Asha Keddy

Asha joined the Smith Micro Board in April 2022. Asha is a tech industry visionary who led the creation of 5G market opportunity at Intel and helped position the company as a 5G industry leader with 5G and network multi-billion-dollar revenue growth. Currently serving as Intel’s Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Next Generation Systems & Standards, her career at Intel has spanned over two decades with more than 25 years in the tech industry. She has held various executive positions championing change and progress, defining strategy, delivering on execution and driving revenue growth, while honing critical strategy, policy, and transformational expertise. Often called upon to represent the technology industry before Congress and international government agencies, to serve as a keynote speaker and lecturer at prestigious universities, and to act as a corporate spokesperson for media, industry analysts, academia and the investment community, Asha drives the conversation on technology and wireless capabilities, advancements, and responsibilities. She serves or has served as advisor or board member on several professional and trade associations such as the Women’s Tech Network, CTIA, 5G Americas and Wi-Fi Alliance. In 2019, representing Intel, she co-founded with NTT and Sony the Innovative Optical Wireless Network Global Forum. Asha is an alumna of the Intel Executive Management Accelerator Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Clemson University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai.