Tripp Smith

Tripp Smith is a seasoned leader with a strong track record in driving revenue growth and operational excellence in early-stage B2B companies.

His expertise lies in machine learning, analytics, and data, having successfully built and scaled startups from $2MM to $100M in ARR.

Tripp excels in leading strategy, product development, sales initiatives, and assembling high-performance data science, machine learning, and engineering teams.

Known for his 'Get Stuff Done' leadership style, Tripp has a proven history of delivering revenue growth, margin improvement, and facilitating successful investor exits.

In his role as President and CTO at authID, Tripp orchestrated a significant turnaround by introducing a 'Human Factor Authentication' product, boosting product revenue by 20x between Q3 2021 and Q3 2022.

During his tenure at Socure Inc. as an advisor, he contributed to an 85% year-over-year customer growth, leading to a unicorn valuation for the company.

Tripp's career includes notable positions at Clarity Insights (now Accenture AI), where he played a pivotal role in the company's growth from $2MM to over $100MM in ARR, culminating in its acquisition by Accenture in 2020.

His technical leadership background spans organizations such as Hewlett Packard, the Advisory Board Company, and Eigen Group.

Tripp is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.