Duane 'Mike' Smith Email & Phone Number

Groveland, FL

The City of Groveland has a council-manager form of government. Under this form of governance, the elected officials are the legislative body and the community’s policy makers. The role of the council is to identify and discuss issues impacting the city, receive and consider public input, make appropriate decisions in a manner which encourages full and.

Duane ‘Mike’ Smith is the principal of Sextant Strategic Consulting and has over 40 years of commercial and regulatory experience in marine transportation, maritime safety and security, and environmental protection. He had over 25-years of experience with the U.S. Coast Guard.

Teaching online courses in National Security and Homeland Security Programs at American Public University/American Military University.

Identify opportunities for SRI Marine Technology Program involvement in maritime safety, security and environmental protection efforts. Help shape growth strategies; plan and coordinate current and future operations associated with potential contract and grant funding; and develop business solutions responsive to those needs.

Center for Maritime and Port SecurityServe as member of the command staff, monitoring day to day activities of the Center, including supervision and coordination of maritime field operations. Establish and maintain effective liaison with federal, state, and local government agencies involved in maritime and port security matters. Work closely with the.

Serve as member of senior leadership team providing input on organizational enterprise direction for maritime and homeland security programs. Analyze and forecast customer, industry and business trends. Provide organizational level analysis of emerging security needs and identification of innovative solutions. Formulate partnerships between customers.

Advise senior leadership on enterprise direction. Serve as organizational focal point for coordination and evaluation of Coast Guard's long and mid-range operational plans and policies. Conduct full range of evaluations of programs and plans to assure goal attainment, identify resource requirements and efficiency of resource utilization. Conduct executive.

Commanding Officer of major Coast Guard field command, directing the activities of 65 active duty, 120 reservists and 20 auxiliary personnel. Served as the Captain of the Port, Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection and Federal On-Scene Coordinator for an operational area covering five major ports, 450 nautical miles of coast line, 1,500 miles of river.

Engaged in studies of national security strategy. Areas of study included economic, political, military and civil instruments of national power.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Second in command, supervised 45 active duty, 91 reservists and 35 auxiliary personnel. Managed a $200,000 operational budget and provided facility management for operating facility (base). Served as agency lead and senior officer-in-charge of numerous major emergency response operations. Additional assigned responsibilities included Safety Officer.

Maritime Security Policy, Office of the SecretaryDeveloped maritime security policy with the goal of ensuring the security of US citizens and US flag vessels around the world, and the security of US ports and vessels using those ports. Served as Department's focal point, providing leadership and direction on all maritime transportation related intelligence.

Developed organizational response policies; including certification of oil spill response organizations, requirements for response to oil and hazardous materials incidents, development of automated response aids and overall Coast Guard response policies. Additional duties included development of division budget and strategic planning. Technical support.

Assigned to various US Coast Guard units, attaining a full spectrum of marine security and safety qualifications.

Various Vessels

Progressed through increasingly responsible positions within the merchant marine industry, upgrading Merchant Mariner licenses to Master of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units and Second Mate, Oceans Unlimited, Steam and Motor Vessels.

Doctor Of Management, Organizational Leadership

Dissertation titled A Study of Command and Control of Multi-Agency Disaster Response Operations

Ms, National Security Strategy

Mas, Administrative Science

B.S, Marine Transportation