Self-Indulgent ‘About’ Page
Obligatory ‘Professional Experience’ Section
Thoughts On Work
I do not believe humans were meant to spend a majority of their waking hours repetitively performing a job that they are not passionate about and requires (or allows) little thought, creativity, and autonomy. Unfortunately, as a society, this is the game most have agreed to play. One option is to reject this game all together and go live in a monastery, but with a family to support, I think my opportunity to don the orange robe has passed. So I choose to the play the game in a way that I find more enjoyable:
1. I solve problems that I am passionate about. 2. I apply deep thinking and creativity to my work. 3. I am always looking for new and interesting challenges.
And once I have won the game I will stop playing. When is the game won? When I have enough wealth to support a comfortable lifestyle for my family, no longer need to exchange my time for money, and can spend my time only doing what I enjoy. Perhaps it’s naive to think I will walk away, as so few do. Maslow might have been on to something when he put self-actualization at the top of the pyramid.
What I Do
I have entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy creating, growing, investing in, and advising businesses that solve problems I am interested in; I find it creative, impactful, and fulfilling. I have spent my career working in early stage healthcare businesses to develop and commercialize advanced medical technology. Working in early stage businesses has enabled me to take on large and diverse responsibilities and gain experience across all aspects of the business. I tend to focus on healthcare (med-tech, medical device, etc.) because I am passionate about health, wellness, and being physically active.
Prior to joining the private commercial sector, I worked in biomedical research and co-authored 25 peer-reviewed articles in top medical journals. I have degrees in biomedical and mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University and University of Denver.
About Me
Mini-Bio
I have observed that many ‘about’ pages are written in the third-person, despite being written by the author about himself. To be clear, I wrote this biography about myself.
For simplicity and ease of remembrance (by me), I will tell this story chronologically and in bullet format.
1987: born on August 28th in Wilmington, Delaware
1989: sister, Lauren Marie, born July 24th
1991: sister, Lindsey Nicole, born November 22nd
1995: moved to Tokyo, Japan
1997: moved to Singapore
1999: moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania
2005: graduated high school
2009: graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering
2009: moved to Denver, Colorado
2010: met Allison Glasser on September 11th in a dimly lit bar in downtown Denver
2011: graduated from The University of Denver with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering
2011: moved to Vail, Colorado to work in the Steadman Phillipon Research Institute doing biomedical research
2014: moved to the Marina District in San Francisco, California
2015: moved to Manhattan’s financial district in New York City to join the healthcare 3D-printing startup, SOLS
2016: moved back to San Francisco, CA and joined the healthcare startup, UNYQ
2016: proposed to Allison Glasser on October 14th at Muir Beach, California
2016: published stronghealthyhappy.co
2018: married Allison Glasser on May 5th in Carmel Valley, California
2018: Mac died
2018: moved to Denver, Colorado to join the healthcare startup, Xtremity
2019: adopted Monte the Australian Cobberdog
2020: daughter, Emery Jean, born September 11th in Denver, Colorado
2021: published seandsmith.com
2022: son, Cameron River, born August 21st in Denver, Colorado