Paul Smith, President & CEO, PacketMotion
Paul Smith has 25 years experience building successful venture capital-backed computer and networking companies and achieving excellent results for customers, employees, and investors. Prior to joining PacketMotion, Smith was Chairman and CEO of Tasman Networks where he refocused the company, tripled revenues, and then guided the company through its acquisition by Nortel in February 2006. Prior to Tasman, Smith was VP & GM of the Telecom Division of New Focus where he grew revenues from zero to a $100M annual run rate in three years and helped to guide the company through its successful IPO and secondary offering in 2000. Previously, he served as Sr. VP of Marketing and Sales for Asante Technologies, a publicly held networking company. He also held VP roles at Proxim and Virtual Microsystems and held marketing and engineering roles at Adept Technology. Both Proxim and Adept achieved successful IPOs, and Virtual was acquired. Smith earned a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Alabama and an MSEE from Purdue University, and he holds a patent in wireless LAN protocols.