Harrison Smith has served the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as the Acquisition Innovation Advocate since November 2023, supporting the digital and acquisition portfolios of the agency. Previously, he was the Director of Enterprise Digitalization at the Internal Revenue Service, where he supported IRS efforts to modernize systems, simplify business processes, and empower taxpayers and IRS employees to rapidly resolve issues in a simplified digital environment.

Harrison also served the IRS as the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, where he was responsible for supporting all acquisition programs, over $2.6B in contract spend, and more than 12,000 contract actions per year for equipment, supplies, and services for IRS and Treasury Departmental Offices.