DGI 2025

10 - 12 February, 2025

Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London

Dan Smoot

Chief Executive Officer MAXAR Intelligence

Dan Smoot is Chief Executive Officer of Maxar Intelligence, a role he has held since his appointment in November 2023.

He is leading the company’s push to bring the geospatial industry into a new age of intelligence. For over three decades, he has helped scale some of the world’s most innovative software and IT companies and worked closely with the defense and intelligence communities to integrate cutting-edge technologies into national security architectures. Today, Dan is guiding Maxar’s evolution to deliver secure, software-enabled products that use the power of geospatial data and technology to help customers get mission-critical insights, faster.

Dan became CEO in November 2023. Prior to joining Maxar, he served as CEO of Riverbed Technology, where he led the IT company’s transformation from a hardware provider to a software-focused business that today serves government and commercial customers, including national security agencies and 95% of the Fortune 100. Dan had also previously served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Customer Officer throughout his tenure at the company.

Prior to Riverbed Technology, Dan held several senior roles at Salesforce, including Executive Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Executive Vice President of Market Readiness. There, he optimized the company’s sales and go-to-market processes to grow the sales pipeline and accelerate revenue generation, ultimately helping lay the foundation for one of the fastest periods of growth in Salesforce’s history. Earlier in his career, Dan served as Senior Vice President of Global Customer Operations at VMWare and held a variety of senior sales, operations and finance roles over 13 years at Cisco.

Dan earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from UC Irvine. He is a board member of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Western Affiliate and was previously the Chairman of the AHA’s Greater Bay Area chapter.

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