About Us
ICT Training Group specializes in developing and delivering instructor led Information Communications and Technology (ICT) training courses to meet the needs of our customers and the industry. Courses in the areas of Design, Installation, Project Management and Professional Development for commercial building, campus and data center infrastructure design, as well as copper and optical fiber cabling installation. Currently subcontracting to BICSI instructing their installation and design courses as scheduling allows.
ICTTG provides instructors that are subject matter experts that meet or exceed the BICSI Master Instructor or Certified Trainer status requirements. Each instructor is still active in the ICT industry as a practicing professional in the ICT related disciplines related to the specific courses that they teach. Let the professionals who write the reference documents and books teach you the way it should be done.
For further information please feel free to contact us direct at +1 813.252.1032 or click here to leave your preferred method of contact and we will get back to you ASAP.
ICT Training Group specializes in developing and delivering instructor led Information Communications and Technology (ICT) training courses to meet the needs of our customers and the industry. Courses in the areas of Design, Installation, Project Management and Professional Development for commercial building, campus and data center infrastructure design, as well as copper and optical fiber cabling installation. Currently subcontracting to BICSI instructing their installation and design courses as scheduling allows.
ICTTG provides instructors that are subject matter experts that meet or exceed the BICSI Master Instructor or Certified Trainer status requirements. Each instructor is still active in the ICT industry as a practicing professional in the ICT related disciplines related to the specific courses that they teach. Let the professionals who write the reference documents and books teach you the way it should be done.
For further information please feel free to contact us direct at +1 813.252.1032 or click here to leave your preferred method of contact and we will get back to you ASAP.
Our Co-Founders David M. Richards and Scott W. Smith
David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT
BICSI Certified Trainer or Master Instructor Since 2000
David is currently celebrating 29 years in the ICT industry. 15 of those years have been spent primarily as a college and BICSI Master Instructor which have given him the experience and knowledge necessary to deliver and support the constantly evolving curriculum and best practices demand that the ICT industry requires. "I mentor my students relying on my experience in commercial building, campus, and data center structured cabling installation, design-build, retrofits and audits. I bring a real world perspective through the onsite engineering and end user support experience gained from working in industry trend setting data centers including EarthLink, Yahoo, DreamWorks Animation Studios, Disney Studios, Fox Studios, Bank of America and Country Wide Home Loans."
As an Instructor David has had multiple successful experiences in course and curriculum development with several reputable international manufactures, BICSI courses as well as community college course development in conjunction with Cisco Academy guidelines. He also brings plenty of real world design and hands-on lab setting insight having designed and built multiple BICSI ATFs - Authorized Training Facilities including the current ones located at BICSI World Headquarters in Tampa, FL.
David has been a long time active member, volunteer, and advocate of BICSI. He has served on the BICSI board of directors (2005-2006) as the U.S. Western Region Director. While a member of the board of directors David also helped volunteer in the efforts to assist BICSI with the transition from US standards based training to global best practices including the creation of their 40 hour fiber installation course. David has served as a volunteer member on numerous BICSI committees over the years including Installation, NxtGEN, Membership Outreach and Development, Technician Outreach and Education Advisory Committees. David was also honored in 2012 with the BICSI Presidential Eagle Award for his dedication, vision and volunteerism as the Chair/Head Judge and Founder of the annual BICSI Cabling Skills Challenge.
BICSI Certified Trainer or Master Instructor Since 2000
David is currently celebrating 29 years in the ICT industry. 15 of those years have been spent primarily as a college and BICSI Master Instructor which have given him the experience and knowledge necessary to deliver and support the constantly evolving curriculum and best practices demand that the ICT industry requires. "I mentor my students relying on my experience in commercial building, campus, and data center structured cabling installation, design-build, retrofits and audits. I bring a real world perspective through the onsite engineering and end user support experience gained from working in industry trend setting data centers including EarthLink, Yahoo, DreamWorks Animation Studios, Disney Studios, Fox Studios, Bank of America and Country Wide Home Loans."
As an Instructor David has had multiple successful experiences in course and curriculum development with several reputable international manufactures, BICSI courses as well as community college course development in conjunction with Cisco Academy guidelines. He also brings plenty of real world design and hands-on lab setting insight having designed and built multiple BICSI ATFs - Authorized Training Facilities including the current ones located at BICSI World Headquarters in Tampa, FL.
David has been a long time active member, volunteer, and advocate of BICSI. He has served on the BICSI board of directors (2005-2006) as the U.S. Western Region Director. While a member of the board of directors David also helped volunteer in the efforts to assist BICSI with the transition from US standards based training to global best practices including the creation of their 40 hour fiber installation course. David has served as a volunteer member on numerous BICSI committees over the years including Installation, NxtGEN, Membership Outreach and Development, Technician Outreach and Education Advisory Committees. David was also honored in 2012 with the BICSI Presidential Eagle Award for his dedication, vision and volunteerism as the Chair/Head Judge and Founder of the annual BICSI Cabling Skills Challenge.
Scott W. Smith, RCDD, TECH, CT
BICSI Certified trainer or Master Instructor Since 1996
Scott is currently celebrating over 35 years in the ICT industry. For the past 19 years, Scott’s primary responsibilities were as a Master Instructor contracting to BICSI, when not actively installing and consulting through his own company, Teletech Consulting LLC. Scott was first introduced to BICSI when he earned his Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) Credential in 1993. After serving in the U.S. Coast guard as a Telephone Technician for over 20 years, Scott was offered a position to instruct for BICSI when he transitioned from the Coast Guard in 1996. Scott helped develop the original installation program and its various levels of instruction. He developed all the hands on tests, proctoring guidelines and has contributed to every installation manual, workbook and course revision to date. Scott has also contributed to the updating of the BICSI Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual and several distribution design course development projects. Scott was the subject matter expert for the latest, 13th edition TDMM course development process for DD102.
Scott has instructed all 4 levels of BICSI’s installation program and the RCDD design program consisting of installation courses IN101, IN225, IN250 and TE350 as well as the design courses DD100, DD102 and DD200. Scott developed the BICSI train the trainer, (T3) program for Authorized Training Facilities (ATFs) and facilitated the teaching of new trainers over a two week course on how to instruct and administer the installation program at their licensed sites.
Scott has always enjoyed the interaction with those who attend his presentations. He feels each class is a collaboration where he is always learning something new in the process of helping others connect to new technologies and ideas. While the course material has the potential for being dry at times, Scott feels you can’t maximize your learning unless you are having fun. He tries to keep his classes engaged through student participation, case studies and sharing pertinent experiences from years working in the field.
When Scott is not working he enjoys rock climbing, high altitude sky diving, extreme tree climbing, deep sea scuba diving, off shore cigarette boat racing, and kayaking the Grand Canyon. Mind you he has never done any of these things, but he definitely takes joy knowing someone is out there and he is not.
BICSI Certified trainer or Master Instructor Since 1996
Scott is currently celebrating over 35 years in the ICT industry. For the past 19 years, Scott’s primary responsibilities were as a Master Instructor contracting to BICSI, when not actively installing and consulting through his own company, Teletech Consulting LLC. Scott was first introduced to BICSI when he earned his Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) Credential in 1993. After serving in the U.S. Coast guard as a Telephone Technician for over 20 years, Scott was offered a position to instruct for BICSI when he transitioned from the Coast Guard in 1996. Scott helped develop the original installation program and its various levels of instruction. He developed all the hands on tests, proctoring guidelines and has contributed to every installation manual, workbook and course revision to date. Scott has also contributed to the updating of the BICSI Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual and several distribution design course development projects. Scott was the subject matter expert for the latest, 13th edition TDMM course development process for DD102.
Scott has instructed all 4 levels of BICSI’s installation program and the RCDD design program consisting of installation courses IN101, IN225, IN250 and TE350 as well as the design courses DD100, DD102 and DD200. Scott developed the BICSI train the trainer, (T3) program for Authorized Training Facilities (ATFs) and facilitated the teaching of new trainers over a two week course on how to instruct and administer the installation program at their licensed sites.
Scott has always enjoyed the interaction with those who attend his presentations. He feels each class is a collaboration where he is always learning something new in the process of helping others connect to new technologies and ideas. While the course material has the potential for being dry at times, Scott feels you can’t maximize your learning unless you are having fun. He tries to keep his classes engaged through student participation, case studies and sharing pertinent experiences from years working in the field.
When Scott is not working he enjoys rock climbing, high altitude sky diving, extreme tree climbing, deep sea scuba diving, off shore cigarette boat racing, and kayaking the Grand Canyon. Mind you he has never done any of these things, but he definitely takes joy knowing someone is out there and he is not.
