Ray Smets

Hacker by nature // Leader by trade

Role: Senior Solutions Architect - Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Location: San Francisco, CA, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Ray Smets

I have accrued a high degree of technical skills and leadership through keen interests in security, networking, and distributed systems. Following my natural curiosities paired with a passion for effective collaboration, I find joy in solving tough challenges and celebrating achievements and successes. After helping early-stage startups ship fast with stability, hire smart, and scale sustainably for the last ten years, I am offering my expertise as a fractional CTO.I specialize in: Early-stage product architecture and platform design Startup hiring strategy and technical due diligence Founder coaching around technical planning and prioritizationIf you’re a founder looking to build smarter and not just faster, let’s connect!

Experience

Senior Solutions Architect - Startups
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Nov 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Working with high-growth startup founders and engineering teams to shape technical decisions as they design, build, and scale their business.

Education

Stanford University
Summer College, Computer Science
2010 — 2010
Georgia Institute of Technology
MS, Cybersecurity
2019 — 2020
UC Santa Barbara
BS, Computer Engineering
2011 — 2015
Marist School
High School Diploma
2007 — 2011

Skills

Mysql
Git
Project Planning
Iphone Application Development
Android
Software Engineering
Java
Ruby
Perl
Music Theory
Algorithms
Mobile Applications
C++
Unix
C
Programming
Software Development
Session Border Controller
Strategy
Firmware
Telecommunications Engineering
Linux
Ruby on Rails
Team Leadership
Javascript

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Current company

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IT Services and IT Consulting · 10K employees · Founded 2006 · 410 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98019, US

Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.

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About Ray Smets

Experience

Senior Solutions Architect - Startups

Education

Stanford University

Georgia Institute of Technology

UC Santa Barbara

Marist School

Skills

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