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William W. Smith, Jr.

William W. Smith, Jr.President and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Smith co-founded the Company and has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1982. Mr. Smith was employed by Rockwell International Corporation in a variety of technical and management positions from 1975 to 1984. Mr. Smith served with Xerox Data Systems from 1972 to 1975 and RCA Computer Systems Division from 1969 to 1972 in mainframe sales and pre-sale technical roles. Mr. Smith received a B.A. in Business Administration from Grove City College.


Thomas G. Campbell

Thomas G. CampbellMr. Campbell became a director of the Company in July 1995. From March 1999 to the present, he has served as the Executive Vice President of King Printing, Inc. From July 1996 to the March 1999, he was the Vice President of Operations of Complete Concepts, Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of women's accessories. From November 1995 to July 1996, Mr. Campbell was an independent management consultant specializing in corporate turnarounds. From February 1995 to November 1995, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Laser Atlanta Optics, Inc. From 1990 to February 1995, he served in several senior management positions at Hayes, Inc., including Vice President of Operations and Business Development and as Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Practical Peripherals, a Hayes subsidiary. Prior to 1985, Mr. Campbell was employed by Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Campbell attended Boston University.


William C. Keiper

William C. KeiperMr. Keiper became a director of the Company in May of 2002. Mr. Keiper has over 30 years of business experience, more than 20 of which have been in the management of software, technology and IT product distribution and services organizations. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Hypercom Corporation where he presided over a significant transformation of the payment industry leader. From 2003 to 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of Arrange Technology LLC, a software development services outsourcing company. From 1997 to 2003, he served as a principal in mergers and acquisitions firms serving middle market software and IT services companies. He was Chief Executive Officer of Artisoft, Inc., then a $100M+ public networking and communications software company, from 1993 to 1997, and it’s Chairman from 1995 to 1997. He held several executive positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer, of MicroAge, Inc., an indirect sales-based IT products distribution and services company, from 1986 to 1993, where he was a key executive in helping to profitably drive more than a billion dollar revenue increase over the course of his tenure with the company.

Mr. Keiper has a Bachelor of Science Degree in business (finance major) from Eastern Illinois University, a Juris Doctorate degree from Arizona State University, and a Masters degree in International Management from the Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management. He is a former Chairman of the Arizona Technology Association, and was a nominee for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In addition to Smith Micro Software, Inc., he currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Zones, Inc., Radyne Corporation and Caliber Data.


Gregory Szabo

Gregory SzaboMr. Szabo became a director of the Company in June 2001. Mr. Szabo is Chief Executive Officer and President of Ertek Solutions, LLC. Ertek provides antenna technology to the wireless industry including high performance low cost RFID Tag antennas. He currently serves on the United Internet Technologies Board of Advisors. Mr. Szabo has served in a series of senior management positions during a 13-year career with AirTouch's wireless communications operations, prior to its acquisition by Vodafone and merger with Verizon Wireless in 2000. As Vice President-Network Services, he directed the engineering and operations of the company's cellular systems in the eastern U.S. Earlier, Mr. Szabo held managerial positions with Motorola and Martin Marietta. Mr. Szabo received a Bachelor of Science Degree and Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University.


Samuel Gulko

Samuel GulkoMr. Gulko became a member of the board of directors in October of 2004. Prior to joining the board, Mr. Gulko served as a partner in the audit practice of Ernst & Young from 1968 until his retirement in 1987. From April 1987 to 1996, Mr. Gulko was self employed as a Certified Public Accountant and business consultant, as well as the part time Chief Financial Officer of several privately-owned companies. From July 1996 until his retirement in September 2002, Mr. Gulko functioned as the Chief Financial Officer, and as the Vice President of Finance, Secretary and Treasurer of a publicly traded biotech company, Neotherapeutics, Inc. (NASD: "NEOT"). During this same period he also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Neotherapeutics, Inc. Since September 2002, Mr. Gulko has continued to provide tax and consulting services on a part-time basis to a limited number of clients. Mr. Gulko obtained his B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California in 1958.


Ted L. Hoffman

Ted L. HoffmanMr. Hoffman became a member of the board of directors in December of 2005. He is the retired vice president - technology development of Verizon Wireless where he was responsible for all technical product and service development. He was with Verizon Wireless, and its predecessor Bell Atlantic Mobile, since July 1, 1993.

Mr. Hoffman was responsible for managing the company's network transition from analog to digital Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) infrastructure. In addition to the CDMA transition, Ted managed the build out of Verizon Wireless' data infrastructure through coordination of the implementation of its CDPD, 1X and DO networks. He had responsibility for development of such products as vCast, Verizon's wireless video service, location based services for wireless 911, enhanced messaging and many, many more.

Ted was a member of the Board of Directors of Omnitel Pronto Italia, a Verizon Communications Wireless affiliate operating in Italy. He is a past officer on the Board of the CDMA Development Group, an organization responsible for promotion, advancement, deployment and future developments of CDMA. And, he has served on the Wireless Engineering Advisory Board at Auburn University as well as on the Intel Communications Advisory Board. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of w2bi, Incorporated and LCC International, Incorporated.

Mr. Hoffman began his telecommunications career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1969 as a member of the technical staff. He joined Bell Atlantic in 1976 holding a variety of engineering, operations, marketing, external affairs, corporate planning and headquarters positions.

Ted received a BA from Elizabethtown College, a BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Drexel University. He holds three patents.