Dr. Smith’s background addresses issues of human behavior and crisis management in business. In addition to a Doctorate earned Summa cum Laude in human development and conflict management from Fuller Theological Seminary; Dr. Smith did post-graduate, honors studies at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Business (where he studied under game theory Nobel Laureate Dr. John Harsani); earned a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, Magna cum Laude; a Master Automotive Technician's Degree, Magna cum Laude; and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lafayette College (1973). From 1987 through 1990, Dr. Smith did post-doctoral studies in formal axiology through the Hartman Institute (University of Tennessee). Since 1989, Dr. Smith has been a presenter at the Hartman Institute and in 1992 was the keynote lecturer at the annual meeting of the Swedish Institute of Axiology in Stockholm. In 1980, Dr. Smith was named a Case-Study Fellow of Harvard's Graduate School of Business and Fuller Theological Seminary. He also had two of his cases published by Harvard (I.C.C.H.) in 1980 and a book called Balanced Thinking published by M.M. New Life in 1996.

Dr. Smith has been applying this advanced technology and formal axiology to business clients’ needs for the past thirteen years.