Darlene Smith

Darlene Smith is a seasoned marketing professional with extensive experience in event management and corporate sponsorships. Currently serving as Senior Director of Marketing Events at Guidewire Software since April 2013, Darlene has previously held significant roles at Oracle Corporation as Director of Event Marketing and at Taleo as Director of Events & Tradeshows. Darlene's career began at PeopleSoft, where various positions culminated in the role of Senior Manager for Corporate Events & Sponsorships, overseeing substantial budgets and leading demand generation initiatives. Darlene's career also includes foundational experience at Tesseract Corporation in marketing communications. Darlene holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations/Marketing from San Jose State University.