Geoff Smart

Geoff is Chairman & CEO of ghSMART, the management assessment firm for CEOs and investors, which he founded in 1995. 

ghSMART has offices across North America.  Highly satisfied clients include the world’s largest private equity investors, Fortune 500 CEOs, and billionaire entrepreneurs.  ghSMART’s client impact has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Buyouts, CNBC’s Squawk Box, and in a Harvard Business School Case Study on the firm titled “ghSMART & Co.: Pioneering in Professional Services.”

Geoff is the co-author, with Randy Street, of the New York Times bestselling book Who: The A Method for Hiring (Ballantine Books/Random House, 2008).  Upon release, the book became the #1 ranked bestseller on Amazon.com out of 24 million titles, and hit every major bestseller list in the U.S.  In 2009, Soundview Executive Book Summaries gave Who the “Best 30 Business Books Award,” Shanghai Daily named it one of the “Top 5 Best Business Book in China,” and Canada’s Globe and Mail named Who the “#1 Best Business and Management Book.”

Geoff is co-creator of the Topgrading® philosophy of talent management.  He serves as an investor and board member of Crestcom, a private equity-backed company that provides management training to entrepreneurial businesses globally.  He is a member of Young Presidents’ Organization.  Geoff is a classroom volunteer and sponsor of Junior Achievement, which is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote an understanding of business and entrepreneurship in children.

Geoff earned a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Northwestern University, an M.A., and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Claremont Graduate University, where he was a student of management guru Peter F. Drucker.

Randy Street

Randy Street is the President of ghSMART and a Partner with the company.

Randy has served as a leadership advisor to boards, CEOs, and executive teams for over 15 years. He is also a popular keynote speaker with a dynamic and energetic style that routinely generates the highest audience satisfaction scores possible.

In collaboration with Geoff Smart, the firm’s CEO, Randy co-authored Who: The A Method for Hiring (Random House, 2008), which is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly best seller. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and other leading publications, and has appeared on leading television programs such as Fox Business News with Neil Cavuto.

Prior to joining ghSMART, Randy was the EVP of Sales & Marketing and EVP of Corporate Development & Strategy for a software firm that was named the fastest growing company in Atlanta during his tenure. Before that, Randy was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company where he led projects and advised senior executives of Global 1000 companies in a wide range of industries.

Randy earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and three children.