About

I went to the University of Arizona on a full ride and majored in Business Economics:

• My favorite classes were around game theory, economics of strategy, and entrepreneurship.
• After sophomore year, I did an internship at ASML in global trade and customs.
  • I would never have predicted that export controls on semiconductor lithography tech would have become even more critical, but here we are.
• After my third year, I had enough credits to graduate with my one degree but was on the fence between double majoring in entrepreneurship or not.
  • I did an internship at a consulting firm that summer, and kind of liked it.
  • Realized that going to school and majoring in entrepreneurship was oxymoronic, and elected to graduate early.
• I accepted a remote tech consulting job and spent 3.5 years working across Fortune 500 clients in financial services, manufacturing, and tech.

I'm obsessed with the gap between what AI can do and what most organizations are actually doing with it. That gap is large, and it's not a technical problem, it's a translation problem.

Most AI vendors talk to technical buyers. Most executives don't know what to ask for. The people who bridge that gap, who can read a business problem and know what AI can actually solve, then communicate it in both directions, are rare and increasingly valuable.

• I've been building AI-augmented products (full-stack marketplaces, data terminals, media brands) to develop firsthand intuition for where AI adds real leverage.
• I've done primary market research on AI deployment demand (1,165% YoY growth across 38+ enterprise software companies) and the supply constraints driving that gap.
• My background in management consulting gives me the framework to turn that research into strategy, not just slides.

smith.bid is a portfolio and a signal flare. It's where I show what I've built, what I've learned, and how I think, so the right people can find me.

• Strategy and research for organizations navigating AI adoption
• Building products that demonstrate what's actually possible
• Working with founders and firms who need someone who speaks both languages