Background
Smith, William Bridges was born on February 13, 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harry Leroy and Laura Sloo (Johnson) Smith.
Smith, William Bridges was born on February 13, 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harry Leroy and Laura Sloo (Johnson) Smith.
Biosystems Engineering.E., University Maryland, 1962. Microsoft Security Essentials.E., Princeton University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Information Science, University Pennsylvania, 1968.
Member technical staff, BTL, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1962-1966;
supervisor, BTL, Naperville, Illinois, 1967-1970;
department head, BTL, Holmdel, 1970-1974;
director, BTL, Columbus, Ohio., 1974-1978;
executive director, BTL, Naperville, 1978-1982;
vice president, ITT, 1982-1986;
general technical director for Europe, ITT Europe Inc., Brussels, 1982-1986;
executive director, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Labs, 1986-1991;
SVP, chief information and technical officer, United States West, Inc., 1991-1995;
chief operating officer, president, Telco Sys., Inc., 1995-1996;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Telco Sys., Inc., 1996-1998. Graduate instructor Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1968-1970. General chairman COMPSAC '79, Chicago, 1979.
Director ITT-United Kingdom, London, 1982-1983, Standard Telecommunications laboratories, Harlow, England, since 1982.
Maryland state treasurer Children of the Revolution, 1959. Member vestry Trinity Church, Wheaton, Illinois, 1981-1982, Christ Church, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 1990-1991. Member Illinois Institute of Technology board overseers, Armour College Engineering, 1981-1982, College Engineering Department, University Colorado, 1994-1995.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior chairman computer group 1969-1970).
Married Marjorie Lee Donaghy, December 11, 1965. Children: Laura Lee, William Bridges.