Meet Corey Smith

You know, I have a varied past. Well, a really varied past. Usually, when you think of someone that runs a Web firm, you think of either a coder or a graphics guy.

Well, I am neither.

At 16, I ran an offset printing press for my father.

At 21, after a mission for my church in Albania, I bought and sold printing and graphics services. I taught myself how to use my $400 Macintosh to produce graphics that I could sell. IKON Office Solutions actually hired me to use my self-taught graphics skills to run a graphics department for them in Salt Lake City in 1998… the same year I married my beautiful bride, Jennifer.

Together, Jen and I have five wonderful children - yeah - full house.

I have always had a passion for business, technology and education. So, after working in the office equipment industry for over 8 years, teaching graphic design for Web at University of Utah, serving as a Color Systems Specialist for Canon USA, working hard to learn what I could, and going back to school for my undergraduate in Information Technology and a Master in Business administration, both from University of Phoenix, I started Tribute Media in 2007. I have recently turned the reigns of Tribute Media over to a long-time trusted employee and friend and moved on to the role of Founder/Chief Vision Officer. My next move is to start up something new. I know what it is and will announce before too long.

During the years since starting Tribute Media, I’ve worked hard to develop talents that can be shared with others. I figure that a talent that can’t be shared isn’t a talent worth having. Because of this, I decided to write my first book, Do It Right: A CEO's Guide to Web Strategy. I had so much fun writing my first book that I wrote a second book Tweet It Right: A CEO's Guide to Twitter which is available on Kindle.

You can find me in the social world on Twitter, Facebook, About.me and Google+.