Greg M. Smith

Greg’s career as a technology leader spans more than two decades, where he is best known for leading transformational education technology projects.

Prior to co-founding eLumin, Greg served as the Vice President and General Manager at Aloft by AccelerEd, where he led the development of student-focused cloud offerings.

Previously, as the Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Interim CTO at the University of Maryland University College, Greg’s leadership resulted in improvements to the learning experience for a global student body. Working with Mohammad, he implemented UMUC’s cloud-first strategy, resulting in better service levels university-wide. Greg also spearheaded the university’s Desktop-as-a-Service program, granting distance learners access to educational applications from anywhere and on their own devices.

Prior to UMUC, Greg held positions at Hobsons, the DC Water and Sewer Authority, and the University of Indianapolis.

Greg holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Mason School at The College of William and Mary and a Bachelors of Social Work from Indiana University. He regularly presents and publishes articles on cloud enablement and technologies in education.