Blayne Smith

Blayne Smith serves as the Information Technology Operations Supervisor at the City of Richland since June 2023, with previous experience as a Datacenter Operations Manager IC2M at Amazon Web Services from September 2020 to June 2023. Prior to this role, Blayne owned and operated Cable Construction Co from November 2018 to September 2020 and worked as an OSP Fiber Optic Engineer at Pulse Broadband between February 2017 and November 2018. Additionally, Blayne held the position of Fireman - Captain Station 1 at Welling Tri-Community Fire Department from December 2014 to March 2018, and served as IS Manager at Berry Family of Nurseries from February 2011 to February 2017. Earlier career experiences include a role as Purchasing Assistant at Berry Family of Nurseries and Department Manager at Lowe's Home Improvement from May 2004 to July 2010. Blayne attended Northeastern State University from 2003 to 2005.