Chris backs companies that disruptively change the way that we communicate and engage in entertainment. He’s particularly focused on finding new ways to deliver broadband, including both wireline and wireless, and the plethora of new digital services that leverage that newfound bandwidth and add value to the consumer experience.
Chris is currently on the boards of:
- Entone, a television 2.0 company which allows telcos and broadband companies to launch video services to compete with cable and bring a host of new media applications into the home;
- Firetide, the technology leader in creating large wireless mesh networks for WiFi communications and public safety applications; and
- FON, the largest WiFi hot spot network on the planet.
Experience
Chris’s foray into venture capital was with IBM’s Venture Capital Group where he focused on the enterprise computing sector. Prior to IBM, Chris was a manager with Accenture, where he was involved with launching new businesses in the communications and media markets, including forming ventures using Accenture’s intellectual property and consulting to emerging start-up companies. Chris got his start on the engineering side of the business, having developed enterprise software for Xerox, covered data communications technology for Network Computing Magazine and administered large networks for Syracuse University.
Education
B.S., Syracuse University
M.B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business, IBM Venture Fellow
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Christopher Smith
