Dr. Smoot is a graduate of MIT and holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently Corelight's VP of Customer Success.  He played a catalytic role at Riverbed, scaling from 10 to 2600 people, and before that brought the FastForward Networks technology and how-to to Europe for Inktomi. Previously, he developed video compression technology that enables the video streams we all watch every night. At Corelight, Steve is responsible for all customer facing activities and building a team of individuals who put customer success first.