[1] Smith was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and received an MBA from the Ashridge Management College, now part of Hult International Business School.

[5] NSTAC's mission is to provide the president collaborative advice and expertise regarding telecommunications national security and emergency preparedness issues.

[11] Smith is also a commissioner of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, a confederation of communications technology business executives engaged in telecommunications policy.

On December 7, 2011, Avaya, a global provider of business communications and collaboration systems and services, appointed Smith to its board of directors.

[16] Smith also serves as a director of CommVault Systems, a provider of data and information management software applications and related services with a market capitalization of $2 billion.