Mark Smith

Mark Smith is an Operating Partner at TCV based in Menlo Park, United States. Joining the firm in 2020, he has over 30 years of experience in B2B technology sales, having participated in four initial public offerings during his professional career. Previously, Smith served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development at Arista Networks and led global sales organizations at Infoblox. He also directed sales at NetScreen prior to its acquisition by Juniper Networks, and at NPI before it was acquired by FalconStor. Additionally, he acted as a market advisor to infrastructure companies including Avi Networks, which was acquired by VMware, and BigSwitch. In his current role, his primary focus involves providing operational support to software and cloud companies, coaching chief executive officers and sales leaders on team building and high-growth scaling practices.