Our Team
Mike Smart
Founder, Principal Consultant
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Mike brings more than 25 years of high technology industry experience in a variety of leadership roles to the business. He has successfully consulted with technology companies such as, NetApp, VMware, Autodesk, BigMachines, MRI Software, P2 Energy Solutions, MicroEdge, and SirsiDynix. Prior to founding Egress Mike served in leadership and executive roles these include Senior Vice President of Operations, VP of Product Management & Development, VP Product Management and VP of Sales. His has served in leadership roles with a variety of companies including Pragmatic Marketing, Nsite (now SAP), Go-Remote (now iPass), and Tandem Computers (now HP). His depth and breadth in the industry give him insight and understanding to build, lead and manage teams that deliver outstanding performance and results for a company. |
David Shoaf
Principal Consultant
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David brings over 25 years of experience to the role of Principal Consultant with Egress. He has held Solution/Product Sales, Product Marketing and Product Management positions within the High Tech industry. David has held management positions at Hewlett-Packard and Texas Instruments. He has also consulted with companies in the education industry such as Houghton-Mifflin as well as with university and K-12 school districts on technology deployment across the education value chain. David applies proven Product Management tools and techniques to help clients achieve maximum value from their Product Management organizations. David achieves this by developing and deploying Product Management assets in the form of training, tools and product definition processes needed to raise the value and collective professional Product Management skills in client organizations. |