Systems, Inc., Fairfield, CT (2006-2007)
  - Linux Professional Institute, Toronto, ON Canada (2004-2007)
  - CMP Media, USA (2002-2006)
  - AuthenTec, Melbourne, FL (2006)
  - F4W, Inc., Maitland, FL (2005-2006)
  - Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, St. Louis, MO (2005)
  - Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas, NV (2004-2005)
  - Walt Disney World Company, Orlando, FL (2002-2003, 2004)
  - The Principia, St. Louis, MO (2004)
  - EMC Corporation, St. Louis, MO (2004)
  - Theseus Logic, Orlando, FL (2001, 2004)
  - Sigma Training Partners, Orlando, FL (2004)
  - State Farm Insurance, State Farm Bank, Bloomington, IL (2003)
  - AbsoluteValue Systems, Melbourne, FL (2001-2002)
  - NASA/USAF 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, FL (2001)
  - MacMillan-Sams USA (2000-2001)
  - L-3 Coleman Aerospace, Orlando, FL (1999-2002)

• Engineer and System Administrator

  Theseus Logic, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  August 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 9 months)

  Fabless, asynchronous semiconductor technology leader using Karl Fant's patented, dual-rail, "null convention logic" (NCL) approach to self-timing circuits. Primary development platform support engineer (heavily GNU/Linux/Solaris-based toolchain/lifecycle) with a secondary, support role in developing proprietary NCL synthesis tools.

• Software Engineer

  L-3 Coleman Aerospace

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LLL; Defense & Space industry)

  August 1996 — August 1999 (3 years 1 month)

  Aka Coleman Research Corporation (CRC), Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) prime contractor for targets and intercept analysis of PAC-3 and THAAD Theater Missile Defense (TMD) programs -- namely "Hera" (missile) and technology demonstrator variants such as Short Range and Long Range Air Launched Targets (SRALT/LRALT) with same components also used in Lockheed-Martin PLV (National Missile Defense ground-based interceptor -- SR19/M57 GFE). Primary systems-software engineering support and lifecycle management role, including countless platform (NT/Linux/Solaris/VMS/etc. al. -- well outside standardized by MIS department) and engineering systems, with secondary role developing avionics, flight and related support software (GPS, INS, telemetry, sensory, etc...) for Pershing II GFE (Bendix 930 for traditional INS) and GNU/VxWorks (68k/PPC for GPS-INS) target platforms. Solely authored the BMDO-mandated Y2K study on all systems -- engineering to launch -- in the Hera solution.

• Consultant

  Various (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1996 — August 1996 (8 months)

  Clients:
  - WCPX (CBS) Channel 6 Orlando (1996)
  - Hard Rock Cafe International (1996)
  - Princeton Hospital (1996)
  - Lochrane Engineering (1996)

• Technician

  Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.

  (Civil Engineering industry)

  December 1992 — December 1995 (3 years 1 month)

  Largest consulting engineering firm in the southeast, civil and secondary environmental focus. Primary OS/2, BSD, Linux and SCO resource in MIS division, implemented original Internet presence (DNS, mail, web) and involved early with NT 3.1 deployment (PBS&J was largest installed user base of NT's first native app, Bentley Systems' MicroStation).

Bryan J. Smith’s Education

• University of Central Florida

  BSCpE , Electrical and Computer Engineering , 1991 — 1997

  Graduated "Summa Damn Lucky" -- did the work, got out, I don't highlight myself as an uber-academic, but I know what I know and my clients/employers have found me extremely adaptive. I didn't major in EE/CE to get good grades, I just wanted to learn how the world worked from a theoretical standpoint -- both electro-physics and microeconomics. Actually enjoyed my "dynamics" class (clearly more mechanical engineering) the most.

  Activities and Societies:

  Engineering College Council (1996), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1994+) [Secretary (1995-1996)], National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) / Florida Engineering Society (FES) (1995+)

• Oviedo Senior HS

  HSD , Academics, Business , 1987 — 1991

  Given my common name, I merely provide this entry for filter/verification by former classmates.

  Activities and Societies:

  American Football (lettered), Computer Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Inter Club Council

Additional Information

Bryan J. Smith’s Websites:

• Personal Blog (2008+)
• Facebook Profile

Bryan J. Smith’s Interests:

body boarding, cryptography, community software development/hacking (quick fix solutions), heterogeneous networks, photography (Pentax K-mount system), technical writing

Bryan J. Smith’s Groups:

As logos follow ...

•    CentOS
•    The Official IEEE Group
•    Microsoft MCSE Club
•    University of Central Florida Alumni
•    The Linux Foundation
•    Linux Expert
•    Fedora
•    Certified Red Hat Professionals (RHCT/RHCE/RHCA)
•    System Administrator (Windows, Linux, Unix)
•    LPI - Linux Professional Institute
•    IEEE-USA
•    Generation Red Hat
•    Linux Users
•    RHCE
•    Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCE)
•    Professional Engineer Society NSPE
•    Certified Novell Administrator
•    Redhat Linux Alliance
•    RED Hat LINUX Experts
•    IT Certified
•    CISSP
•    Red Hat linux Adminstrators
•    System Administrators
•    Gnu/Linux Users
•    MCITP - Enterprise Administrator
•    CompTIA Certified Professionals Group
•    MCITP - Server Administrator
•    Microsoft Certified IT Professional
•    IPC Information Systems
•    PBS&J Opportunity Network
•    UCF Alumni - Washington DC / Baltimore Network Group
•    Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS)

Bryan J. Smith’s Honors:

I have now taken around 50 IT exams and passed all but 3 on the first attempt (failed those 3 by 1%, 3% and 5%), all without training (except RHCA).

EXPERT/PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL:
Cisco (6/6): CCDA, CCNA, CCDP (1 shy of CCNP, inactive)
Microsoft (14/15): MCSA/MCSE:Sec 2000, MCTS/MCITP 2008
Red Hat (5/6): RHCE, RHCDS (EX333+442 left for RHCA)

OTHER PROGRAMS:
CIW (4/5): CIW Assoc/Prof, Sec Analyst and Master Admin
LPI (4/4): LPIC-1/2 (inactive, planning to re-cert LPIC-1/2/3)
Sun (4/4): SCSA/SCNA Solaris 8, SC Sec Admin Solaris 9

TRIVIAL PROGRAMS:
Citrix (1/1): CCA (retired)
CompTIA (6/6): A+, i-Net+, Linux+, Net+, Security+, Server+
Novell (1/1): CNA NetWare 6