Randy Smith

January 9, 1969 - September 4, 2021 Randy Smith, a beloved husband and father with a wry sense of humor and an impressive career in product development and strategy for tech companies, died peacefully September 4 at age of 52 at his home in Bellevue, Washington, due to cancer. Randy grew up in Pacific Palisades and graduated from Thacher School in Ojai in 1987. He deferred a year of college to go study abroad in Finland and then returned to begin at Georgetown University where he majored in history and was active in theater. After earning his BA 1992, he earned his MBA from Anderson School of Business at UCLA.Randy excelled in business development for several technology companies. Most notably, he moved to Seattle and devoted more than 12 years to Microsoft, managing various aspects of developing devices, apps and the licensing agreements that go with them. His career also included several years with DTS in Calabasas, and Syntonic in Seattle.Randy was diagnosed with colon cancer at 49 but continued to embrace his family and to live life fully. In addition to his wife Karen Dahl, whom he met at Georgetown, and daughters Sarah and Megan, ages 20 and 17, he is survived by parents Ann and George Smith, his brother Morgan Smith, and his aunt Jean Garrett of Los Angeles.A celebration of life ceremony will be held at St. Matthews Church, Pacific Palisades on October 23.

Published by Los Angeles Times on Sep. 19, 2021.