Christopher A Smith

A tech-savvy strategist in digital media and emerging technologies, Christopher A. Smith has garnered an unparalleled reputation for building, launching, and redeveloping highly successful companies with records that consistently reflect double-diit growth. His expertise includes creating strategic global partnerships, defining go-to-market strategies, galvanizing sales, spurring product development, and leading global teams within both start-ups and global organizations.

While he was an executive at a cryptocurrency firm, Chris became the target of significant and life-altering digital identity theft. Fueled by this experience, Chris founded DFend, a next-generation security service for developers, enterprise security professionals, and consumers to protect their digital assets and identities. Chris's passion and purpose are to make the digital world a safer place, reducing others' risk of becoming victims of similar crimes. This is his driving force when defending companies and consumers with disruptive technology. Chris was born and raised in San Mateo, California, and resides in New York City. Privacy Pandemic is his first book.