High Wire Networks, Inc. has appointed Curtis Smith as chief financial officer, succeeding Dan Sullivan who has retired from the company. Smith brings to High Wire over 30 years of finance and operational experience, spending most of his time as a CFO for Nasdaq listed and privately held companies. He has been instrumental in leading IPOs, M&A transactions, and strategic growth initiatives.

Most recently, he served as CFO of Job.com, where he established corporate reporting platforms and managed the rollup of several acquisitions onto common systems. Prior to serving as CFO of Job.com, Smith was CFO of AYRO, where he led its IPO via reverse merger and secondary offerings. He was also responsible for finance, accounting, corporate development, investor and lender relations, SEC and Nasdaq compliance, human resources, legal and IT systems. Prior to AYRO, he was CFO of LAC Group. At LAC Group, he managed the company's private equity acquisition, as well as reorganized a multi-entity legal/financial structure, established management reporting and budgeting standards, and converted the ERP systems to NetSuite.

Earlier he was a consulting CFO with NeoSystems. He led the company's commercial consulting and outsourcing practice, serving as CFO for multiple client companies. He previously served as a CFO consultant for StrataPoint Financial. At StrataPoint, he managed a $186 million federal grant for PARCC.

Prior to StrataPoint, he was CFO of AgileAssets. Smith holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Texas A&M University.