Steve Smith leads one of Black Duck's North America post-sales Technical Account Management (TAM) teams. Over the past several years, he has focused on building applications and tools with AI coding assistants, using that hands-on experience to deepen his understanding of DevOps, DevSecOps, software engineering, and AI-assisted software engineering.

Drawing on real-world development and security experience, Steve helps organizations understand how AI is reshaping the software development lifecycle and what that means for cybersecurity. He is passionate about separating hype from reality and translating emerging technology trends into practical guidance for security and engineering teams.