Mark Smith

Mark Smith serves as the VP of Core Technology at Discord, leading a team of over 100 engineers responsible for Trust, Infrastructure, and Platforms. Mark's experience in the tech industry spans multiple roles, including Co-Founder of Dreamwidth Studios, a platform focused on open-source principles, and Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Dropbox during a period of significant company growth. Previous positions include Operations Lead at Bump Technologies, Operations Manager at StumbleUpon, Site Reliability Engineer at Google, and roles at Mozilla Corporation, CCP Games, Six Apart, and Danga Interactive. Mark is known for fostering an inclusive engineering culture and has a strong background in reliability engineering and system administration, with notable contributions to major tech platforms. Mark attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2002 to 2003.