Bryan Smith

About Bryan Smith

Bryan Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of Expedient, a leading data center and full stack cloud services provider. With over 22 years of experience in the Data Center and Technology industries, he is responsible for the strategic growth planning and management of the business. Smith was one of the first employees of Expedient when it was founded in 2001 and has played a key role in its expansion and acquisition efforts, as well as shaping the company\'s product direction. Under his leadership, Expedient has grown from a small fixed-wireless ISP to a respected and successful provider of data center and cloud services. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Baldwin Wallace College and a MBA from the Executive MBA program at The Ohio State University.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Expedient

   Jan 2023 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Expedient is a full stack cloud service provider, helping companies transform their IT operations through award-winning multi-cloud solutions and managed infrastructure services including enterprise cloud, disaster recovery, virtual desktop infrastructure, data center collocation, security and compliance, and more. The company’s Cloud Different™ approach provides an on-ramp to the cloud, supporting the optimization and delivery of all applications (both core essential and cloud native). Named VMware’s Americas Cloud Partner of the Year and acknowledged in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service, Expedient eases a customer’s transition to the cloud by providing curated and bundled best of breed solutions backed by “white glove” services and support.

Education

• The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2013 — 2015

• Baldwin Wallace University

  BS, Business Administration and Management, General

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Solution Selling
• Servers
• Itil
• IT Management
• Virtualization
• Information Technology
• Network Design
• IT Operations
• Professional Services
• Technical Support
• Co-Location
• Vendor Management
• Vmware
• Server Architecture
• Product Management
• Wan
• Storage
• Technical Leadership
• Business Continuity
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• IT Strategy
• Managed Services
• Integration
• Business Development
• Network Security
• Strategic Planning
• Team Leadership
• Storage Area Networks
• Voip
• Data Center
• Business Strategy
• Networking
• Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Cisco Technologies
• Saas
• San
• Security
• Enterprise Software