Boston University School of Law

Oxford University (St. Catherine's)

Brigham Young University

Owner - Smooth Canyon LLC

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Smooth Canyon provides expert advisory services in the areas of:Corporate Development (including M&A, integration, licensing and other partnering activity)Strategy (development of strategic long range plans and execution against them, including competitive insights, consumer insights and innovation)Risk Management (including legal affairs and information security strategic planning)

Smooth Canyon LLC

Owner

Head of strategy, corporate development, competitive insights and innovation for ZAGG, Inc. the global leader in accessories and technologies that empower the mobile lifestyle.

ZAGG, Inc.

Chief Strategy Officer

Head of corporate development activity at ZAGG, Inc. the global leader in accessories and technologies that empower mobile lifestyles, with a portfolio of award winning and market leading products and brands including ZAGG, mophie, InvisibleShield and IFROGZ.  I lead our efforts in mergers and acquisitions, integration of acquired companies and other partnering and corporate development activity.  Leadership role in our strategic and business planning efforts and execution.

Vice President of Corporate Development

Head of corporate development activity at LANDESK, the leading provider of end-to-end service management solutions.  I lead our efforts in mergers and acquisitions and in-licensing activity and am an active participant in our strategic and business planning efforts and execution.  We have completed 9 acquisitions ranging from small tech tuck-ins to more sizeable acquisitions since our spin-out from Intel in 2002 and engaged in several change of control transactions as we've grown the business significantly.

LANDESK Software

Vice President and General Counsel

Industry analysis, licensing, merger and acquisition and other strategic partnering activity.

Director of Corporate Development

In-house counsel to this fast-growing systems management software company.  I have supported all of the departments here at LANDesk and currently work with the Business Development and Strategic Alliances teams to structure, negotiate and complete strategic agreements.

Corporate Counsel

Attorney for this large Silicon Valley law firm.  I practiced in the Fund Formation and General Corporate groups, working closely with venture fund clients and their portfolio companies as well as several public company clients.  Worked on transactions throughout the life cycle of a company from fund formation and financings through liquidity events.

Cooley Godward

Attorney

Global Microcomputer Techologies (GMT) was a white-box computer vendor that focused on providing computers to business and school districts in the West.  In my role as Inside Sales Manager, I created bids for customers and managed the purchasing process from major hardware vendors such as Tech Data and Ingram Micro to fulfill customer orders.

Matt Smith