Jeffrey Smith

Current

• CEO at modernis_

Past

• Principal, ClickStream Services at ClickStream Technologies
• Group Manager at Microsoft Corporation
• Lead Product Planner, Business Division at Microsoft Corporation

• Lead Product Planner, Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft Corporation
• Group Product Manager, Encarta at Microsoft Corporation
• Product Manager at Microsoft Corporation
• Product Manager at Microsoft Canada
• Founder at Ashbury Design Consulting

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Education

• Queen's University
• University of Waterloo

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Industry

Computer Software

Jeffrey Smith’s Summary

Jeffrey Smith’s Specialties:

Innovation management, Customer research, Business opportunity analysis, Competitive Intelligence, Trends tracking, Product development

Jeffrey Smith’s Experience

• CEO

  modernis_

  (Computer Software industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

• Principal, ClickStream Services

  ClickStream Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  November 2008 — June 2009 (8 months)

  Responsible for all Market and Product Research Services.

• Group Manager

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  July 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 4 months)

• Lead Product Planner, Business Division

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  September 2003 — June 2007 (3 years 10 months)

• Lead Product Planner, Macintosh Business Unit

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

  Lead and drove Product Planning for Microsoft's line of Macintosh products including Office, MSN Messenger and Internet Explorer. Drove customer, market and competitive research for business and participated in mid- to long-term business planning.

• Group Product Manager, Encarta

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

  Managed worldwide marketing for Microsoft's Encarta brand, including the CD/DVD encyclopedia line, the Language Learning products and the online Encarta brand. Drove business model changes to drive profitability in the packaged product offering, updated the brand identity to bring Encarta into the online space and participated in the strategic planning for the business. Managed a local team and coordinated worldwide marketing across all of Microsoft's subsidiaries.

• Product Manager

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1999 (4 years )

  Lead marketing efforts for Office to Enterprise corporations including development of messaging, positioning, marketing materials and customer presentations.

• Product Manager

  Microsoft Canada

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years )

  Headed up marketing for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for the Canadian market. Launched Word for Windows v2.0, v6.0 and the last two versions of Word for DOS. Developed promotions, pricing, and communications strategies for my products. Lead PR and launch activities and liaised with Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, WA.

• Founder

  Ashbury Design Consulting

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1983 — 1989 (6 years )

  Ashbury Design specialized in custom application development and systems integration of PC applications and hardware. Clients included Dow Chemical, Hatch & Associates Engineering and a number of retail and hospitality businesses. Started this business when I was 15 and put myself through the better part of university on the earnings.

Jeffrey Smith’s Education

• Queen's University

  H.B.Econ , Economics , September 1988 — July 1991

• University of Waterloo

  Eng. Sci , Computer Engineering , 1986 — 1988

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