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Paul Smith is Vice President of Government Sales Operations at Red Hat. Mr. Smith joined Red Hat in November 2004 and leads the Red Hat Government business unit with responsibility for sales, marketing, consulting, channels and strategic planning. The business unit is responsible for the U.S. Federal government worldwide and the U.S. State, Local and Education marketplace nationally.
Smith brings to Red Hat more than 20 years of experience marketing key technologies to the government marketplace holding various management positions in the sales of software solutions to government agencies and to systems integrators.
Before joining Red Hat, Smith was Vice President of Government Operations at VERITAS. During his 5 year tenure, the business unit was the fastest growing vertical at VERITAS increasing from less than $15M to more than $200M.
Smith worked at Netscape Communications where he ran sales for their State & Local organization nationwide. Prior to that he ran sales organizations at Oracle in the areas of Public Sector, Aerospace and Defense and the Department of Defense. Before joining Oracle, Smith worked for Unisys Corporation where he held management positions responsible for Federal Civilian Agencies.
Smith holds a bachelor of business administration from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. An avid golfer, skier, he also enjoys playing competitive lacrosse in an area seniors league. A native of Baltimore, Smith currently resides in a suburb of Washington, DC with his wife and 3 children.
As Vice President of Business Development, Public Sector, Lynne Corddry brings to Red Hat more than 20 years of diverse technical experience as a sales executive in companies such as UNISYS, Network Appliance, Silicon Graphics, Inc., and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Prior to joining Red Hat, Corddry held the position of Vice President and General Manager, Federal Systems and Technology Business Unit, at UNISYS Corporation . She led the growth, margin and profitability of high performance enterprise solutions and services to the Federal Government with responsibility for $180M annually. Over a period of 7 months Corddry turned the Federal Business unit around to become profitable. Prior to UNISYS Corddry was Director, Federal Sales and Homeland Security at Network Appliance where she grew Federal business sector 100% year over year for 4 consecutive years.
Corddry holds a Masters Degree in Marketing and Finance from James Madison University. She has taught and lectured extensively at George Washington University, Montgomery College, and James Madison University. Corddry is a board member of the Electronics Industry Alliance.