Dermaine Smith

Dermaine Smith, MBA, is an experienced IT professional currently serving as Director of Salesforce/SaaS Platforms and Enterprise Applications Manager at Bright From The Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning since September 2021. Responsibilities include managing critical IT projects, overseeing technology initiatives with external vendors, leading a team of engineers to maintain operational IT systems, and supporting third-party applications. Prior roles include Sr. Software Engineer at LexisNexis, where Dermaine designed and developed client-facing and back-end applications, and Programmer/Analyst at American Express, focusing on Java/J2EE technologies for electronic payment management. Dermaine holds a Master of Business Administration in Information Technology Management from Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from Mississippi State University.