Aarti Smith is the Founder and CEO of Chainbridge Solutions, leading the company with more than 25 years of experience across application development, business process modernization, and personnel security. She has built Chainbridge around a clear principle: technology must perform in real operational environments. Under her leadership, the company delivers systems that strengthen workforce security, support informed decision-making, and enable the missions that protect the nation.
Before founding Chainbridge, Aarti served as a Senior Consultant at ContentGuard (a subsidiary of Xerox) and as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at SRA International, where she managed large technology consulting and legal IT projects. Aarti earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.