Our Team
When we say "the Rubicon Team" we really mean the whole team, because all of us work closely together to build market-leading software businesses. And every single person helps cultivate and extend our direct, open and team-first culture.
When we say "the Rubicon Team" we really mean the whole team, because all of us work closely together to build market-leading software businesses. And every single person helps cultivate and extend our direct, open and team-first culture.
Paul Smith is the CEO of Vision Government Solutions, the leading provider of property tax administration, appraisal and collections software.
While early in our tenure together, we are loving the investment and growth focus of Rubicon. True to their word, Rubicon has been a supportive partner, and we are very excited about where we are heading.
Paul Smith is the chief executive officer of Vision Government Solutions, the leading provider of property tax software and appraisal services. Since Paul started with Vision in 2018, the company has doubled in size and increased profitability by more than 500%. It was this impressive performance, paired with the company’s exceptional solutions, that attracted Rubicon in 2021.
Before joining Vision, Paul was a senior vice president at PowerAdvocate, a leader in offering machine learning-based software solutions to the energy industry. Paul also has operating experience in the wire and cable industry, corporate strategy consulting experience with Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte) and M&A experience with National Financial Partners.
Paul holds a bachelor of arts from Union College and a master of business administration from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
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Vision Government Solutions provides property tax administration, appraisal and collections software to over 430 municipalities and counties throughout the United States. The company’s mission-critical software is used by the tax assessor’s office to manage detailed property-level data, perform property assessments and advanced valuations and collect property taxes, which typically account for approximately 40% of a municipality’s annual revenue. Vision’s innovative software products are leading the industry towards the digital future of assessing.