Summary
Carl Smith is a seasoned global operations and customer success leader with over a decade of experience driving technical support, escalation management, and account strategy at Microsoft and Fortune-scale enterprises. He blends deep technical foundations in computer science with an MBA-backed business perspective to manage multimillion-dollar books of business, lead large cross-regional engineering teams, and improve service delivery across EMEA and the United States. Currently a Senior Business Manager and Customer Success Account Manager at Microsoft while running his own holdings firm, he is adept at translating complex technical remediation into profitable, customer-centric outcomes. Known for building high-performance teams—from 12-person escalation groups to 110-engineer regional centers—he brings a pragmatic process-improvement mindset and a knack for anticipating enterprise needs before they surface. Based in Greater Phoenix, he pairs hands-on IT leadership experience from Intel and Motorola with strategic program management to bridge technical execution and business results.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Howard University
MBA Business Administration and Management, General, MBA Business Administration and Management, General at Wake Forest University School of Business