Kenneth Hughes

Ken Hughes is an experienced sales professional with a robust background in enterprise sales and management. Currently serving as an Enterprise Sales Representative at EMPIST since February 2022, Ken has excelled in proposing and closing projects related to security, cloud migration, and infrastructure solutions, achieving top sales and gross margin in 2023. Previously, Ken co-founded Prefense LLC, successfully relaunching a hand sanitizer manufacturer during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ken's extensive sales experience also includes roles at PKWARE, IBM, Vormetric, VASCO Data Security, and Platinum Technology, spanning over two decades. Ken holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.