Paul Smith
Paul Smith is the President and CEO of PacketMotion, Inc., an innovative
provider of network security management solutions. Mr. 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 re-focused the company, and guided it through its acquisition by Nortel
in February 2006. Prior to Tasman, Smith was VP & GM of the Telecom Division
of New Focus where he helped to guide the company through its successful IPO
and secondary offering in 2000. Previously, Smith 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.
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