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Joshua Smith - Head of Engineering / Chief Solutions Architect in Banks, OR

Joshua Smith

Executive engineering leader specializing in AI automation and enterprise transformation

NexGen Data SystemsAmerican Military UniversityBanks, OR23 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Technology leader with deep accelerator and zero-to-one product experience across the Department of Defense, Fortune 100 enterprises, academia, and GovTech. Most notably, they built a seven-tier solution that generated over $10M in first-year savings and was adopted by 300+ DoD organizations, positioning them as a strong CTO-type operator for mission-driven startups and complex enterprises.

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Key Strengths

  • Built a seven-tier zero-to-one product solution
  • Delivered over $10M in first-year realized savings
  • Drove adoption across 300+ Department of Defense organizations
  • Strong accelerator ecosystem expertise
  • Experienced technology leader for founders and business objectives
  • Cross-sector experience spanning DoD, Fortune 100, academia, and GovTech
  • Structured framework for evaluating startup opportunities
  • Balances entrepreneurial drive with pragmatic decision-making

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Experience

Head of Engineering / Chief Solutions ArchitectNexGen Data Systems · Sep 2021 – Present
Principal Engineering DirectorZiphyr Enterprises · May 2019 – Aug 2024
Senior Principal Software EngineerSAIC · Jan 2020 – Sep 2021
Assistant Professor of Computer Information SystemsBrigham Young University–Hawaii · Jul 2011 – Apr 2021
Solutions Manager / Senior EngineerFortune 100-Scale Organization (Private) · May 2007 – Jun 2011
IT Engineering ManagerQualcomm · Feb 2001 – Apr 2004

Education

American Military Universitymaster, Space Studies (Systems Engineering Concentration) (2007)
California State University, San Marcosbachelor, Psychology (2004)

Awards

  • Lightning Bolt of Excellence #1 - US Department of Navy
  • Lightning Bolt of Excellence #2 - US Department of Navy
  • 4 Ship-IT Innovation Awards
  • 6 Corporate Innovation / Excellence Awards (2001–2025)
  • Tenured Faculty - BYU-Hawaii
  • National DECA Champion, United States (1997)

Skills

LLM integrationOpenAI APILangChainAnomaly detectionMicroservicesEvent-driven architectureAWS LambdaAWS Step FunctionsInfrastructure as CodeTerraformAnsibleAWS CloudFormationAWS IAMCI/CDContainerization

Languages

EnglishPortugueseSpanish

Certifications

ISC2 CISSPISC2 CCSPEC-Council CEH (Practical)CompTIA Security+ CEGoogle Cloud ACEAWS Cloud PractitionerAWS AI PractitionerAWS Partner DevOpsAWS Partner MLAWS Partner TechnicalAWS Partner BusinessRed Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)RHCSARed Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible AutomationScrum Alliance Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)ITIL Foundation

Publications

1 publication

IT operations automationDependency mappingAIOps

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Joshua SmithExecutive engineering leader specializing in AI automation and enterprise transformation