1. What is your favorite word? Efficient
2. What is your least favorite word? Redundant
3. What gets you up every day? Nanook, our labradoodle, and the smell of coffee and bacon from the Bacon Shack (www.baconshack.com).
4. What puts you to sleep? Angry Birds
5. What sound do you love? The sound of a crackling fire.
6. What sound do you hate? The sound of whining children, particularly mine.
7. What profession other than yours would you like to attempt? No doubt whatsoever: sky writing.
8. What profession are you least interested in trying? Shucking crabs.
9. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? “Here's your hair back.”
Bonus Questions
- Favorite technological advance of last five years?
- Making M&M’s easier to peel.
- Favorite entrepreneur and why?
- Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist. If even your customers can’t figure out how you stay in business, you’re doing something right...
Christopher “Tote” Smith and his family joined the Salisbury School community in 2003. Tote serves as the Math Department chair and director of the Entrepreneurial Studies Program.
Tote returned to the world of education after eleven years at the firm of Alex.Brown, an investment banking firm recognized for its expertise in capital formation for the growth industries. During his tenure, Tote advised clients in the healthcare and technology industries in both the U.S. and Europe.
Tote’s youth was split between rural Maine and northern Virginia, though the Salisbury area is familiar as he has been visiting family in nearby Norfolk for over twenty years. Upon graduation from Langley High School in northern Virginia, Tote attended Yale University where he earned a B.A. in Economics and rowed four years for the Yale Crew.
Tote and his wife Kathy live in Class of 2005 House with their three children, Nate, Tobey and Laura.