Darlene Smith

Darlene Smith has extensive experience in the telecommunications and finance industries. Darlene began their career in 1996 as a Technical Training Engineer for Ericsson, Inc. and then became a Strategic Alliance Manager for Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecommunications in 1998. In 2002, they moved to RealNET Financial Corp as a Branch Manager and Loan Officer and then to Washington Mutual as a Wholesale Account Manager in 2005. From 2010 to 2011, they served as a Senior Enlisted Advisor in the Communications Directorate of the United States Navy NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan. In 2013, they joined tekVizion as Vice President of Global Strategic Partnerships and was responsible for leading the inside sales team, managing worldwide interoperability testing and certification sales, and establishing technology partner programs with Microsoft, Cisco, AWS, Zoom, NEC, ATOS, RingCentral, and Google.

Darlene Smith obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business from Southern New Hampshire University between 1989 and 1991. In 1994, they obtained a Master Training Specialist (MTS) certification from the U.S. Navy.