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  13000 S. Tryon Street Suite F-172 Charlotte NC 28278

  +1 980-221-9377

About Antoine Smith

HELLO EVERYONE

 

My name is Antoine Smith

Chairman & CEO

Smith Gruppe                                

 

 

 

Antoine Smith leads Smith Gruppe, integral to the Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, and Piedmont Region business communities. 

 

He has successfully built and managed many successful business models and coached a litany of executives along the path of personal and professional development. 

 

Mr. Smith services his clients well through his exceptional team-building, education, and training abilities. Smith Gruppe provides corporate-level business advisory and consulting services for small-to-medium-sized businesses, non-profit organizations, and lower-middle-market companies.

 

Mr. Smith also tours and speaks to many business and trade associations to educate them on how to increase top-line growth. Smith Gruppe is active in the private capital markets and invests as an equity player in portfolio companies. Antoine is also a Certified Educator/Facilitator in Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. 

 

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  +1-980-221-9377

  info@SmithGruppe.com

 

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Current Advisory & Consulting Services

 

Structure And Implementation Of Operating And Strategic Growth Plan

Hampton Education Academy (Private School)

Winston-Salem, NC

 

Edge Computing - Edge Data Solutions Provider

Deployment Of Smith Gruppe Proprietary IEDC (Infrastructure Edge Data Center) Model - SBDN (Small Business Data Network)

Data Center And Network Infrastructure Owner/Operator/Provider

Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia; Roswell, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee

 

M&A Strategy For Regional Expansion

DIVA Dumps, LLC

Charlotte NC Based WBE 

Waste Management Solutions Firm (Now Recognized By The Charlotte Regional Business Journal As The Fastest Growing Woman-Owned African-American Owned Waste Management Firm In the Commercial Construction Space

 

Federal Contracting Portfolio Growth Strategy

ZLC Solutions, Inc.

Defense And Operational Assistance Solutions Contractor

Leesburg, VA

 

Co-Chairman Board Of Advisors 

Each1 Teach1 Tech

Cybersecurity Technical Education Training Institute

Security Operations Center Training Institute

Columbia, SC

 

Commercial And Residential Real Estate Development And Construction Management

ResComm Investors - Personal Portfolio Investments

Southest United States (NC, SC, GA, FL, TN, AL) 

Recent Accomplishments

Executive Entrepreneur In Residence - N.C. A&T State University

Board Of Advisors - N.C. A&T State University Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center Of Excellence

Mecklenburg County Commissioner Vilma Leaks Small Business Consortium Luncheon Keynote Speaker - Mecklenburg County Board Of Commissioners

Diversity And Inclusion Community Outreach Featured Speaker - Crescent Communities Construction, LLC

BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunity Program) Financial Model $62.8 Million Broadbane Grantee - Wrote the financial model and facilitated the grant funding application for a regional cooperative to recieve the largest independent non-state award for broadband deployment for an Atlanta Georgia firm.

Additional Accomplishments: Consulted and provided the structured finance packages for numerous scalable project management offices over the last two decades. Advised on policy, processes, and procedures in enterprise-wide portfolio environments; as well as PMO (Project Management Office) knowldge areas on projects and intiatives of varied breadth and scope.  

 

 

Professional Roles And Affiliations

Roles:

 

Chairman & CEO

Smith Gruppe

www.SmithGruppe.com

 

Chairman & CEO

A-PLUS Community Solutions, Inc.

www.A-PLUS.net

 

Co-Chairman & President

DIVA Construction Company, LLC

www.DIVAConstructionCo.com

 

Affiliations:

 

Project Management Institute - Member And Certified PMP

 

International Commercial Finance Association - Associate Member

 

CFI (Corporate Finance Institute) - Member And Certified Educator/Faciliator

 

REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship Active Learning) - Certified Faciliator/Trainer

 

 

 

MY SKILLS

 

Why Choose Smith Gruppe?

We help businesses of all kinds to grow financial assets, create a management strategy, defeat competitors and more. Our professionals provide all services with unique tools and methodologies that proved their efficiency for many years.

AUDIT AND ASSURANCE 98%
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 80%
FINANCE CONSULTATION 93%
STRATEGIC PLANNING 76%
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 89%
INVESTMENT ANALYZING 62%