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Following a successful ten-year entrepreneurial career, Gary Smaby joined the Minneapolis-based investment banking firm of Piper Jaffray in 1982 as a vice-president and senior analyst to set up an emerging technology group. At Piper, Gary built an international reputation as a leading Wall Street analyst in the information technology sector, encompassing a broad spectrum from high-performance workstations and supercomputers to networking and decision support systems. He was promoted to Managing Director, Technology Research in 1986. In 1988, Gary left Piper to join the New York investment firm of Needham and Company as Managing Director.In forming his own firm, Smaby Group, Inc. in 1989, Gary set out to use his experience and contacts to keep clients abreast of the emerging trends that shape the technology landscape. Over the last decade, his retainer clients have included corporate giants like AT&T, Cray, HP, IBM, Intel, SGI, Sun, and Unisys, as well as many high-profile start-ups.Gary is frequently called upon to give an industry perspective to the media. He has been widely quoted in such national publications such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, and Business Week. He has also been a keynote speaker at major industry conferences, seminars and forums. Gary chairs the boards of directors of Algos Therapeutics, finEye, Pontus, and Iconoculture. He also serves as managing director and VC-in-Residence at the Carlson School of Management's MBA program at the University of Minnesota. Gary also chairs the Investment Committee for the Board of Trustees for the Science Museum of Minnesota and serves on the External Advisory Board for the Deep Computing Institute at IBM TJ Watson Research Laboratory. Gary was recently President of the Minnesota Venture Capital Association.Gary is a 1971 Cum Laude graduate from St. Olaf College. | 