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Ashley Smith is the founder of Valid Capital.
Smith's former jobs include Director of Marketing at Parse, Inc. from 2012 to 2014, Marketing at Twilio, Inc. from 2010 to 2012, Head of Marketing at Facebook, Inc. (Venture Capital) in 2013 to 2014, Chief Marketing Officer at Gitlab, Inc. in 2015 to 2016, Global Vice President-Marketing at GitHub, Inc. in 2017 to 2018, Venture Partner at OpenView Investments LLC in 2019 to 2020, and Director at Buildkite Pty Ltd.
Smith's education history includes an undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech College of Engineering.
Former positions of Ashley Smith
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
OpenView Investments LLC
 OpenView Investments LLC Investment ManagersFinance OpenView Investments LLC (OpenView Investments) (OpenView Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Scott Maxwell. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Private Equity Investor | 2020-11-29 |
GitHub, Inc.
 GitHub, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GitHub, Inc. is a software development company. The company was founded by Michael Hartl, P. J. Hyett, Tom Preston-Werner, Christopher Wanstrath, Scott Chacon and Long Nguyen in October 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2018-05-31 |
| GITLAB INC. | Sales & Marketing | 2016-10-30 |
Google LLC
 Google LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Sales & Marketing | 2015-08-31 |
Parse, Inc.
 Parse, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Parse, Inc. provides mobile android services. It offers a cloud-based software developer kits that enable users to create apps for devices that range from desktop to mobile to embedded devices. The company was founded by Tikhon Bernstam, Kevin Lacker, Ilya Sukhar, and James Yu on June 10, 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2014-10-30 |
Training of Ashley Smith
| Georgia Tech College of Engineering | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 2 |
|---|---|
| GITLAB INC. | Technology Services |
| TWILIO INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 6 |
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OpenView Investments LLC
OpenView Investments LLC Investment ManagersFinance OpenView Investments LLC (OpenView Investments) (OpenView Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Scott Maxwell. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Finance |
Buildkite Pty Ltd.
 Buildkite Pty Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Buildkite Pty Ltd. engages in the development of automation and collaboration tools for building and shipping software. It offers a platform for running fast, secure, and scalable continuous integration pipelines on users own infrastructure. The company was founded by Lachlan Donald, Keith Pitt, and Tim Lucas and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. | Technology Services |
GitHub, Inc.
GitHub, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GitHub, Inc. is a software development company. The company was founded by Michael Hartl, P. J. Hyett, Tom Preston-Werner, Christopher Wanstrath, Scott Chacon and Long Nguyen in October 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Parse, Inc.
Parse, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Parse, Inc. provides mobile android services. It offers a cloud-based software developer kits that enable users to create apps for devices that range from desktop to mobile to embedded devices. The company was founded by Tikhon Bernstam, Kevin Lacker, Ilya Sukhar, and James Yu on June 10, 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Google LLC
Google LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
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