W.Va. Expatriate Returns to Share Leadership Insights

Written by Skip Lineberg on April 30, 2008

One tremendous aspect of making West Virginia better is leadership. We need more leaders from within that act as ambassadors for the state outside our jagged boundaries.

One such person is Brad Smith. He’s representing West Virginia extremely well as president and CEO of Intuit Corp. Perhaps you’ve heard of this software giant? If you are using TurboTax, Quicken or QuickBooks, you are already a customer.

Mr. Smith will share his life lessons on leadership as keynote speaker for the Charleston Area Alliance’s Annual Celebration, May 6. Upon joining Intuit, Brad experienced a meteoric and battle-tested rise to the top. Serving in each of the company’s five business units over an intensive, five-year period, he became known within Intuit as the person who could “sell” change to employees. Getting several hundred employees to embrace and accept new programs, new ways of doing things, and new ideas can be extremely difficult.

It never ceases to amaze me how many corporate leaders come from West Virginia! Brad Smith is a native of Kenova, W.Va. After attending Marshall University, he completed graduate studies at Aquinas College in Michigan, and his prior corporate experiences include positions at Pepsi, ADP and Advo. His full bio is available here.

If you are interested in this learning and networking opportunity register here.

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