Mark C. Smith (September 10, 1940 – March 27, 2007) was the founder and chief executive officer of ADTRAN.
While still in high school, Smith won a science fair at age 16 and met renowned rocket scientist Wernher von Braun in Huntsville, Alabama.
He received an electrical engineering degree from Georgia Tech in 1962.
[1][2] Mark C. Smith moved to Huntsville, where he founded two successful companies, the earlier being modem manufacturer Universal Data Systems in 1969.
[1][3] He died in 2007 due to complications from pneumonia.