# John Parris

> John C. Parris is co-founder and managing partner at Parraid and a co-founder and former CEO of Smartronix, a predecessor of SMX. He led Smartronix as CEO from 2007 until its 2020 leadership transition, after a career in business development and strategy. His work spans government IT, cloud services and electronics products.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Managing Partner at Parraid, LLC
- **Organizations:** Parraid, LLC, Smartronix / SMX (co-founder; former executive), TEDCO (former board member), Booz Allen Hamilton (former senior consultant)
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Smartronix, a predecessor of SMX., Helped establish Parraid from Smartronix’s products engineering business., Served on TEDCO’s board of directors.

## Career timeline

- **1986** — Graduated from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
- **1990-1995** — Worked as a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.
- **1995** — Co-founded Smartronix with Arshed Javaid and Alan Parris.
- **1997-1999** — Led Smartronix’s support for the Marine Corps worldwide network migration and original Marine Corps Enterprise Network development.
- **2007** — Became CEO of Smartronix.
- **2019** — Smartronix was recapitalized by OceanSound Partners; its products engineering unit became Parraid on December 9.
- **2020** — Peter LaMontagne succeeded him as CEO; Parris became vice chairman. Parris later identified December 31 as his last day at Smartronix.
- **2022** — Identified as Parraid co-founder and managing partner in the company’s Navy OWL award announcement.
- **2025** — Celebrated Smartronix’s thirtieth anniversary publicly on LinkedIn.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Smartronix, a predecessor of SMX.
- Helped establish Parraid from Smartronix’s products engineering business.
- Served on TEDCO’s board of directors.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Publicly celebrated Smartronix’s thirtieth anniversary, revisiting its original smart-electronics ambition and logo.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-parris-8959b7b

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