Joel Smith is the President and CEO of J. F. Smith & Associates, a business advisory and management consulting firm located in Philadelphia, PA. Joel has 16 years of consulting experience coupled with 30 years of corporate leadership experience in services, manufacturing, product and process development for a wide range of industries and technologies.
Joel’s clients include small to mid-sized companies and nonprofit organizations. He has provided business advice and management support to CEOs, Corporate and Nonprofit Boards and other Senior Executives.
Joel has held general and senior management positions for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He was a co-founder and principal of The People Source Group and served as general manager of HITEK, a start-up venture of Sarnoff Corporation. He has managed turnarounds including a business unit of FMC and The Delp Corporation. He was VP of Engineering for The Synthetics Group. Joel has led and coached financial, marketing, operations and technical professionals for over 30 years.
Joel is currently a Trustee of the Central Board and Past President of the Kardon Northeast Branch of the Settlement Music School, and Member and past Deputy Vice President of the Board of Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he serves on the Governing Body of Athena PowerLink. Joel was Chairman of the Board of Directors of BioStrategy Partners; a former chair of the Small Business Board, member of the Board and Executive committee of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; board member of Keystone Care; and member of steering committee of Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures of Temple University (formerly Diamond State Ventures).
Joel holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Towne School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania.
Joel Smith, J. F. Smith & Associates
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