Ron Smith
Director Of Information Technology
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolRon Smith is a seasoned IT executive and Director of Information Technology based in Jacksonville with a multi-decade career modernizing enterprise IT, security, and cloud operations for education and government-contracted organizations. He has led large teams and multimillion-dollar budgets to centralize services, implement hybrid cloud architectures, complete NIST-based cybersecurity programs, and deliver major platform migrations such as Canvas and PeopleSoft. Known for pragmatic vendor negotiations and lifecycle discipline, he has driven cost savings through telecom renegotiation, in-house service centers, and standardized purchasing. Ron blends hands-on network and systems engineering roots with executive governance—having rebuilt neglected device lifecycles and led GCC High Microsoft E5 transitions for sensitive environments. He also brings uncommon experience translating classroom instruction into scalable campus-wide IT services, having taught and developed Cisco curricula early in his career. Currently guiding IT at Logistic Services International, he pairs compliance-focused rigor with a track record of turning failing projects into operational, auditable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science - Information Technology, Information Technology, Masters of Science - Information Technology, Information Technology at Florida State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Spanish
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Github Skills (61)
distributed-locking10
celery9
spi9
arduino-library9
driver9
distributed-lock8
arduino8
rp20408
stm8
esp82668
raspberry-pi-pico8
platformio8
amazon7
vscode7
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
thataintworking/runtbot
Feb 2018 - Feb 2024
Contributions:34 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 1 month
ronsmith/WordGame
Feb 2024 - Jul 2025
Contributions:42 pushes, 4 branches, 6 issues in 1 year 5 months
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