Edward
Kennedy

AI solutions engineering · Creative-AI consulting · AI enablement & partner solutions

Digital Nomad · remote · UTC+7

I help teams turn AI experiments into workflows they can use, from discovery and build to training and everyday practice.

This is my personal site: CV, talks, research, and things I build.

Consulting through Kinamix

I consult through Kinamix, my creative-AI business. Workflow architecture, custom models, and team training. Explore Kinamix.

Links

GitHub · LinkedIn · Presentations · Book an intro · Email

Featured projects

  • Ideonomy — Explore ideas from more than one angle. An agent skill based on Patrick Gunkel’s science of ideas, using dimensions and transformations to explore alternatives.
  • DSCI embeddings — Concept embeddings for Qwen-Image. Research into steering image models with trained concept embeddings, with companion ComfyUI nodes.
  • REG research — Guidance beyond language. Resonant Embedding Guidance experiments for diffusion language models. The research talk covers both DSCI and REG.
  • Extndly — Social reminders for intentional connection. A relationship-reminder app for keeping in touch with the people who matter.
  • XVN — Build, backtest, and run AI trading agents. An open-source project exploring agent strategies and comparisons against baselines.

Experience

Kinamix: Founder & AI Consultant (2025–present)

My independent consulting practice: creative-AI workflows, custom embeddings, and team training. I also build open-source tools and explore how embeddings can guide image and language models.

Director of Customer Success / Solutions Engineer @ RunDiffusion (2023–2025)

Employee #1 at RunDiffusion, a creative-AI startup. Helped shape the move from B2C to B2B and led enterprise delivery: discovery, SOW, solution design, deployment, QA, and training. Built reusable ComfyUI workflows and custom nodes.

Partner Program Manager, Americas @ Global Relay (2021–2023)

Led channel business for a premier SaaS compliance platform serving SEC/FINRA-regulated firms. Managed a team of 5 and drove 100% YoY channel growth through strategic partner enablement and training cadences.

Customer Success Manager / Channel Manager @ GMI (2018–2021)

Second-in-command to Sales Director. Managed partner relationships and service delivery across ~30 enterprise accounts. Directed strategic partnerships with Dell, Cisco, HPE, and VMware.

Partner Manager @ Avisolve (2016–2017)

Promoted to management within one year. Built relationships with 30+ partners/sponsors and led annual sales events and vendor fairs.

Field Sales Executive @ Insight (2011–2015)

Sold hardware and software solutions to Fortune 500 clients across SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, MSP, and telecom verticals. Closed multi-million dollar infrastructure deals with global datacenter clients.

Education

Recording Arts Canada

Skills & tools

Python · TypeScript · Next.js · Pydantic · ComfyUI · Supabase · PostgreSQL · RAG · LoRA / embedding training · MCP / agent skills · Docker · RunPod · Salesforce

Talks & research

Presentations and workshop decks cover AI workflows, agents, skills, and DSCI and REG embedding research.