Brent Smith

ECS

Mr. Brent Smith has served as Chief Technology Officer, Vice-President, Director of Development and Project Manager for ECS, Inc since 1997. While at ECS, he has performed extensive research in the areas of collaborative distributed learning architectures, distributed simulations, and the use of commercial gaming technologies as educational tools for the US military. He is currently developing distributed courseware simulations for the National Guard and the Army Medical Department Center and School. He has proven skills in building strategic affiliations to manage and solve complex training issues for a variety of clients. His professional focus is on the research and development of new technologies to enable new learning methods and tools to improve effectiveness. Mr. Smith is a frequent speaker on the topic of simulation and training development and as an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida, designed a course on game engine development. He has testified before Congress and spoken at the e-learning Guild's Annual Conference, TechLearn, I/ITSEC and the Military Operations Research Society's (MORS) Training Transformation Conference. He is a member of the Association of the US Army (AUSA), MORS, the National Defense Industry Association (NDIA), and the Interservice / Industry Training, Simulation and Educations Conference (I/ITSEC) Subcommittee for Education.