Darren Smith
Assistant Professor Of Instruction at SparkFinder Labs
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDarren Smith is a mission-driven educator and product leader with 14 years of cross-industry experience spanning product management, business development, marketing, and operations. Currently an Assistant Professor of Instruction and adjunct lecturer teaching entrepreneurship and social impact, he pairs classroom rigor with hands-on startup and corporate experience from roles at Adobe, IBM, The Zebra, and as a technical co-founder. He launches programs and products that scale—driving revenue growth, high retention, and modernizing operations—while coaching teams on communication, AI adoption, and neurodiversity-friendly practices. A pragmatic connector, Darren combines CliftonStrengths in activation and strategic thinking with practical tooling fluency across Figma, Salesforce, Jira, analytics stacks, and web/mobile development. He’s equally comfortable leading go-to-market strategy as he is building prototypes and teaching students how to turn ideas into sustainable ventures.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Masters Program - Masters of Science Technology Commericalization Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Executive Masters Program - Masters of Science Technology Commericalization Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Texas McCombs School of BusinessM.A. Sport Management, M.A. Sport Management at California State University, Long BeachDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Executive PhD for industry leaders | Business Administration - Entrepreneurship, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Executive PhD for industry leaders | Business Administration - Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State UniversityB.A. Language and Composition; Radio Television & Film, B.A. Language and Composition; Radio Television & Film at University of North Texas
Github Skills (87)
google-maps10
arcore10
gear-vr10
openxr9
oculus9
maps9
wgs849
mapview9
react-native9
oculus-quest9
coordinates9
android9
recording8
geography8
ruby8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
visit-widget/i18n-active_record
Mar 2021 - Jan 2025
I18n ActiveRecord backend
Contributions:6 PRs, 9 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 10 months
ruby-on-railsrailsrubybackendactiverecord
ddarren/jQuery-Live-Form-Validation-For-Twitter-Bootstrap
Jan 2012 - Jun 2012
Contributions:13 commits in 4 months
jqueryvalidationmodifiedform-validationadaptation
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