Andy Smith

Smith has over 30 years of experience in the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley. He has spent the last 20 years in security, currently as CMO at cloud data security provider Laminar and previously as CMO at SaaS security innovator Qualys. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of marketing for identity provider Centrify and senior director of product management for Oracle, responsible for its identity and security offerings. Smith is a veteran of several security startups, including as vice president of product management at Bitzer Mobile (acquired by Oracle) and GRC provider Virsa Systems (acquired by SAP). His security background includes stints at ActivIdentity and Veridicom, and he is a frequent speaker on technology and security at industry events around the globe.