Kenny Smith

Current

Principal at Strongback Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Principal Consultant at Canvas Systems
Principal Consultant at Optimus Solutions
Principal Consultant at Optimus Solutions a SoftChoice Company

Manager of Collaborative Technologies at marchFIRST
Manager of Collaborative Technologies at USWeb/CKS
Senior Consultant at Romac International

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Education

Georgia State University
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University

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Information Technology and Services

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Kenny Smith’s Summary

I am a Senior Architect for Strongback Consulting and specialize in several IBM technologies including WebSphere Portal and Application Server, Lotus Domino and Sametime, and Rational toolsets. I perform implementations, performance tuning, and custom application development. My implementations have included vertical and horizontal clustering on Windows, Linux, AIX, and iSeries (a.k.a. System i, i5, AS/400). I am also a development coach and trainer for IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory, WebSphere Portal, and WebSphere HATS (Host Access Transformation Services). I have a curriculum for all of the above with labs and presentations. I have worked with Lotus Domino for the past 13 years and have built solutions for large enterprises (>150,000 users), and SMB customers. My application development experience includes custom Java application development using various Java POJO based frameworks (Struts/JSF, Spring, Hibernate, XMLBeans, etc), Lotus Notes custom apps (CRM apps, HR apps, B2E type apps), as well as mobile applications on Windows Mobile. Over the past 11+ years I have worked for several IBM business partners and now have my own business. I have technical certifications in IBM WebSphere, Lotus, and Rational.

Kenny Smith’s Specialties:

Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS), EGL, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, Portlet Factory, Dashboard Framework, Java EE, Lotus Domino/Notes (R4-R8.5) Admin/Development, Quickr, Connections, Websphere XD Virtual Enterprise, Rational Team Concert/Jazz, Javascript, AJAX, XML, CSS, UML, Perl, Linux, AIX, i/OS, Risk Management, Configuration & Change Management, Project Management, Agile Methods (SCRUM, XP, RUP)

Kenny Smith’s Experience

Principal
Strongback Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Strongback is a technology consulting firm focusing on enabling small and medium sized business, modernizing the enterprise and advising teams on application development. We are an IBM Business Partner and offer implementation, custom application development and training services.
Principal Consultant

Canvas Systems

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2007 (6 years )
Principal Consultant

Optimus Solutions

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2001 — June 2007 (6 years 1 month)

Optimus Solutions specializes in technical and business process management consulting. I was one of the technology leaders at Optimus, and worked in the Application Integration and Middleware group. We did application architecture design and implementation, with a strong focus on open source and Java based frameworks. I'm a Rational (RUP) and Agile Methods advocate. I'm also a WebSphere App Server and Portal Server guru. On most client projects I was the project lead, and also took a strong role in technical pre-sales. Our clients range from small manufacturing companies, to the US Department of Agriculture, and span most industries.
Principal Consultant

Optimus Solutions a SoftChoice Company

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2007 (6 years )
Manager of Collaborative Technologies

marchFIRST

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 2 months)

I managed a group of Lotus Notes consultants for the Atlanta office of marchFIRST, formerly USWeb/CKS, Whittman-Hart, MMG (and a few others that gobbled up during the boom). During this time my group had the highest utilization of any other technology group in the office. I was the technology lead on several projects that included Domino migrations, Intranet builds (on Domino), and CRM builds. This was the place where I was exposed to Rational tools and iterative development, and I've never been the same since. This job will always be near and dear to me due to the caliber of the people I worked with. I was sad to leave it. When this company went chapter 7 in 2001, I was the last one out the door (I shut off the lights).
Manager of Collaborative Technologies

USWeb/CKS

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 1999 — March 2000 (1 year 2 months)

I managed a group of Lotus Notes consultants for the Atlanta office of marchFIRST, formerly USWeb/CKS, Whittman-Hart, MMG (and a few others that gobbled up during the boom). During this time my group had the highest utilization of any other technology group in the office. I was the technology lead on several projects that included Domino migrations, Intranet builds (on Domino), and CRM builds. This was the place where I was exposed to Rational tools and iterative development, and I've never been the same since. This job will always be near and dear to me due to the caliber of the people I worked with. I was sad to leave it. When this company went chapter 7 in 2001, I was the last one out the door (I shut off the lights).
Senior Consultant

Romac International

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 2 months)

I designed internet / intranet type applications for clients throughout the southeast. I created, deployed and managed CRM applications. All of these were based on based on Lotus Domino. Also, I designed and implemented email messaging infrastructures (also based on IBM Lotus Notes and Domino) . I became very good at the B2E space, integrating the collaboration features of Domino into a web front end, enabling HR and Financial personnel to communicate to the company at large.

Kenny Smith’s Education

Georgia State University

M.S. , Genetics , 1996 — 1996
Kennesaw State University

B.S. , Chemistry , 1989 — 1995

My focus was in biochemistry.

Activities and Societies:

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Nu Phi, Eta Delta Alumni Chapter, American Chemical Society
Kennesaw State University

B.S. , Biology , 1989 — 1994

This was my first of two degrees - minor in biochem. My biology focus was molecular/cellular genetics.

Activities and Societies:

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity