Brian Smith
The man at the summit
The man at the summit
Brian is a zealot for and training organizations in the unique application of financial
information, processes, organizations and understanding as they apply to National
Security to achieve desired outcomes, effects and end states. He is an innovator with a
passion for pioneering, developing and applying Financial Levers in both conventional
and unconventional manners to safeguard resources and to understand adversarial
resourcing processes.
Brian’s financial and National Security perspectives were honed and informed by
multiple military operational tours serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Bosnia, two
tours in Germany and direct support to Irregular Warfare, Counter Terrorism and Special
Forces mission sets.
Brian is a retired Army Finance and Comptroller Colonel with over 28 years of
experience spanning Counter Threat Finance, Resource Management, Accounting,
Disbursing and Comptrollership. He spent over 12 years serving within the Special
Operations community in the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), U.S. Army Special Operations Command
(USASOC) and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
Brian’s specific interest in Digital Assets (cryptocurrency), blockchain, Central Bank
Digital Currencies and understanding conventional and emerging value transfer systems
led to his final mission in the Army to pioneer, incubate, develop and employ financial
capabilities to achieve understanding and end states both offensively and defensively.
He currently serves as an active faculty member for ACAMS - the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
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