Kent Smith, SIOR, Principal, oversees the Richardson Plano LBJ submarkets for NAI Robert Lynn. Kent and his team have successfully represented companies throughout DFW's vibrant office submarkets, including Uptown, Downtown, Las Colinas, Plano, Frisco, Addison, Allen and McKinney. Kent has been recognized numerous times throughout his career by D CEO Magazine and the Dallas Business Journal.
Kent joined NAI Robert Lynn after a successful career in the software sales industry, where his clients included Georgia Power, Black & Decker, Devon Energy, American Electric Power and Murphy Oil Corporation. From 2002-2004, Kent was Vice President of Sales for Time Industrial, Inc., where he closed the largest transaction in the start-up company's history (Georgia Power). In 2001, Kent was the top account executive in the southwest region for Lawson Software, where he focused on strategic markets. Previously, Kent worked for Buena Vista Pictures in Burbank, CA, where he was responsible for nationwide distribution of in-theater motion picture marketing. From 1995 - 1997, Kent worked in television commercial production, primarily at RSAUSA in Los Angeles, where he served as Transportation Coordinator for Director Tony Scott (Top Gun, True Romance, Days of Thunder).
Kent and his wife Stephanie met in Los Angeles on a blind date in 1998. They live in Las Colinas and have two children, a son Alex, who attends Arizona State University, and a daughter Zoe, who attends Ursuline Academy. Kent and Stephanie are members of St. Monica Catholic Church in Dallas. They served as teachers in the Faith Formation Program at Christ The King Catholic Church in Dallas from 2004-2017.