Denise Smith
President
Denise Smith is a Global Enterprise Technology Program Executive with 21+ years of proven experience in translating project and product requirements into viable, cost saving, business solutions, driving organizational performance, growth and employee adoption. With a focus on the management of complex business challenges, she has established a firm track record as a skilled strategist and project leader who has coordinated enterprise-wide projects for domestic and international accounts involving some of the most recognized brand names in both technology, including Verizon, Amazon, Blackberry, and in consumer products, including Black & Decker, Coca Cola, Home Depot, Michelin, Wachovia, McGraw -Hill and Western Union. Her expertise includes business strategy development, project estimating, scope determination, gap analysis, business process reengineering, issue mitigation, configuration, custom code specifications, testing, training and post implementation support. She readily transforms a company’s strategic roadmaps and objectives into workable solutions and benchmarks performance against key operational targets and goals to aid the development of key internal processes and technology driven services. She is known for leveraging her cross-cultural skills and international experience to lead high performing teams.
She began her collegiate education at Spelman College where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in May 1999. In December 2014, Denise obtained a Master of Business Administration with a focus in the innovation of technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She was also the innovation leader of EY Atlanta Unity as a supportive advocate for the LGBT+ community. Denise is currently a Senior Director in Product Management at Cox Automotive. She is active in several organizations: Technology Association of Georgia; Women In Technology (“WIT”); United Way Women Of Cole Cabinet: Advisory Chair; Most Valuable Kids: Advisory Board Secretary; Every Girl Shines Board President; Corporate Board Member: Civic Dinners.
Denise has always prided herself on being an active member in each community in which she has lived, a penchant, which found its start growing up in Guilford, Connecticut. A resident of Atlanta for over fourteen years, she has been an active participant in a wide variety of community service programs. Along with her husband, son and daughter, she can be found spending time with family while enjoying an outdoor activity.