Matt Smith

Matt Smith has had a long and distinguished career in the field of technology. Matt began their career in 1992 as a Senior Systems Support Specialist at West Marine, where they were a key corporate contact for all technical point of sale issues. In 1997, they joined Cisco Systems as a Customer Support Engineer and Technical Writer, where they worked on the Technical Assistance Center Security Team and was a team lead for the Core WAN/Access team. From 2007 to 2012, they were a Senior Network Engineer at HP Enterprise Services, where they were the team lead of a group of seven engineers and was the project lead for the implementation of Cisco ASAs as a VPN solution. From 2016 to 2019, they were a Senior Solutions Architect - Security at CDW, where they designed and architected security solutions for customers. In 2017, they became the Network Manager at SharpSwitch, and they are currently the Director of Project Management at S-Nimbus.

Matt Smith attended Monte Vista Christian School from 1986 to 1988. Matt then went to San Jose State University from 1990 to 1994, where they studied Journalism. Matt also holds a security+ certification from CompTIA.