AI Product Portfolio
An 8-product AI portfolio, built in public.
Koukouni 'Kip' Kone — Senior MarTech leader by day, autonomous AI product builder by night. This site is the system, not the résumé.
8+ years governing data activation for 180M+ Hilton members. 8+ AI products shipped in 5 months. One framework holding it all together.
8+ yrs
Enterprise MarTech
8
AI products shipped
410+
Build hours logged
6.2M
Tokens used
Who's behind this
A MarTech operator building an AI portfolio out loud.
Senior Manager, Audience Strategy at Hilton since May 2018 — governing segmentation strategy and data activation for 180M+ Honors members across Email, Push, SMS, In-App Messaging, Web, and Paid Media (4+ billion annual outbound communications). Helped define the fuzzy-matching logic behind Hilton's identity resolution (UCID) — did not architect UCID itself. Led three platform migrations without disrupting business-as-usual: Unica → Redshift, Cheetahmail → Braze, and Unica → Treasure AI/CIH.
In parallel, shipped 8 AI products in under a year — VoyageHQ, ApplyReady, MyLunchQuest, and more — using the Claude API and the Toki Framework, a product governance methodology earned from real production failures. Every product on this site is live and built in public.
Live products
What's shipping right now
A company-style product portfolio, not a résumé's 'projects' section.
The Back Room
How the system actually works
This is the part no other portfolio has — the operating model behind eight shipped products.
How the system worksSignal
What colleagues say
From performance reviews and leadership at Hilton.
"Kip is a strong team leader and technical SME who has been instrumental in driving significant advances in our MarTech and customer engagement strategy. He is known across the organization as being a highly collaborative problem solver."
Jason Dowdy
Director of Lifecycle Management, Hilton (2026)
"Whether hands-on or supporting team members, Kip's creative solutions were important to us delivering partnership campaigns. The efforts of Kip and his team had a direct and positive impact on Hilton's EBITDA."
Manager Performance Review
Hilton (2024)
"In his first full year as a team manager, Kip truly exceeded expectations. He is always positive and remains focused on solutions."
Manager Performance Review
Hilton (2023)
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