Derek Smith

Private Equity Investor at F5, INC.

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Derek Smith is the founder of Shape Security, Inc. (founded in 2011) and serves as the Chief Executive Officer.
He was also the founder of Assentive Solutions, Inc. (founded in 1997) where he was the CEO from 1997 to 1999, and Cambric Corp.
(founded in 1989) where he held the position of CEO from 1989 to 1996.
Mr. Smith is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Mimic Networks, Inc. (since 2024) and Senior Vice President at F5, Inc. (since 2020).
He is also an advisor at Epic Ventures and Ballistic Ventures Alpha LLC.
In the past, he worked as a Senior Advisor at the US Department of Defense from 2009 to 2011.
Mr. Smith is also the founder of Raytheon Oakley Systems, LLC.

Derek Smith active positions

Companies	Position	Start
F5, INC.	Private Equity Investor	2019-12-31
Shape Security, Inc. Shape Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Shape Security, Inc. engages in the provision of website security solutions. The firm offers Shape Defense, Shape Enterprise Defense, BlackFish, API defense, and manual-attack defense. The company was founded by Derek Smith, Justin Call, and Sumit Agarwal in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.	Chief Executive Officer	2010-12-31
Epic Ventures Epic Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Epic Ventures (Epic Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Threshold Ventures Inc founded in 1994 by E. Nicholaus Efstratis and Kent Madsen. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.	Consultant / Advisor	-

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Former positions of Derek Smith

Companies	Position	End
US Department of Defense (District of Columbia)	Consultant / Advisor	2010-12-31
Assentive Solutions, Inc. Assentive Solutions, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Assentive Solutions, Inc. provides data security solutions. It also provides web based data transfer management and secure intellectual property solutions. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Chief Executive Officer	1998-12-31
Cambric Corp. Cambric Corp. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Part of Tata Technologies Ltd. (India), Cambric Corp. provides engineering and project management services. The private company is based in Salt Lake City, UT. The company was founded by Derek Smith. Cambric was acquired by Tata Technologies Ltd. on April 26, 2013 for $32.50 million.	Chief Executive Officer	1995-12-31
Raytheon Oakley Systems, LLC Raytheon Oakley Systems, LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Raytheon Oakley Systems LLC provides security software services. It designs information leakage detection and prevention technology that monitors communications and Internet usage. The firm provides services to industries such as financial, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and government agencies. The company was founded by Derek Smith in 2001 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.	Founder	-

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F5, INC.	Technology Services

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Raytheon Oakley Systems, LLC Raytheon Oakley Systems, LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Raytheon Oakley Systems LLC provides security software services. It designs information leakage detection and prevention technology that monitors communications and Internet usage. The firm provides services to industries such as financial, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and government agencies. The company was founded by Derek Smith in 2001 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.	Commercial Services
Shape Security, Inc. Shape Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Shape Security, Inc. engages in the provision of website security solutions. The firm offers Shape Defense, Shape Enterprise Defense, BlackFish, API defense, and manual-attack defense. The company was founded by Derek Smith, Justin Call, and Sumit Agarwal in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.	Technology Services
Assentive Solutions, Inc. Assentive Solutions, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Assentive Solutions, Inc. provides data security solutions. It also provides web based data transfer management and secure intellectual property solutions. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Technology Services
Epic Ventures Epic Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Epic Ventures (Epic Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Threshold Ventures Inc founded in 1994 by E. Nicholaus Efstratis and Kent Madsen. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.	Finance
US Department of Defense (District of Columbia)	Government
Cambric Corp. Cambric Corp. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Part of Tata Technologies Ltd. (India), Cambric Corp. provides engineering and project management services. The private company is based in Salt Lake City, UT. The company was founded by Derek Smith. Cambric was acquired by Tata Technologies Ltd. on April 26, 2013 for $32.50 million.	Industrial Services

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