Michael A. Smith

Michael A. Smith is a seasoned executive technical innovator with over 19 years of experience leading corporations' growth plans and strategic programs. He has a strong background in product development, research, team building, budget, and cross-functional teams. He has worked with top-notch organizations, such as Intel, Apple, Pinterest, and UC Berkeley, and has research competencies in IoT, UX, machine learning (ML), computer vision, perception, and multimodal sensing.

With a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, Michael has led product development with leading organizations such as Intel, France Telecom-Orange, and multiple start-ups and government organizations. He has garnered management experience in operations, research, product development, team-building, and has a broad-based experience in AI, autonomous vehicles, data visualization, AR/VR, and new media product solutions.

Michael's career highlights include inventing a summarization system used a billion times a day to preview search results in YouTube and all online video search. He is also an international speaker with leadership expertise.

As a manager for stealth projects in quality and data governance at Pinterest, Michael Smith plays a key role in leading innovation and growth at the organization. He has also served as the Director, Academic Research, IoT Software Platforms for Emerging Markets at INTEL Corporation. Additionally, Michael is an accomplished consultant, founding ICT and Computational Media Program Chairman at CARICOM Caribbean Technology Initiatives.