Senior Business Advisor
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Mr. Smith has worked in top positions of both publicly traded and privately held companies for over 40 years.  He has a broad experience in complex multidimensional businesses, from global public companies to high tech startups. He has lent his entrepreneurial, CEO/PRESIDENT/COO, and leadership talents, helping make his client companies, including many for Legal Solutions Group, become profitable and experience rapid growth.
He has been part of Unisone, Inc., a patented software company and the successor of Invinity, for nearly a decade; he currently serves as a member of the board of directors and served as President and CEO from January 2002 to April 2004.  He worked with the private equity company Advent International in 2004, served as President and CEO of Nexion from 2000 to 2001, Co-Founder and COO of application solutions provider Decision Dynamix from 1996 to 2000, and President of the world largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, McKesson Corporation, from 1994 to 1996.  From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Smith served as Executive Vice President of Hamilton/Hallmark division of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), the world’s largest industrial electronic component distributor.

From 2004 to the present, Mr. Smith has advised small, privately held technology companies on management issues. Clients include: DEVEK, a Porsche road racing company; TRIC Tool, an innovator of sewer pipe replacement; and LifeSense, a medical device company.

Mr. Smith serves on the advisory board of PipeSpy, and is a member of the board of directors of Herdstar. He became involved with CakeBoxx, a shipping container company and current client of Legal Solutions Group, serving as a member of its board before accepting the position of CEO.