Mr. Smiddy leads a Project Management Office, overseeing process improvements across various state government divisions. His responsibilities include project planning, personnel assignments, budgeting, stakeholder engagement, conducting staff interviews, providing client updates, managing invoicing, planning training, onboarding new staff, and negotiating contracts. Additionally, he offers compliance and project management support for several public sector clients in Michigan, specifically related to American Rescue Plan SLFRF funding. Adam also spearheads community engagement efforts, encouraging local municipalities to participate in broadband initiatives, developing strategies, and coordinating efforts between departments and private sector partners. He actively engages stakeholders, delivers training, and ensures regulatory compliance.In business development, Adam is highly regarded for his sales expertise, playing a key role in securing new opportunities and strengthening client relationships. He is deeply involved in the sales enablement process and has worked with nearly every state and local government market to establish business development tracking processes, as well as train support staff on sales tracking tools. Furthermore, he has developed impactful internal solutions that enhance the tracking and monitoring of leadership performance metrics, utilizing tools such as scorecards and PowerBI integration with enterprise systems.

The Applebaum Family Philanthropy supports the Applebaum Fellows Program, providing opportunities for young people to inspire entrepreneurship, independence, and leadership.Fellows are motivated individuals embodying an entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to reach a greater personal and community potential.After decades of investing in individuals, Applebaum Family Philanthropy launched the formal fellow's program in 2018 with a goal of creating a broader network of connected leaders following the principles of community building, mentorship, and Tikkum Olam: the Jewish value of repairing the world.

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While interning at Zingle (acquired by Medallia), our team was tasked with researching and defining new business opportunities utilizing existing products. The primary area of interest focused on customer analytics in the hospitality context.• Coordinated and led market research and customer discovery with over 700 customertouchpoints.• Utilized the Jobs To Be Done framework to conduct customer interviews and market researchresulting in actionable recommendations to the company value proposition.• Coached Executive Team on how best to leverage current data assets to impact futurebusiness initiatives and become a leader in the hospitality data strategy space.

As the Director of a public office, I sought to ensure our services were efficient and effective in their delivery, that we engaged Veterans across all available venues and coordinated efforts across organizations to improve access to mental health treatment, homeless resources and employment services.• Administered a budget of $1M+ of public funds to deliver benefits and provide operationallysupport for staff and outreach initiatives.• Guided cross-functional team to negotiate and improve services available to veterans such asmental health treatment, homeless resources, and employment services.• Managed seven employees conducting counseling, mentoring, professional development.• Coordinated efforts across organizations to establish services available to veterans such asmental health treatment, homeless resources, and employment services.• Increased the number of veterans served by 38% and in-person contacts by 138%.

Functioned as the Senior Communications Sergeant and Assistant Operations Sergeant. Helped prepare communications, training and readiness in support of training objectives. Served in Guyana to support security initiatives and diplomatic efforts.

As a Special Forces Operator, I was charged with a very unique but diverse mission set. My primary job was to provide tactical and commercial communications capabilities and serve as the general IT specialist for my team. During combat operations, I also led Coalition and Indigenous Forces in 100+ operations. I received extensive school-based and on the job training in intelligence collection and analysis which cumulated in 100+ computer-generated target products that resulted in the capture of high-value targets and/or the reduction of IED threats to Coalition Forces. I also served as the intelligence team leader of a 20 man indigenous element and accounted for all facets of their operation. Later I would be selected above higher ranking and more experienced peers to lead a Special Forces ODA as its NCOIC during peacetime combat preparations.• Lead diverse teams to conduct Special Operations missions, information gathering, mission planning, policing operations during 3 combat tours, and 3 foreign internal defense training missions.• Liaised with other US Government agencies to ensure strategies were complimentary and resulted in mission success for Special Operations units.• Directed intelligence collection objectives for a five-man special operations team while maintaining and reporting expenditures of $1.5M of operational funds.• Advocated for the establishment and sustainment of a women center supporting hundreds of women and their families.• Consulted with foreign governments to improve security and governance practices.• Managed a Special Operations team of 10, accounting for priorities, training, advancement, preparation, and conditioning resulting in increased readiness and effectiveness to respond to any challenge.