Neka Smith is a Security Engineer at Kroger since June 2023, previously serving as an IT Manager and Team Lead at Vinson from June 2021 to June 2023. Prior experience includes roles as IS Application Support and IS Network Administrator at Fischer Homes, and Junior Security Analyst (Contract) at American Modern Insurance Group. Neka's career began in positions such as Deskside Support at Forward Edge and L2 Deskside Technician (Contract) at CompuCom. Neka also worked as Desktop Support (Contract) at Clarcor and as a Sr. Service Desk Technician at Nexigen. Neka is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology: Cyber Security at the University of Cincinnati, having previously earned an Associate's degree in Computer Networking Systems from the same institution.