Smith is a Malibu Native who has built a successful entrepreneurial career that blends strategic marketing, technology-enabled efficiency, and supply chain management with his leadership skills. While attending Moorpark College, he started his first business at age 18 and sold it three years later. Next, going into real estate with a partnership group taking part in raising $50 million and employing data analytical tools to purchase and sell over 450+ real estate properties. Moving into the e-commerce sector, Austin studied bank data and financial modeling; he identified an opportunity in e-commerce subscription, and it was off to the races. Larger success followed. Austin was recruited by noted incubator Science Inc. to start a venture, PVbody, later to be rebranded, Ellie. As COO, he grew the business from 0 to 50,000 subscribers within the first six months of commencement. He was then recruited by Fabfitfun to head their Operations Department. Austin grew their subscription base from 15,000 to 250,000 within two years, directly managing a staff of 300+ employees. FabFitFun core operations framework is still in place for Austin’s people, processes, and systems. It has resulted in the company's scale to become a Silicon Beach Unicorn and have a valuation of $2B. He has helped to oversee rapid-growth companies, including The Black Tux, Papa & Barkley, Fam Brands, YourMinerals, Squarehearts, Splendies, and ReCharge, a billing software company. Austin has immersed himself in business intelligence, machine learning, data analysis, and supply systems management, serving on the Board of Directors for e-commerce at FedEx. Specialties include New Product & Business Development and Growth, Strategic Planning & Execution, Board presentations, Startup mentorship, IT, Systems Design, Integrations, Data Analysis, Framework Design, UX Design, Photoshop, REACT, Python, PHP, SQL, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript.