Jay Andrew
Smith, MBA
Educator - Entrepreneur - Advisor
New York/San Francisco/Japan
Email: jay@bizsmith.com
educator
 Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, University of Maryland, Honors College
Associate Professor Kagoshima (National) University, Japan (2005-2010) -
Inaugural Faculty, Inamori Academy endowed by Kyocera Corporation
& its
founder, Kazuo Inamori
Focus: Venture Development,
Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Innovation
advisor
Consulting services for U.S. and Asian technology and services
companies
Advise on strategy, business plans, business development, investments,
and raising capital
5 years with NY & Tokyo boutique Booz-Allen & Hamilton-spinoff
consulting firms
 finance professional
Former Senior Vice President with Jefferies & Company, (NYSE: JEF) investment bank
Raised over $400 million for technology-based clients
Inaugural Member Jefferies Venture Capital group
 entrepreneur
Co-founded Tokyo-based internet technology, services & media
business
Raised over $4 million in equity capital
Clients: American Chamber, Citibank, Anheuser-Busch, IBM, Motorola,
Coca-Cola
Developed JMail email service - Japan's largest domain name holder
Published Tokyo Journal magazine
Japan experience
12+ years Japan experience as consultant, technology entrepreneur,
educator
 education
MBA from Harvard Business School 1989
Focus on entrepreneurship, creativity & technology, Asian Business
Club
Created View from
the Skydeck for HBS newspaper
BA with Honors from Rutgers University, 1985
Double-major in economics & physics 
Outstanding Senior Economics Major, Phi Beta Kappa
21st Century
Leadership program graduate
Member, Academy of Management
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