Cam Smith
Public-sector governance professional with 20+ years across regulatory examination, performance auditing, federal grants management, internal controls, advisory consulting, and — since 2025 — AI systems design for regulatory compliance. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP). Direct post-award administration or regulatory oversight of nine federal programs; nationally rated federal-grants instructor. Builds intelligent systems that are audit-defensible by design.
- Founded an applied AI research lab building the accountability layer between human judgment and AI capability — tracking not just what happened, but who authorized it, why, and under what constraints.
- Generalized a grants-compliance control structure into the Decision Lineage Protocol (DLP) — an open specification for human-governed, AI-operated organizations (reference implementation in development; patent pending).
- Authored the World Model Governance Framework and the World Model Initiative thesis, with core results formally mechanized in Lean 4; publishes open-access, DOI-registered research on Zenodo.
- Deliver federal grants-management training nationally, online and in person — 33 courses in 2024; FY2024 competency rating 4.77/5.0; 97.83% participant recommendation.
- Subject-matter expert for course updates, including the 2024 Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) revisions.
- Program and financial-management advisor to a $35M USDA Urban & Community Forestry cooperative agreement coordinating 19 universities — cost-principle review, monthly reconciliation, SF-270/SF-425 support.
- Performed subrecipient agreement gap analysis against 2 CFR 200.332; rebuilt agreements, risk assessment, and the monitoring model.
- Designed an ESG Policies & Procedures Manual for Collier County, FL under a HUD disaster award (2 CFR 200; 24 CFR Part 576) — criteria map, gap analysis, and executive control-maturity report; delivered on time and on budget.
- Provided technical assistance, single-audit readiness, and control-maturity assessments to public-sector and nonprofit organizations.
- Authored the City’s ARPA/SLFRF Policy & Implementation Guidance — the key compliance control for a $46.2M appropriation.
- IDIS Administrator for HUD entitlement programs (CDBG/HOME/ESG); managed $11.25M in HUD expenditures FY2019–2022; supported on-time, compliant CAPER submissions.
- Ran the full FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program lifecycle and managed transportation grant portfolios (FAA/FTA/FHWA/EPA).
- Performance audits of municipal operations and grant-funded programs — timekeeping, purchasing, right-of-way, public-safety construction, transit fare-box collections, paratransit, and CDBG subrecipient agreements.
- Performance, operational, and compliance audits — including the Port of Miami Tunnel P3, airport runway construction, and railway indirect-cost-rate reviews.
- Examined state-licensed mortgage, motor-vehicle finance, consumer-finance, and collection entities (FL Ch. 494/516/520/559); authored the Chapter 559 examiner manual; 2011 Davis Productivity Award (training team).
Single Audit Liaison, Fla. Dept. of Economic Opportunity (2014) · Auditor, Georgia Dept. of Audits & Accounts (2008) · Staff Consultant, Sharpton Brunson & Co. (2007–08) · Federal Aid Specialist, Florida DOT (2006).
Smith, C. (2026). The World Model Initiative — The Organizational World Model. GrytLabs Research Institute. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21073276
Smith, C. (2026). World Model Governance Framework (WMGF-001). GrytLabs. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21220866
Smith, C. (2026). Compiling Organizational Intelligence: A Formal Mapping Between Governance Infrastructure and Compiler Theory. First Lean 4 formal-mechanization volume. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21390128
- Standards
- IPPF · GAGAS / Yellow Book · GAO Green Book · 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance · FAR · 24 CFR Part 576 · OMB A-123 / Compliance Supplement
- Grants
- Pre-award planning · subaward management · subrecipient monitoring · cost allowability · SF-270/SF-425 · SEFA · CAPER · single-audit readiness · closeout
- Audit
- Performance auditing · internal control design & testing · risk assessment · control mapping · gap analysis · control-maturity assessment · regulatory examination
- AI & data
- RAG architectures · evaluation harnesses · provenance / lineage design · regulatory ontologies · HITL verification design · AI risk triage & governance
- Systems
- HUD IDIS · PMS · ASAP · Microsoft 365 · Smartsheet · Adobe Acrobat Pro
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