OUR TEAM
ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
The team behind Silicon Valley Business School combines experienced technologists and educators with startup experts, lawyers and website content developers.
David Smith—Founder and CEO
David Smith has formed more than a dozen startups in Silicon Valley, Asia and Europe. A former Apple World Marketing Manager, David’s expertise spans all aspects of entrepreneurship, including intellectual property. David designed the SVBS online courses and has authored several books including Patents, Cloaks & Daggers, Dollar Value and Zero-to-IPO. David holds a BSc.(Hons.) Computer Science & Economics from the University of Leeds (U.K.), a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Westminster (U.K.) and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law (U.S.).
Mark Cameron White—General Counsel
Mark Cameron White has negotiated and structured more than 500 financings and more than 200 merger/acquisition transactions. A leading attorney in Silicon Valley, Mark holds a J.D. from University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, an M.B.A. from Harvard University, Graduate School of Business and a BA, Economics from Rutgers University.
Anand Chella Nadar—Head of I.T. & Software Development
Anand heads up a team of 70 engineers responsible for developing the SVBS websites and managing the I.T. platform.
Anand holds a B.E. degree in Computer Science from MS University Tirunelveli and an MBA in International Business from the Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.
