Dr. Klyne Smith has more than 30 years of experience in technology delivery, telecommunications, and operations, including executive leadership managing P&L across IT, entertainment, sports, retail, utilities, finance, transportation, and hospitality. He has delivered solutions on five continents and in more than 23 countries. He was a Vice President at Ericsson and held senior roles at IBM and Alcatel-Lucent. He holds a Doctor of Engineering in Software Engineering from Southern Methodist University, a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Xavier University of Louisiana, an MIS from George Washington University, and an MBA from Christian Brothers University. He is an Associate Professor at SMU's Lyle School of Engineering, where he directs the MS in Datacenter Systems Engineering, and serves as a director at Tactura Solutions and TechGenies.