Brad Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer, Intuit
Brad Smith became Intuit’s president and chief executive officer in January 2008, culminating a five-year rise through the company where he successfully led several of its major businesses. Intuit is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, financial institutions, consumers and accounting professionals, and is consistently ranked as one of the most-admired software companies and best places to work.
As the company marked its 25th anniversary in 2008, Smith celebrated the past while creating a strategic vision that recognizes important market shifts that will serve as growth catalysts for Intuit’s future. Among the most significant trends is the accelerating shift to a “connected services” world, where people and businesses increasingly go online to manage their lives, and abandon the traditional paper-based, human-produced, brick-and-mortar bound services of the past. Intuit is uniquely positioned to take advantage of these trends and help drive the shift to a connected services economy.
Before being named CEO, Smith was senior vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Small Business Division. Appointed to this position in May 2006, Smith was responsible for the company’s small business division which included the portfolio of QuickBooks, Quicken and Payroll products, serving 7 million small businesses. Before moving to the small business division, he led the company’s Consumer Tax Group in San Diego from March 2004 through May 2005. The group produces TurboTax, the nation’s leading consumer tax preparation software.
Smith joined the company in February 2003 as the vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Accountant Central and Developer Network in Plano, Texas. Previously, he was senior vice president of marketing and business development at ADP. Smith also held various sales, marketing and general management positions with Pepsi, Seven-Up and Advo, Inc.
Smith earned his master’s degree in management from Aquinas College in Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Marshall University in West Virginia.
Katie Mitic
Director, Platform and Mobile Marketing, Facebook
Katie leads platform marketing for Facebook, with responsibility for shaping and growing innovative products for millions of developers and businesses that engage with Facebook’s community of over 750 million users. These key offerings include personalization, distribution and payment services that power social experiences in games, media and commerce across the web and mobile devices.
Previously Katie held executive positions at Palm, Yahoo! and a number of successful startups. She serves on the board of eBay and Special Olympics International. Katie holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.
Jack Tretton
President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Jack Tretton brings to his position more than 25 years of consumer product experience, including over two decades of direct experience in the videogame industry. As an industry veteran, Tretton provides a wealth of corporate business experience, including finance, marketing, merchandising, operations, product development, and sales. Tretton has been with Sony Computer Entertainment America since its inception, when he joined in 1995 as director of sales.
As one of the founding members of the executive team, Tretton has worked vigorously to make all PlayStation® platforms best sellers in North America. Tretton has played a pivotal role in launching groundbreaking platforms in North America, including the PS One®, PlayStation®2, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), PlayStation®3 and the PlayStation®Network. During his tenure, Tretton has also been responsible for achieving several industry milestones, such as the industry-first of surpassing 50 million units of the PlayStation®2 in North America.
Prior to joining Sony Computer Entertainment America, Tretton worked for JVC Musical Industries, an international publisher of videogames, where he served as general manager directing the company’s sales, product development, marketing, finance and operation efforts. From 1986 to 1991, Tretton held numerous of senior positions, including vice president of sales with Activision, an international publisher of interactive software. He also held marketing research and sales positions with Majers Corporation and Duracell, U.S.A. Tretton received his Bachelor of Science degree from Providence College.
