Dee Smith
Gordon Dee Smith is the Founder, Principal and CEO of Strategic Insight Group, a private intelligence agency he founded in 1995. Smith is a specialist in intelligence, foreign policy, and global change with over 30 years of experience in multiple research and analytical disciplines. He has worked in over 100 countries and has served as an advisor for more than 120 billion USD in investment transactions. In addition, he has conducted projects in areas ranging from geopolitical analysis to transactional intelligence for the finance, technology, defense, energy, retail, transportation, and healthcare industries, among others. Prior to founding SIG, he served as an international venture capitalist active in Latin America and Europe, and was a Founder and president of InterCultura, an international NGO. He is the co-creator, host, and executive producer of "A World on the Brink," a five-part TV documentary series on geopolitical risk and global change.
Dee Smith Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Member
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Member
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Founder, Principal and CEO
Academic History
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Archaeology and Decipherment
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Music Theory and Musicology
AFFILIATIONS
Chair of the Advisory Board of LLILAS, University of Texas at Austin
Board Member and Past President of the Board, Dallas Committee of Foreign Relations
Member of the Advisory Board, Houston Committee on Foreign Relations
EXPERTISE
He works in the areas of transactional intelligence, geopolitical and change risk analysis, and media and cultural production.
He is associated with international think tanks and research institutions in the foreign policy arena.
He has also conducted operations in virtually all major jurisdictions across the globe.
EARLY CAREER
"A World on the Brink" has been broadcast on the PBS in over 40 media markets around the United States.
He conducted intelligence projects for the US Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA), and the US National Research Council.
MEDIA & PUBLICATION
He has spoken at conferences, policy forums, universities, and cultural institutions worldwide.
His topics include intelligence, investment due diligence, foreign policy, cultures in transformation, and global change.
He has written for The American Interest, The Octavian Report, The Spectator, The Business, and ot, and ot, and ot, and ot, and ot, and ot, and ot, and ot, and ot, and other publications.