Cela Smith

Cela Smith is an experienced product and operations leader currently serving as the Head of Product and Senior Director of Product Operations at Kyo since October 2020. Prior experience includes a role as Senior Director of Software Development at Oracle, where leadership involved global teams delivering customer applications on the NetSuite platform, and a tenure as Director of Software Development at NetSuite, managing HRIS and analytics teams. Earlier positions include Senior Manager of HRIS & Analytics and Senior Product Manager at TechExcel, as well as Graduate Student Researcher at UC Davis, focusing on hydrogen-producing enzymes. Cela holds a Master of Science in Applied Science - Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and a Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics from UCLA.