RILEY SMITH (310) 612-5238 ► jrileysmith@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/jrileysmith

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / CONSULTING

Project Management ► Process Analysis ► Communication & IT Solutions

Forward-thinking leader with 17-year record of enhancing processes and driving improvements that ensure

successful, high-quality operations. Consistent achiever who thrives in high-pressure, deadline-sensitive

environments that demand a rapid learning curve, resourceful problem solving, and uncompromising integrity.

Consummate visionary able to establish strategy, and execute objectives for complex, evolving environments.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Strategic Planning, Vision & Direction ► Planned cyber operations in support of U.S. Africa Command and led

interagency coordination to build consensus and achieve interagency approval. Planning was recognized by

United States Cyber Command as the model to be emulated for all future planning efforts.

Complex Problem Identification & Resolution ► Directed stabilization operations in post-war Iraq to reestablish

communications and transportation systems for the civilian populace. Conducted assessments of the public

services infrastructure in Babil Province, Iraq. Identified resources, developed solutions, and executed a plan to

restore essential public services.

Organizational Development & Change Management ► Demonstrated expertise in planning, resource

maximization, productivity, process and efficiency improvements while directing post-war start-up of distribution

of petroleum products for Babil Province, Iraq. Coordinated with Iraqi Ministry of Oil and Coalition Provisional

Authority to provide gasoline and fuel oils to 46 stations serving 1.2M citizens.

Financial Analysis & Budget Management ► Conducted logistics planning and budgeting to deploy U.S. forces

and equipment to Africa utilizing Department of Defense assets and commercially contracted air and surface

transportation. Managed exercise budgets in excess of $7M to deploy equipment and Marines to Africa.

Communications / Information Technology ► Cyber professional with more than 17 years of experience in

network management and engineering. Planned and implemented the communications architecture for a six-

month deployment of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf.

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, CA

Master of Business Administration (full-time program), 2006

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Bachelor of Arts, History, 1995

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Marine Corps / Lieutenant Colonel 1996 – 2004, 2009 – 2013

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, Columbia, MD 2011 – 2013

Cyberspace Operations Planner

Conducted cyber operations planning on behalf of national, combatant command, and Marine Corps objectives.

Led cyber operations planning in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. Identified Intelligence

Community and Department of Defense resources available to integrate cyber effects into operational plans of

Theater Special Operations Commands.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany 2009 – 2011

Project Manager – Joint Military Exercises

Designed and conducted large-scale, joint and combined exercises with African host-country militaries and U.S.

Embassy country teams that supported U.S Africa Command objectives.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, continued

Lead planner for largest military exercise between United States and the South African National Defense Force.

Lead Marine Corps planner for Africa Endeavor, a communications interoperability exercise involving 35 African

countries and NATO partners.

Fairfield Residential LLC, San Diego, CA 2007 – 2008

Acquisitions Analyst

Acquisitions Analyst for one of the largest multi-family residential operators in the United States.

Performed valuations, conducted due-diligence, drafted offering memoranda, and structured appropriate debt and

equity scenarios based upon investor and portfolio return requirements.

Developed Excel models and underwrote acquisition of multi-family residential properties valued from $20-

$100M.

RGS Associates Inc., San Diego, CA 2006 – 2007

Business-Process / Change-Management Consultant

Conducted a business-process study of Marine Corps installations across the Western U.S. to develop an optimal

organizational and service-delivery model for base operations.

United States Marine Corps, Kuwait / Iraq / Camp Pendleton, CA 2003 – 2004

Civil Affairs Officer

Civil Affairs Team Leader during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Identified reconstruction projects and acquired project

funding from the Coalition Provisional Authority and non-governmental organizations engaged in the

reconstruction of Iraq.

Directed and coordinated gasoline and fuel oils distribution for Babil Province, Iraq.

Established radio and television stations using equipment from the former Ministry of Information, enabling a

coalition information operations campaign.

Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation, Carlsbad, CA 2002

Systems Analyst / Curriculum Developer

Developed course curriculum and conducted instruction on the use of data systems to provide a distributed, real-

time picture of friendly and enemy positions. Tested, evaluated, and fielded the introduction of tactical data

networks over microwave and single-channel radio systems.

United States Marine Corps, Okinawa, Japan / Camp Pendleton, CA 1996 – 2001

Communications Officer

Staff Officer, Company Executive Officer, and Platoon Commander to Marine communications units. Established

and maintained classified and unclassified computer networks and provided 24 hour help desk assistance in both

garrison and deployed environments.

Designed and executed communications support for the recovery of the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, and

humanitarian assistance missions in East Timor.

Planned and implemented tactical communications networks consisting of broadband satellite links, terrestrial and

troposcatter microwave links, and digitally switched telephone circuits.

Planned and executed tactical communications networks to support Marine Corps exercises and operations

conducted from a three-ship amphibious ready group deployed across the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal – four times for outstanding achievements

Special Technical Operations (STO) Planner

Graduate of Marine Corps Command and Staff College

Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance

Counterintelligence Scope Polygraph (CI Poly)