John Smith

John D. Smith, the Chairman & CEO of Icon parking, is renowned for accelerating business performance by inspiring people—both individually and collectively as a team—to empower and unleash their greatness to achieve extraordinary results.
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A respected leader with a breadth of experience across multiple industries, John has transformed both large and mid-market companies with his most recent positions include Chief Operating Officer of Aaron’s Inc., a $4B publicly traded solutions provider of furniture, electronics, and appliances; and President, Mid-North Region, and CEO of Harrah’s Resort AC of Caesars Entertainment Corporation, the then $8B publicly traded hospitality and entertainment corporation that owned and operated over 55 casinos, hotels and resorts. In his early career he held leadership positions at IBM, GE, McKinsey & Co, Target Corporation and Collective Brands the parent company of Payless ShoeSource, Saucony, Sperry Topsider and Striderite brands.
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John’s leadership philosophy and approach to building and accelerating business performance is organizations, businesses or industries can’t transform in a sustained way until people do. So, leadership matters because it’s all about the people.