Jeffrey Christopher Smith

Jeffrey Christopher Smith is an American entrepreneur based out of San Francisco, CA. He is the co-founder and CEO of Smule,[1][2] a developer of apps and a social platform for music creation and collaboration.[3][4]

Jeff Smith
Alma materStanford University
OccupationCo-founder and CEO of Smule
OrganizationSmule
Notable work
Thesis: Correlation analyses of encoded music performance, 2013
Websitewww.smule.com

Smith began his career as a software engineer at IBM's Scientific Research Center and has held senior roles at several technology companies, including Frame Technology, Ashton-Tate, and Hewlett-Packard.[5] Subsequently, Smith co-founded a consumer electronic publishing business that he sold to Novell/WordPerfect.[6]

Smith co-founded his second company, Tumbleweed Communications in 1992.[5][7] Tumbleweed attracted well-known partners and customers, notably Datek Online Holdings, UPS, Pitney Bowes, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the U.S. Postal Service.[8] As CEO, Smith grew the company to several thousand customers, and eventually took it public on the Nasdaq ('TMWD').[9]

Smith co-founded a third company, Simplify Media, where he served on the board. Simplify Media was eventually acquired by Google,[10] and Smith set off to pursue a Ph.D in Computer Music at Stanford University. He actually co-founded Smule while pursuing his Ph.D.[11]

In 2013, Smith completed his Ph.D. with the thesis “Correlation analyses of encoded music performance”, where he documented cultural differences of music performance interpretation.[11] He is now also an Assistant Consulting Professor at Stanford's Department of Music.[12] Smith previously received a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford and has co-authored twenty-seven patents.[1]

References
  1. “Key Leadership“, smule.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. Longwell, Todd (June 11, 2015). "Smule wants to teach the world to sing". Stream Daily. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. Stone, Brad (October 10, 2013). "A Social Network for Making Music". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  4. Dredge, Stuart (August 8, 2012). "Smule's new iPhone app would like to teach the world to Sing". The Guardian. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  5. “Jeffrey C. Smith”, The Wall Street Transcript. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  6. “Jeffrey C. Smith”, VB Profiles. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  7. McHugh, Josh (November 30, 1998). "The old thing behind the next big thing". Forbes. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  8. Feuerstein, Adam (November 21, 1999). "Tumbleweed aiming to be the FedEx of the Internet". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  9. Lipin, Steven (September 20, 1999). "Tumbleweed Communications' IPO Is Family Affair; Mom Buys Shares". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  10. Raile, Dan (July 16, 2015). "Smule: Melting Mac Minis to return music to the masses". Pando. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  11. Ha, Anthony (December 15, 2013). "How Smule's Jeff Smith Got A Ph.D. While Running A Startup". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  12. “Jeffrey Smith, Assistant Consulting Professor”, Stanford Department of Music. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
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