Stephen Smith

Bio

Joined Arma Partners in September 2006. Previously, spent 14 years at Broadview, the technology and media focused M&A advisory firm, where he was Vice Chairman, served on the management committee and led the Silicon Valley M&A advisory team as well as the global practice group in the infrastructure sectors of the IT market. During that time, was involved in deals such as EMC’s $250 million acquisition of McData, the $7 billion sale of Burr-Brown to TI, the $2.6 billion acquisition of PairGain by ADC and the $120 million recapitalisation of E-Tek Dynamics by Summit Partners. Earlier in his career, held senior roles at McKinsey, Fairchild and Amdahl and was CEO of Reference Technology. Since Broadview, he has been a Managing Director with The Interim CEO Network and has recruited numerous CEOs to technology companies. Retains an affiliation with the Interim CEO Network. MBA from Harvard Business School, Baker Scholar.