Steven Smith

Current

Principal at Steven M. Smith & Associates, LLC
Partner at Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) Conference

Past

Account Consultant at Hitachi Data Systems
Technical Business Consultant at EMC
Management Consultant at DMR Consulting

Technical Consultant at Intersect Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
Corporate Systems Engineer at Amdahl Corp

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Education

University of Missouri-Rolla

Recommended

24 people have recommended Steven

Connections

425 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

My Website

Steven Smith’s Summary

My job and my passion is to help you untangle complex problems so both you and your organization produce the results you need.

Words that describe me—trusted teammate, experienced leader, talented coach, accomplished facilitator, skilled strategist, and seasoned analyst.

Steven Smith’s Specialties:

Strengthening teamwork, managing change, facilitating key meetings, and leading project retrospectives.

Steven Smith’s Experience

Principal

Steven M. Smith & Associates, LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

December 2006 — Present (3 years )

Empowering technical leaders.
Partner

Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) Conference

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

1999 — Present (10 years )

I partner with Esther Derby, Don Gray, Johanna Rothman, and Jerry Weinberg to host this exceptional annual conference.

I co-founded the conference; my partners and I organize the conference; and I lead experiential workshops during the conference, which is the role I enjoy the most.

Rather than attendees, AYE has participants. You aren't treated like a blob who only knows how to sit in a chair. The conference is structured to maximize your conferring opportunities, which enables both you and the other participants to learn from each other. All sessions are 3-hour experiential workshops with zero PPT rather than the traditional 90 minute PPT conference lectures.

I love this conference. It has the energy of an open space conference but with sufficient structure and facilitation to enrich everyone's learning.
Account Consultant

Hitachi Data Systems

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )
Technical Business Consultant

EMC

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1999 — November 2006 (7 years 10 months)

I led sensitive proof of concept projects that defined and proved the value of EMC products. By making the progress of projects visible, I set expectations for both the customer and EMC management. My work cemented concepts and benefits thus helping sell EMC products and services to Fortune 500 corporations.
Management Consultant

DMR Consulting

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1997 — December 1998 (1 year 7 months)

I specialized in collaboration and value management. My customers included the management team of Boeing's Single Glass Program and Computing Tailored Business Stream Program. My work improved the collaboration and productivity of these management teams, which both increased quality and accelerated the roll out of products.
Technical Consultant
Intersect Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1993 — May 1997 (3 years 6 months)

I specialized in system management and performance analysis. Intersect Consulting was my own solo consulting company. I did every aspect of the business—from marketing to delivery. Owning and operating my own business taught me valuable lessons that I'll never forget about the importance of customers. I'm proud to say my customers included Amdahl Corporation, J.C. Penney, Pope & Talbott, Thrifty/PayLess Drug, and Storage Technology Corporation.
Corporate Systems Engineer

Amdahl Corp

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1981 — December 1993 (12 years 11 months)

I was a member of its most influential technical marketing group—Corporate Systems Engineering. I consulted with Amdahl's engineering, marketing, and service organization on system engineering as well as with Amdahl's customers on System/390 technology. I led special projects that helped make Amdahl products more competitive and thus increased product revenues. I received significant recognition and awards, including designation as a key employee.

Steven Smith’s Education

University of Missouri-Rolla

BS , Computer Science , 1972 — 1977

Additional Information

Steven Smith’s Websites:

My Website

Steven Smith’s Interests:

Facilitation, Management Training, Account Planning, Project Retrospectives, Photography, Basketball, Fitness

Steven Smith’s Groups:

Human Factors, Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) Conference, Jerry Weinberg's Software as a Human Activity Practiced Effectively (SHAPE) Forum, SD Best Practices, Pro Club, Seaspin, Technology Myths, Consultants Camp, Better Software, David Socha, LinkedIn Q&A