The Smith Team Core Leadership

	Blake Smith - Program Development [Managing Partner] Founder of The Smith Group:  Real Estate Technology Company. Co-founder of VDN, Inc. [Greensboro, NC] and Inventor of Bidrunner.com: A commercial construction bidding application used by State and Federal Government Agencies, particularly useful for the advancement of minority firm participation in government highway and building contracts. Patent Pending: U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial Number 60/616, 666 to Blake Smith, filed October 7, 2004. Lake Forest College [Go]: Bachelor of Arts, Economics, May 1985. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [Go]: On-going applied microeconomic research in the area of "Technology and Complex Social Networks," per Bidrunner., being compiled and analyzed for publication. Harvard University [Go]: Regular invitee to "The Cambridge Colloquium on Complexity and Social Networks," KSG.
	Leslie Claus - Operations [Managing Partner] Leslie's career in real estate began in Atlanta, Georgia in the early 80's. Currently a full-time agent, Associate Broker and Accredited Buyers agent with REMAX Island Realty on Hilton Head Island, SC and Smith Group client, she became the " Go To " advisor with her peers and fellow Smith Group web site owners on how to best utilize its dynamic technology. A partnership with The Smith Group was devised to take advantage of Leslie's knowledge and experience in the real estate industry and blend it with Blake Smith's programming expertise creating web sites for a unified vision on what matters most to The Smith Group clientele...
	Dale Cooper - Systems Development [Managing Partner] Co-Founder of VDN, Inc.  – Greensboro, NC based Internet Technology Company.  Dale began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.  He served in Senior Financial positions with a Fortune 50 Company and helped form an investment product company within that organization.  He moved to Asia to manage the Far East Division of that company. Upon his return from Asia, he developed new investment products for the company and oversaw the development, marketing and sales of those products which grew to over $5 Billion in assets under management.  Dale has had numerous public speaking engagements and taught a business course at Greensboro Technical Community College.  Dale attended Indiana University and graduated from Indiana State University and Served in Vietnam with the United States Marine Corps.  He has a wife, 3 daughters and 4 grandkids.
	Samantha Smith - Customer Service Samantha graduated from Babson College in Wellesely, MA.  She moved to Beacon Hill and worked for John Hancock.  She has also worked for American Scandia and Jefferson Pilot Financial.  Today she assists The Smith Group with operations support, as well as being a community spokesperson for Smith.
	Michael Raymond - Telesales Michael Raymond is the energy behind everything The Smith Group has accomplished.  Michael has had a successful career in leading telesales and marketing efforts for several companies, in several industries, across several geographic areas.  He is currently in California assisting The Smith Group's efforts to expand to the west coast.  He also has a home on Hilton Head Island and he was behind the original southeast coast expansion of The Smith Group.
	Ken Buck - Programming & Development Ken has been with The Smith Group since its creation, and has played a major role in its growth -- both programmatically and with respect to its stable customer base.  He now works on very specialized areas of Smith technology.
	Isabel Kueng - Design Isabel Jasper moved to Hilton Head in 1998 with her family and is a graduate of Hilton Head Prep School. After high school Isabel attended the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and studied art and design. Soon after moving back to Hilton Head she got her real estate license and began working for RE/MAX Island Realty as a sales assistant where she was able to apply her design and marketing skills daily. Now joining with the Smith Group, Isabel hopes to grow and develop her design skills further and appreciates being a part of a fast growing company that’s creating beautiful Real Estate Technology For Real Life.
	Dr. Randy Vitek - Systems Management Dr. Randy Vitek is our contracted go-to person for Smith clients who need network and PC assistance.  Randy moved to Hilton Head Island in 1993. Randy’s expertise is in the areas of property management, networking, database construction & management, and hardware troubleshooting.  In addition to working with several real estate clients (including ReMax, Searchlight, O’Brien, Crown Plaza, Shipyard plantation, Fripp Island and Harbor Island and others), he has created and provided maintenance for custom databases he wrote for the management of gated communities such as Shipyard, Harbor Island and Fripp Island.   Randy also holds a Property Managers License and does extensive work with property management companies. He does all work himself and stands behind it to the fullest.