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Gary Smerdon

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CEO and Founder at By AMD · Executive at Tidalscale

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedBy AMD

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About

Gary Smerdon is Corporate Vice President of Business Development at AMD and previously founded and served as CEO of MEXT. His prior roles span executive positions in marketing, strategy, business development, sales, and general management across the storage, networking, security, software, and semiconductor sectors, including leadership of the acquisition of SandForce by LSI for $400M and the sale of Fusion-io to SanDisk for $1.3B. He has served as a board member and observer at startups including Greenfield Networks, SandForce, 3Leaf Systems, and Teranetics.

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AspenwoodSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2020Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2020Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)San Francisco · since 2018Samsung Catalyst FundSan Jose

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Isaac R NassiExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. AMDCVP, Business Developmentcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. MEXTCEO & Founder2023 — 2026
  3. TidalScalePresident & CEO2016 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. SKTelecom AmericasSenior Advisor2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Pavilion Data SystemsActing CEO2015San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Fusion-ioExecutive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Product Officer2013 — 2014San Jose, CA and Salt Lake City, UT
  7. LSI CorporationSr. Vice President and General Manager, Accelerated Solutions Division2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  8. LSI CorporationVice President and Chief Strategist2009 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  9. LSI CorporationVice President, Business Development2007 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Tarari (acquired by LSI in 2007)Chief Marketing Officer2006 — 2007San Diego County, California, United States
  11. Greenfield NetworksPresident & CEO2003 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area
  12. MarvellVice President of Product and Corporate Marketing2000 — 2003San Francisco Bay Area
  13. RealChipVice President, Sales1999 — 2000San Francisco Bay Area
  14. AMDDirector of Marketing, Networking Products1991 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
  15. AMDSales Manager1984 — 1991Austin, Texas and San Jose, CA

Skills & more

Strategic Partnerships91Start-ups82Go-to-market Strategy63Product Management51Strategy33Business Development25Cloud Computing16Cross-functional Team Leadership22Marketing19Mergers & Acquisitions12Semiconductors48Management22
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Who is Gary Smerdon?
Gary Smerdon is Corporate Vice President of Business Development at AMD and previously founded and served as CEO of MEXT. His prior roles span executive positions in marketing, strategy, business development, sales, and general management across the storage, networking, security, software, and semiconductor sectors, including leadership of the acquisition of SandForce by LSI for $400M and the sale of Fusion-io to SanDisk for $1.3B. He has served as a board member and observer at startups including Greenfield Networks, SandForce, 3Leaf Systems, and Teranetics.
Where does Gary Smerdon work?
Gary Smerdon is CEO and Founder of By AMD and Executive at Tidalscale.
What companies did Gary Smerdon found?
Gary Smerdon founded By AMD.
Where did Gary Smerdon go to school?
Gary Smerdon studied at Duke University (BS, Electrical Engineering).

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Shared employers

Also worked at AMD95

Ray SchuderSr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundBrian FrankPartner at Permanent Capital VenturesChristina NeoAssociate at Asia PartnersWael NafeeGeneral Partner at RAED VenturesDaisy CaiGeneral Partner at B CapitalEva LauFounding and General Partner at Inovia Capital

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