Samuel began his career in project and construction management and design engineering after obtaining a BSc. Civil Engineering and Mathematics from the United States Military Academy in 2012. Since then he has held many positions within the US Army, Fort Hood, Texas, such as Engineer Basic Officer, Construction Engineer Platoon Leader, Design Engineer, Assistant Operations/Construction Officer, Battalion Intelligence and Security Officer, and Civil Engineer and Project Manager.
In 2017, Samuel pursued a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, shifting towards investment research. He currently runs his own investment research and consulting firm, Samuel C. Smith Investments LLC. and regularly contributes articles to various investment websites and also offers investment research consulting to clients. Samuel’s primary specialty is real estate investment trusts (REITs), but he also has experience with researching and analysing energy-related master limited partnerships (MLPs), precious metals miners, and small-mid cap retailers and consumer goods.
