Ken Smith

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Principal Cloud AI Engineer at Lumelight

Houston, Texas, United States

Overview

Ken is a Principal Cloud AI Engineer with over 15 years of experience building and scaling secure, intelligent systems across cloud and hybrid environments. Holding two Master of Science degrees and multiple AWS certifications, he specializes in unifying enterprise ecosystems through platform engineering, automation, and AI.

Passionate about technical education and mentorship, Ken dedicates time to training others in AI, software, and cloud engineering at Houston Community College. This passion extends to personal projects, including creating a public resource to help IT professionals prepare for and pass major certification exams.

He recently launched his own practice exam website to help peers achieve top IT and cloud certifications across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and more.

Personality Overview

Story Driven

Non-Confrontational

Consensus Focused

They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.  Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They tend to be agreeable by nature, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.


Topics They Care About

Cloud Architecture
He specializes in designing production-grade, multi-cloud architectures that merge enterprise systems into unified, secure, and compliant ecosystems.
AI & ML Systems
As a certified AWS Machine Learning Engineer, his focus is on building, operating, and scaling intelligent systems that are reliable and self-healing.
Platform Engineering
He focuses on building internal platforms with Kubernetes and Terraform to abstract complexity and improve developer velocity and operational excellence.

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Work History

4-2024 - 1-2026
Principal Cloud AI Engineer at Lumelight
4-2021 - 12-2025
DevOps Cloud AI Consultant at Iotbands Tech
1-2020 - 12-2025
AI & Software & Cloud Engineering Trainer at Houston Community College
1-2018 - 3-2020
Java Software Engineer at First Republic
10-2015 - 5-2018
Network Engineer at Atlas Tech Services

Education

9-2019 - 8-2021
Master of Science - MS from Colorado Technical University
5-2017 - 8-2019
Master of Science - MS from University of Arkansas

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Insights For Selling To Ken

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Give them the opportunity to lead the conversation where possible
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Speak from experience about success that the product has seen with other customers

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be like a storyteller with them
  • Avoid overloading them with too much information
  • Don’t be too formal with them, they trust informality more

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ken is

  • Relationships and rapport matter to them, but so does the value of the product.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ken

  • They are unlikely to say no directly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ken move?

  • They are not very fast decision makers, even while they continue to stay engaged.
  • Can Ken take some risk or not?

  • If it seems really necessary, they can take small risks.

You And Ken

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