Wyatt Smith

Wyatt Smith is founder and CEO of UpSmith, a technology company on a mission to combat America’s skilled worker Wyatt Smith is founder and CEO of UpSmith, a technology company on a mission to combat America’s skilled worker crisis by helping skilled trades companies win and tradespeople thrive. By using UpSmith’s technology platform, skilled trades companies generate more high quality opportunities and convert every high potential lead to revenue in the field. Prior to UpSmith, Wyatt led business development for Uber Elevate, Uber’s aerial ridesharing business unit. At Uber, Wyatt led a team responsible for 25+ commercial partnerships across the air mobility value chain, generating more than $5B in private sector investment. Before Uber, Wyatt served as a consultant at McKinsey. He began his career as a corps member with Teach for America, receiving the 2013 Sue Lehmann Award as a national teacher of the year. Wyatt is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Scholars’ Council Co-Chair of the Enterprise Club at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and a 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholar. He holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BS in Human & Organizational Development and Political Science from Vanderbilt University, where he served as student body president and as a young alumni trustee on the Board of Trust. Wyatt grew up on a family-owned cattle ranch in rural Alabama. He and his family live in Dallas.