Management & Directors

The driving force behind Rick Smith's strong leadership is the aspiration to reduce world violence. Since 1993, he has dedicated himself to delivering innovative technology solutions to create safer communities. He's an approachable leader who loves a good brainstorm, and is invigorated by challenging problems and the team he's assembled to help solve them.

Luke joined Axon in June of 2008 and has filled a variety of executive and management roles. He currently serves as President of Axon, where he oversees all domestic and international sales, marketing and communications, operations, people and culture as well as hardware engineering. Luke values big thinking and bold moves, which he's helped Axon pursue during his tenure.

Jawad joined Axon in 2017 and is responsible for leading the company's global finance, corporate strategy, legal and IT organizations. He also serves as the executive sponsor and owner of Axon’s consumer-facing business.

Josh is responsible for global growth, customer service, professional services, and sales operations. Josh joined Axon in 2009 as a member of the Leadership Development Program, and after rotating through several departments in the company, he eventually helmed and led the domestic video and cloud sales team to a record year in 2014. Josh previously held the roles of Director of Leadership Development, Northeast Regional Sales Executive, and VP of Video and Cloud Sales at TASER. Josh has a BS in Government & Political Science from Harvard University.

Jeff is responsible for driving Axon’s software as a service business and leading the Seattle office. For more than 25 years, Jeff has helped invent and deliver services used by hundreds of millions of customers around the world, serving in diverse roles including VP of Kindle’s global reading experience at Amazon, General Manager (GM) of Product and Design at Skype and GM of Windows Live Messenger at Microsoft. Prior to Axon, Jeff served as Vice President (VP) of Amazon’s Alexa Entertainment and led Alexa’s global experience, developer platform, and strategic partnerships for music, video, and podcasts across over 100 million Alexa-enabled devices. Jeff also spent eight years at voice services pioneer Tellme Networks, where he served as VP of Product. He is an alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University.