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Hubbert Smith

hubbert@hubbertsmith.com, book a meeting calendar.x.at/hubbertsmith

the short answer …
It takes many people, working together, to create anything of significant and lasting value. Teams matter.

30+ years in tech industry; both developing technology and developing business. 
26 projects and several hundred million in revenues generated. Consistent trackrecord of success.

the longer answer …

Currently VP Business Development at Geminos.AI “AI that knows Why”. we are tackling the challenge of applying AI-Causal Science in real world Logistics and Supply Chain use cases.

Hubbert has 30+ years of tech experience in Program Management, Product Management and Strategy. He has delivered 26 successful projects, holds 9 patents and is a published author of 3 books and 2 LinkedIn Learning courses. Earlier in his career, Hubbert was program manager for Unix Clustering, Filesystem and Data Replication enterprise software at NCR, with customers such as Delta Airlines and German Postal Service. Subsequently, at Intel he pioneered creation of Serial ATA for data centers. While at Intel, he wrote the original SATA use cases that drove numerous standardized capabilities, chaired the SATA Cable Connector working group and co-authored the Intel Press book on Serial ATA. Next at WDC, in 12 quarters he grew WD Enterprise HDD business worldwide from zero units per-quarter to 1,000,000 units per-quarter, while earning industry-best gross margins against bigger, better funded competitors.

Soon after, Hubbert developed Netapp’s big data solution business from the ground up. He defined the solution, program managed the R&D, led the generation of the solution collateral, wrote sales training, and served as company expert. Hubbert established key alliances with Cloudera, Hortonworks and MapR. He developed an additional strategic alliance with Cisco, resulting in a Cisco Validated Design sold through Cisco channels, with multiple patents granted. 

More recently, Hubbert served as Director of Strategy and Business Development for Samsung Datacenter SSD. He delivered 3 significant Samsung strategy projects: Data Center SSD Strategy, NVMe over Fabrics Strategy, and AI Strategy for Memory. He influenced multiple design wins, leading to ~$300M in sales, was granted a patent in the field of storage security, and has multiple additional patents applied for in the field of storage for edge operations.