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TOTAL RATINGS: 6282

CEO: Rick Smith

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Rick Smith Axon CEO Rating

Axon's CEO, Rick Smith, has 218 employee ratings and a score of 92/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees and Top 5% of other companies in Phoenix. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at Axon rate Rick Smith higher than non-binary employees, giving the CEO a score of 93/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Axon's CEO Rating

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Axon CEO Rick Smith Bio

A pioneer of technology with the vision of making the bullet obsolete, Rick founded the original company, TASER, in 1993. As the TASER device became ubiquitous in law enforcement, Rick pushed the company beyond weapons technology and towards a broader purpose of matching technology to public safety needs in order to make the world a safer place. Under his leadership, the company has grown from a garage in Tucson to a NASDAQ-listed global market leader in conducted electrical weapons, body worn cameras and software. Rick was winner of the Ernst and Young 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year. Rick graduated from Harvard with a B.S. in Neuroscience (Cum Laude) and later earned a Master in International Finance from the University of Leuven in Belgium and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Who Ranks Axon's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - Marketing, Creative & Communications 97/100

Department - Legal & Training 97/100

Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino 97/100

Who Ranks Axon's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Gender - Non-Binary 70/100

Department - Product Design 85/100

Department - Operations & Manufacturing 87/100

Axon CEO Rick Smith At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Axon.

Based on 218 ratings, Rick Smith ranks right above Motorola Solutions' CEO, Gregory Q. Brown.

Axon's CEO is highly regarded by the Marketing, Creative & Communications department, the Legal & Training department, and Hispanic or Latino employees. However, Non-Binary employees, the Product Design department, and the Operations & Manufacturing department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.