Gary Smaby

Bio

Following a successful ten-year entrepreneurial career, Gary Smaby joined the Minneapolis-based investment banking firm of Piper Jaffray in 1982 as a vice-president and senior analyst to set up an emerging technology group. At Piper, Gary built an international reputation as a leading Wall Street analyst in the information technology sector, encompassing a broad spectrum from high-performance workstations and supercomputers to networking and decision support systems. He was promoted to Managing Director, Technology Research in 1986. In 1988, Gary left Piper to join the New York investment firm of Needham and Company as Managing Director. In forming his own firm, Smaby Group Inc in 1989, Gary set out to use his experience and contacts to keep clients abreast of the emerging trends that shape the technology landscape. Over the last decade, his retainer clients have included corporate giants like AT&T, Cray, HP, IBM, Intel, SGI, Sun, and Unisys, as well as many high-profile startups. Gary chairs the boards of directors of Algos Therapeutics, finEye, Pontus, and Iconoculture. He also serves as managing director and VC-in-Residence at the Carlson School of Management's MBA program at the University of Minnesota. Gary also chairs the Investment Committee for the Board of Trustees for the Science Museum of Minnesota and serves on the External Advisory Board for the Deep Computing Institute at IBM TJ Watson Research Laboratory. Gary was recently President of the Minnesota Venture Capital Association. Mr Smaby graduated magna cum laude from St Olaf College.

Career

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