Hello Data is a real estate artificial intelligence company offering a suite of APIs built to extract structured data from real estate images and documents. Recently, the company brought on Marc Rutzen as its new CEO.
Rutzen brings over a decade of experience in real estate technology and machine learning to his new role. Prior to joining Hello Data, Rutzen combined his skills in real estate development, brokerage and consulting to launch his own venture called Enodo. The startup worked to automate the real estate investment underwriting process using machine learning technology. Rutzen and Hello Data’s co-founders Timothy Gamble and Nicolas Lassaux first met during their shared time at Enodo.
Walker & Dunlop acquired Enodo in 2019, and Rutzen moved into a new role within the company. As Walker & Dunlop’s SVP of information technology, Rutzen was responsible for leading the company’s data science, product and customer success teams. Rutzen was later promoted to chief product officer in 2021.
While Hello Data is headquartered in Delaware, its new CEO is stationed in Chicago, where the company has plans for further growth. Hello Data is in the midst of a capital raise and has two contractors based in Chicagoland, a company spokesperson told Built In via email. Down the line, Hello Data will continue building out its Chicago team to a “modest size” and plans to occupy a co-working space or shared office, the spokesperson said.
Rutzen said he is excited to be working with his old team again on a new venture and looks forward to building out the company’s marketing and sales teams.
