As VP of Product Management at SmartBear, Bridges Smith leads BearQ, SmartBear's agentic QA system, and oversees UX, user research, and technical writing across SmartBear. He brings 30+ years of leadership experience in product development, machine learning, and AI - from pioneering early speech recognition and virtual assistant applications to pushing the state of the art in agentic quality. Throughout his career, Bridges has successfully deployed AI solutions for global brands and led diverse teams across multiple countries, consistently driving technological advancement and business value.