Zin Thein Kyaw

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Director of Customer Solutions Engineering at Edge Impulse

Irvine, California, United States

Overview

Zin Thein Kyaw is the Director of Customer Solutions Engineering at Edge Impulse, specializing in Edge AI, IoT, and embedded systems. With over two decades of experience, he leads a global team dedicated to ensuring customer success with production-optimized AI solutions. He holds a BSEE from the University of Southern California.

Outside of his primary role, Zin is a passionate inventor and entrepreneur. He founded Konnected Widgets to create affordable, smart home devices that solve everyday challenges, particularly in food safety and quality. He enjoys evangelizing technology and bringing innovative IoT products to life from concept to production.

Unique fact: Zin invented and holds a patent for the K-Mometer, a smart Wi-Fi thermometer system designed to improve food safety, which integrates with Amazon Alexa.

Personality Overview

People-Oriented

Socially Adept

Persuader

If they come to believe in your value proposition, they will be your champion.  They are charming and have the ability to align others behind their decisions. They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary.

Topics They Care About

Edge AI Solutions
He leads the customer solutions team at Edge Impulse, a leading platform for Edge AI, and frequently evangelizes the technology through articles and webinars.
Industrial IoT
His background includes creating next-gen IoT architecture for Kroger's in-store networks and he has spoken on applying embedded machine learning for IIoT.
Customer Success
His role is centered on leading the customer-facing technical team to ensure enterprise customers succeed in bringing their AI solutions to production.

Media Appearances

Zin has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2024
Director of Customer Solutions Engineering at Edge Impulse
4-2023 - 4-2024
Head of Customer Solutions Engineering at Edge Impulse
7-2022 - 4-2023
Lead Solutions Engineer, North America at Edge Impulse
3-2018 - 12-2020
Sr. IoT Systems Architect at Kroger Technology
4-2017 - 2-2018
Founder at Konnected Widgets

Education

1996 - 2000
BSEE from University of Southern California

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Insights For Selling To Zin Thein

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • You might need to keep the conversation on track, they tend to slide off-topic
  • Find ways to push them a little if they don’t start giving a clear yes or no in due course
  • Talk about some of the cool and impressive features of your product

DONT's

  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about
  • Do not come across as negative or non-supportive, work with them as a partner
  • Don’t be excessively objective, focus on building a story first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Zin Thein is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Zin Thein

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no albeit in a friendly manner.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Zin Thein move?

  • If you earn their trust and they develop faith in the product, they can make decisions quickly.
  • Can Zin Thein take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if necessary.

You And Zin Thein

Personality Compatibility


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