JEFF SMITH – Chief Executive Officer
With over ten years experience in information technology and sciences, Jeff sets Clarity's long-range business goals, and works with the executive team to ensure the goals are met. During his career at Clarity, Jeff has used technology to solve the business problems of corporations in dozens of industries, including construction, financial services, food services, healthcare, insurance, management consulting, nuclear power, retail, software and telecommunications. He serves as Engagement Director on many client projects, playing an active role in the design and implementation of Clarity's software solutions.
Jeff speaks regularly at professional developer conferences throughout the world. He has spoken at VBITS, VSLive, TechEd and Microsoft's Developer Days, and several Chicago-area user group conferences. He has co-authored several books on n-tier client-server application design, and written several articles and white papers on topics ranging from ASP.NET to cryptographic security.
Prior to becoming Clarity's second employee in 1995, Jeff was employed with Lante Corporation where he worked on software projects for dozens of Fortune 500 clients across a wide range of markets, including computer software, healthcare, manufacturing and telecommunications. Jeff also held technology positions with Ottosensors, Inc. where he and a team of ten biologists worked on the development of the world's first real-time blood-gas monitoring system.
Jeff holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University. Upon graduating from college, Jeff also co-founded a real estate redevelopment firm in Cleveland, Ohio.
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