Christian H.

Co-Founder

United States14 yrs 3 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Co-founded AI solution for hospitality revenue growth.
  • Expert in AI-driven customer success strategies.
  • Proven track record in blockchain digital marketing.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and MarTech expert with a strong focus on AI and customer success.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ai EnablementCustomer SuccessCustomer EngagementGo-to-market StrategyCustomer SegmentationDigital MarketingBlockchainClient EngagementWeb 3.0 Infrastructure

Other Skills

Generative AITechnical ArchitectureREST APIsZapier AutomationEcosystem PartnershipsCrypto InfrastructureBlockchain TechnologyBusiness StrategyPublic Sector ConsultingMilitary ExperienceHuman Capital ManagementMicrosoft ExcelData AnalysisManagementStrategy

About

I'm building First Wave AI to help hotels drive more revenue with less effort. We provide real-time AI coaching for hotel sales teams and 24/7 AI automation that handles guest conversations when your team can't. Think Gong meets virtual front desk, built for hospitality. Hotels use us to: - Coach staff in real-time during guest conversations to capture upsells and upgrades - Handle guest calls, texts, and chats 24/7 so nothing falls through the cracks - Automate routine requests and bookings while your team focuses on high-value interactions - Turn new hires into top performers faster with AI-guided prompts The result: more revenue captured, less staff burnout, zero missed opportunities. Before First Wave AI, I spent years building GTM and customer success systems for AI companies. I saw how AI could amplify human performance and eliminate busywork - hospitality deserves both. If you're a hotel operator tired of missed bookings, overworked staff, and lost revenue, let's talk.

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 6 mos
Current Experience

Chutes ai

GTM Advisor

Jan 2026Present · 3 mos · United States · Remote

  • Identified and prioritized customer segments with real-time and batch inference needs, conducting targeted outreach to validate use cases, surface technical requirements, and shape go-to-market strategy for AI infrastructure offerings.
Ecosystem PartnershipsCrypto InfrastructureGenerative AIGo-to-Market StrategyCustomer Segmentation

First wave ai

Co-Founder

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos · United States · Remote

  • ▪ Owned full customer lifecycle within independent hotels and branded franchisees — from inbound generation via LinkedIn and direct outreach through deal negotiation, pilot management, onboarding, and value realization; executed EBRs with portfolio leadership and converted early adopters into referenceable accounts that directly shaped roadmap prioritization.
  • ▪ Built an AI-powered CS intelligence layer from scratch, ingesting voice, text, and web chat signals to surface real-time health insights, flag churn risk proactively, and trigger operational interventions at scale; designed as a scalable LLM-driven front line for customer engagement.
  • ▪ Coded custom integrations with multiple PMS and back-end hospitality systems, translating staff workflow interviews into technical architecture and deployment; owned full lifecycle from requirements gathering through enablement.
  • ▪ Designed and delivered end-to-end training curriculum — videos, documents, and live sessions — built from firsthand workflow mapping across hotel, motel, and hospitality staff (front desk, sales, housekeeping) at diverse property types including RV and yacht rentals; used AI listening on sales and post-sales calls to continuously surface questions and pain points, feeding a rapid iteration loop on all training materials.
  • ▪ Designed and deployed production voice AI agents using ElevenLabs, and Vapi, integrating LLM-driven workflows with hotel PMS systems via REST APIs and Zapier automation; owned full lifecycle from technical architecture through customer onboarding and value realization; leveraged OpenAI real-time transcription and built an enterprise RAG tool for hotel sales teams, enabling AI-powered call intelligence and knowledge retrieval in production.
  • ▪ Built a scalable technical enablement library, onboarding playbooks, workflow guides, and use-case tutorials that equipped hotel integration partners to deploy AI capabilities independently
Generative AIAI EnablementCustomer Success

Toku

Head of Customer Success

Sep 2023Oct 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Built and operated customer success frameworks for regulated financial and payroll workflows, aligning product, compliance, and operations teams to deliver predictable onboarding, ongoing adoption, and expansion across global enterprise accounts.

Bigtoken®

Member of the Board of Advisors

May 2023Sep 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · United States · Remote

  • Advised on the creation of a blockchain based digital marketing application
  • Secured a $100k grant from the Solana Foundation for Bigtoken to move their NFT based couponing
  • application from MATIC to Solana
  • Launched the token based rewards application with real-world partners including boutique hotels.
Crypto InfrastructureDigital MarketingBlockchain

Coinbase

2 roles

Senior Engagement Manager, Professional Services

Promoted

Feb 2022Sep 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Developed tools using Salesforce and Metabase to monitor client issues across protocols; this enabled proactive identification of negative Web 3.0 infrastructure performance trends, minimizing the risk of future churn and providing compelling cases for prioritizing certain features and user stories to our product and engineering partners
  • Directed client engagements covering pay, staking, wallet SDK, and node services, catering to crypto-native and non-crypto-native customers, including banks, layer 1 projects, and funds; managed relationships representing over $200M in staked digital assets and other products; served as the intermediary between clients and internal Coinbase teams, as well as external protocol teams and foundations
Ecosystem PartnershipsCrypto InfrastructureClient EngagementWeb 3.0 Infrastructure

Engagement Manager II, Professional Services

May 2021Feb 2022 · 9 mos

Ecosystem PartnershipsCrypto InfrastructureClient EngagementWeb 3.0 Infrastructure

Accenture

Management Consultant

Mar 2019May 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Arlington, Virginia, United States

  • Conducted strategic analysis of a firm's operations undergoing a merger, identified over $20M OPEX reduction opportunities, and developed a preliminary plan to achieve this target
  • Headed a 4-person product team, overseeing a $50M project for a major telecommunications company; managed PI Planning and delivering crucial features instrumental in tracking national 5G deployments
  • Served as the primary liaison for our client, the Senior Vice President & Head of General Insurance at a major financial institution; led a 5-person program management team supporting a $60M project; established project governance procedures and facilitated the development of the project plan, managed the PI Planning process, and oversaw the reporting of project financials

Airwave developers, llc

Analytics and Operations Lead

Jan 2017Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Contributed to launching a telecommunications and data-focused startup by creating a valuation model for wireless infrastructure in the United States; this involved collecting and analyzing telecommunication site data across major markets on behalf of commercial property owners, REITs, and Private Equity firms; the model enabled rapid assessment of market value for existing and potential rooftop cell sites within large property portfolios
  • Orchestrated the planning for deploying wireless infrastructure sites valued at over $5M NPV for multiple telecommunications firms across various top urban markets; this included coordinating efforts among property owners, telecommunications company vendors, and the telecom firms themselves

Coyotea llc

Co-Founder

Jan 2017Sep 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Founded an organic ready-to-drink bottled Sleep Tea startup company ‘Coyotea’ with a fellow Veteran who also had sleep issues and had been looking for a healthy alternative to deal with insomnia.
  • Won $10k and $8k in seed money from the StartupHoyas Challenge and Leonsis Prize pitch competitions respectively for ‘Coyotea'
  • Bottled 10k units of sleep tea to fulfill existing pre-orders online and requests for the product from DC & NYC area organic retailers.

Federal reserve bank of new york

Graduate Summer Associate

Jun 2016Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Greater New York City Area

Us army

Army Officer

Jan 2009Jan 2014 · 5 yrs

  • Deployments to Egypt and Afghanistan.

Education

Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2015Jan 2017

University of Virginia

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Jan 2005Jan 2009

Waseda University

Summer Language Program — Japanese Language and Literature

Jan 2007Jan 2007

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