CHRISTOPHER A. SMITH

Platforms, Trust & Scale

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Leader. Operator. Exited Founder. 

Award-Winning Author.

Building businesses, products, partnerships, and markets around technology, and driving revenue at global scale.

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What I Do

01.

Commercialization & Growth

Taking technology platforms from product to market — building the commercial infrastructure, partnership ecosystems, and revenue models that drive adoption at scale.

02.

Platforms & Ecosystems

Building new businesses, entering new markets, and creating the partnerships and operating models needed to scale.

03.

New Markets & Emerging Tech

Identifying where new technologies and changing markets create opportunity, then building the strategy and commercial model to pursue it.

About Me

My Career Didn't Begin in Tech.

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It began at the intersection of sports, media, and public relations, working within professional football organizations including the San Francisco Demons (inaugural XFL season), Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions, and Rhein Fire (NFL Europe, Germany).

From there, I moved into technology during the foundational years of programmatic advertising — digital video, mobile, and connected TV — helping commercialize early video marketplaces and programmatic television infrastructure.

For two decades, I’ve helped turn technologies into products, partnerships, markets, and scalable platform businesses.

I held leadership roles in digital identity at Civic, and across commercial scaling and business unit leadership at Turn (acquired by Amobee/Singtel), Collective (acquired by Zeta Global), and Adap.tv (acquired by AOL).

Today, I serve as Strategic Advisor to LvlUp Ventures and theMiracle, Board Chair of The Defend Foundation, and author of Privacy Pandemic, a Foreword Reviews Science & Technology Award recipient.

 

"I operate at the intersection of commercialization, product strategy, platforms, and global markets."

-Christopher A. Smith

Testimonials

What Leaders Are Saying

"A must-read for anyone looking to better arm themselves against the dangers of an ever-evolving cyberworld."

Tom Kemp, Executive Director, California Privacy Protection Agency

"A game-changing book in the field of digital security — bolstered by his personal experience with digital identity theft."

Bill Raduchel, Former CTO, AOL, Author of The New Technology State

"Chris's story is one of the most intense examples of the actions these threat actors take. Delving into his recounting forces us to realize that the 'this can't happen to me' mentality is a myth."

Eva Velasquez, President & CEO, Identity Theft Resource Center

"A paranoia-inducing exploration of cybercrime and identity theft from someone who has experienced its brutal realities up close."

Foreword Reviews, 2023 Science & Technology Award Winner

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