Mike Smith

Mike Smith is an accomplished professional, currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Hearst Magazines Digital Media.

With a wealth of experience in the digital media industry, Smith oversees all digital media revenue platforms for Hearst, including programmatic sales engineering, advertising operations, and digital ad product development.

Prior to his role at Hearst, Smith held various key positions at Forbes, where he was the President of Forbes.com and the Chief Digital Officer of Forbes Media.

During his tenure at Forbes, he managed technology departments, IT systems, multi-platform development, and digital strategy, as well as audience sales, advertising operations, data analytics, and yield management.

Smith's professional journey includes roles such as Chief Technology Officer at Forbes.com, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at TheStreet.com, and Director of Information Technology at HBO.

He is also a published author, with two award-winning books - 'Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers' and 'The Native Advertising Advantage: Build Authentic Content that Revolutionizes Digital Marketing and Drives Revenue Growth'.

Smith is a patent holder in network-technology and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

In addition to his current role at Hearst, some of his past positions include serving as the Circulation Operations Manager and Circulation Finance Manager at Hearst Connecticut Media Group, CT Cluster Director of Consumer Sales and Retention at Hearst, Circulation Director at The Westerly Sun, Store Manager at Sherwin Williams, and Circulation Supervisor at Record Journal.