Mark Smith

Current

• CEO & EVP Research at Ventana Research

Past

• CMO at SAP Portals
• President at Full Circle Strategies
• Research Director - BI and Analytics at META Group

• Director of Product Marketing and Management at WhiteLight Systems
• Director of Strategic and Product Marketing at AlphaBlox
• VP Marketing at Infospace - Viador
• Director OLAP and BI at Oracle
• Director of Business/Technology Development at IRI and IRI Software
• Foods Manager at Safeway

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Connections

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Industry

Information Services

Mark Smith’s Summary

Leader and knowledge of technology and research for business and IT management.

Mark Smith’s Experience

• CEO & EVP Research

  Ventana Research

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

  June 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

  Lead the company and global research agenda that covers business and information technology.

• CMO

  SAP Portals

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2001 — June 2002 (1 year 1 month)

  Managed global marketing team responsible for corporate communications, product and partner marketing and field marketing teams.

• President

  Full Circle Strategies

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

  June 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  Started and managed independent industry analyst and services firm.

• Research Director - BI and Analytics

  META Group

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; METG; Information Services industry)

  June 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 1 month)

• Director of Product Marketing and Management

  WhiteLight Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 1 month)

• Director of Strategic and Product Marketing

  AlphaBlox

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1997 — June 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  Helped launch company and first product to market through ecosystem and solution stack strategy. Managed half of development organization and focus on web-based components including applications strategy.

• VP Marketing

  Infospace - Viador

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1996 — June 1997 (10 months)

  Helped launch new products and company BI strategy.

• Director OLAP and BI

  Oracle

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

  June 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 4 months)

• Director of Business/Technology Development

  IRI and IRI Software

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IRIC; Information Services industry)

  June 1986 — June 1995 (9 years 1 month)

• Foods Manager

  Safeway

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)

  June 1984 — June 1986 (2 years 1 month)

Additional Information

Mark Smith’s Groups:

LinkedInnovators
MyLink500, National Eagle Scout Association

•    Club ex-Oracle.org
•    META Group Alumni
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Business Intelligence
•    EPM - Business Intelligence
•    SAP Community
•    Eagle's Nest--Eagle Scout Award Recipients
•    SAP People(9000+ Member)
•    Finance & Accounting Professionals
•    Business Intelligence Professionals
•    SAPites
•    The Order of the Arrow - Scouting's Honor Society
•    Worldwide Scouters
•    Business Intelligence & Analytics Group
•    Location Intelligence Conference
•    Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Network
•    H.R. Professionals
•    Contact Center Professional
•    Master Data Management Interest Group
•    IRI Alumni Association
•    Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning
•    BoyScouts of America
•    Hyperion
•    MDM - Master Data Management
•    Contact Center Connection
•    Lead Generation and Nurturing
•    Contact Center Operations & Management
•    Worldwide Contact Center Professionals - Largest Network for Call Center Professionals
•    Call Center Professionals
•    Finance Industry Professionals Worldwide
•    HR Focus Expert Group
•    CPGpeople
•    The Talent Buzz
•    HR & Talent Management Executive
•    linked HR emea | 2100+ - 60+ countries - 15 local chapters - 4 partner communities
•    Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council
•    Contact Center Performance Forum
•    National Eagle Scout Assoc. (NESA)
•    Human Resources Professionals: THE "Unofficial" forum for SHRM Members
•    CMO Executive Network
•    Contact & Call Centers
•    CCNG - Contact Center Network Group
•    CRMXchange CRM And Contact Center Discussion Group
•    Product Information Management (PIM) Professionals
•    Sales Performance Management
•    Corporate FP&A Professionals
•    CallCentre Search
•    Ventana Research
•    Western Region, BSA Eagle's Nest
•    Vigil Honor of the Order of the Arrow
•    The Enterprise Technology Convergence Council

Mark Smith’s Contact Settings

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• expertise requests
• reference requests
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