At Smartvue -- a Nashville-based tech company that soon could have more patents than employees -- a culture of innovation and a business plan that envisions nothing less than transforming the video surveillance and security industry has attracted a board of directors with remarkable firepower.
The members include the former presidential adviser who led the Reagan Revolution, the ex-chairman who reinvented AT&T and the entrepreneur who produced It Might Get Loud, the acclaimed documentary film about the careers and styles of rock guitarists Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge.
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