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Graham V Smith

AddedFeb 20, 2024

UpdatedOct 15, 2026

Graham V Smith

Graham V Smith

Board Member, GoDaddy

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Public

$800M

Tempe, AZ, US

Board Member

2024 – present

Axon Enterprise

Public$246MScottsdale, AZ, US

Board Member· Board

Mar 2023 – present

Talkdesk

Series D$497.4MSan Francisco, CA, US

Board Member· Board

2023 – present

Procore Technologies

Public$654MCarpinteria, CA, US

Board Member

Feb 2020 – present

Splunk

$30.4BSan Francisco, CA, US

Interim CEO

Nov 2021 – Apr 2022

Board Chairman

Mar 2019 – Mar 2024

Board Member· Board

Jul 2011 – Mar 2024

Slack

San Francisco, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Dec 2018 – 2021

Sonoma Valley Education Foundation

Non-ProfitSonoma, CA, US

Board Member

2017

Board Chair

BlackLine

Woodland, CA, US

Board Member· Board

May 2015 – 2022

MINDBODY

$1.9BSan Luis Obispo, CA, US

Board Member

2015 – 2019

Xero

Wellington, NZ

Board Member

2015 – 2020

Citrix Systems

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

Board Member

2015 – 2018

Salesforce

Public$65.4MSan Francisco, CA, US

Executive Vice President

Aug 2014 – Jun 2015

Chief Financial Officer

Mar 2008 – Aug 2014

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Designate

Dec 2007 – Mar 2008

Executive Vice President of Finance

Dec 2007 – Apr 2008

Oracle

PublicAustin, TX, US

Vice President of Finance for Worldwide Operations

Vitria Technology

PublicSunnyvale, CA, US

Chief Financial Officer

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