CoreLogic: Austin Hackathon Success

Executive Summary

Provided invaluable expert advice and effective onsite support for CoreLogic Hackathon in Austin, enabling teams to create outstanding solutions they planned to take to market while accelerating consumption and strategic partnership with Google Cloud.

Challenge

CoreLogic required specialized technical support for strategic hackathon initiative:

• Hackathon Success: Need for expert technical guidance to ensure productive hackathon outcomes
• Market-Ready Solutions: Goal of creating solutions teams could actually take to market post-hackathon
• Onsite Support: Required effective real-time technical support during intensive development period
• Strategic Acceleration: Hackathon designed to accelerate Google Cloud consumption and partnership

Approach & Solution

As hackathon technical specialist and real estate technology advisor, I developed a comprehensive solution:

• Expert Technical Guidance: Provided specialized technical advice tailored to real estate industry and CoreLogic’s specific requirements
• Onsite Support: Delivered effective real-time technical support throughout intensive hackathon development period
• Market-Focused Approach: Guided teams toward creating solutions with genuine market potential and commercial viability
• Strategic Partnership: Used hackathon success to accelerate broader CoreLogic-Google Cloud partnership

Results & Impact

Quantifiable Outcomes

• Outstanding Solutions: Teams created excellent solutions with genuine market potential
• Market Readiness: Multiple teams developed solutions they planned to take to commercial market
• Hackathon Success: Achieved highly successful hackathon outcomes through expert technical support
• Consumption Acceleration: Successfully accelerated CoreLogic’s Google Cloud consumption and adoption

Business Value

The solution delivered significant business impact through:

• Innovation Acceleration: Enabled rapid development of market-ready real estate technology solutions
• Strategic Partnership Growth: Significantly accelerated CoreLogic’s Google Cloud partnership and consumption
• Market Validation: Demonstrated Google Cloud capabilities for real estate industry innovation
• Competitive Advantage: Technical expertise and support differentiated Google Cloud in real estate market

Key Learnings

Hackathon Success Factors

1. Expert Guidance: Real-time technical expertise essential for productive hackathon outcomes
2. Market Focus: Solutions must have genuine commercial potential to justify hackathon investment
3. Industry Expertise: Deep real estate knowledge critical for relevant solution development

Strategic Partnership

1. Consumption Acceleration: Successful hackathons create momentum for broader cloud adoption
2. Innovation Platform: Hackathons demonstrate platform capabilities for industry-specific solutions
3. Relationship Building: Intensive collaboration during hackathons strengthens strategic partnerships

Real Estate Innovation

1. Technology Adoption: Real estate industry benefits from focused innovation initiatives
2. Market Solutions: Technical solutions must address genuine real estate market needs
3. Competitive Advantage: Advanced technology platforms enable market differentiation

“Hi Christopher, Thank You for the invaluable contributions you made towards the just concluded CoreLogic Hackathon in Austin. Your expert advice and effective onsite support made this a success and the teams there created some great solutions that they look forward to taking to market. You have enabled us to further accelerate the consumption with CoreLogic. Keep being awesome!” — Uday Ghatikar, Google Account Team