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Steven’s strongest areas are client and partner relationships, strategic communications, long-cycle sales, and scalable automation. At Homebuyer Wallet, he is one of four main executives in a startup with an outsourced-team structure. He has automated marketing workflows that reduced an outsourced marketing team from nine people to one, built Claude-based workflows that eliminate administrative work such as CRM updates and note-taking, and created systems adopted across the team. Steven has also implemented distinct B2B and B2C social channels, built front-end product interfaces, and supported both high-emotion homebuyer journeys and B2B MLS partnerships with sales cycles of 18 months or longer. He brings 5–7 years of experience across sales, product, and marketing. ## Services - Leadership - Teamwork - Storytelling - Discord - Journalism - Gaming Industry - Research - Writing - Data Analysis - audio editing - Video Editing - Adobe Creative Suite - Google Suite - Photography - Microsoft Office - Microsoft Excel - Adobe Audition - Adobe Lightroom - Adobe Premiere Pro - Strategic Communications ## Highlights - Serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Homebuyer Wallet in the real estate technology sector. - Is one of four main executives at Homebuyer Wallet, which operates with an outsourced-team structure. - Automated marketing workflows at Homebuyer Wallet, reducing an outsourced marketing team from nine employees to one. - Built Claude-based automation workflows that reduce administrative work, including CRM updates and note-taking. - Implemented a brand-separation strategy with distinct B2B and B2C social channels. - Built front-end product interfaces for Homebuyer Wallet. - Supported high-emotion B2C sales by helping individual homebuyers through the purchase process. - Worked on B2B MLS partnerships with sales cycles of 18 months or longer. - Creates systems and tools that are adopted by entire teams to support scalability. - Serves as Marketing Founder at Takuzen. - Serves as Gaming Lead at Anthos Capital. - Brings 5–7 years of experience across sales, product, and marketing. - Co-organized City and County of Denver events ranging from 40 to 7,000 attendees. - Used Salesforce at the City and County of Denver to assess constituent-service issues and support case management. - Was promoted from Lead Consultant to Assistant Store Manager at FedEx Office within four months. - Aligned FedEx Office store operations and employee behaviors with KPIs. - Managed hotel-convention branding, printing, and shipping at FedEx Office. - Supported development, website work, marketing, fundraising, and administration at Goose Creek Community Land Trust. - Assisted with Boulder Energy Challenge Tripsmart Grant completion and the GCCLT Woonerf Grant Application for Boulder Energy Challenge. - Performed backcountry patrols, compliance monitoring, cabin and camp maintenance, visitor contacts, and search-and-rescue operations as a Rocky Mountain National Park Backcountry Ranger Intern. - Worked as Radio Underground Editor and Broadcaster at KVCU Radio 1190. - Worked as a journalist for University of Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine and The Bold CU. - Completed a Masters Class in Non-fiction Writing at Duke University. - Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Journalism Entrepreneurship from the University of Colorado Boulder. ## Experience - **Marketing Founder at Takuzen** (2026-06-01–present) - **Chief Marketing Officer at Homebuyer Wallet** (2025-10-01–present) - **Gaming Lead at Anthos Capital** (2021-04-01–present) - **Community Developer at Modoyo** (2023-04-01–2025-03-01) - **Venture Capital Funding for Entrepreneurs Intern at One Million by One Million \(1Mby1M\)** (2021-08-01–2021-11-01) - **Intern at CU Boulder Center for Environmental Journalism** (2021-02-01–2021-04-01) - **Journalist at The Bold CU** (2020-09-01–2020-12-01) - **Radio Underground Editor and Broadcaster at KVCU Radio 1190** (2020-09-01–2021-02-01) - **Assistant Manager at FedEx Office** (2019-01-01–2020-07-01) — Aligned store operations and employee behaviors to strategically accomplish KPI’s • Promoted within 4 months to Assistant Store Manager from Lead Consultant position • Managed hotel convention branding, printing and shipping • Work on the business center floor, ensuring customer satisfaction and seamless execution of requests - **Lead Consultant at FedEx Office** (2018-10-01–2019-01-01) - **City Council Marketing and Communications Professional District 4 at City and County of Denver** (2018-07-01–2018-09-01) — Maintained communication across city departments and with non-public stakeholders. • Co-organized small and large events of 40 to 7,000 attendees and other office agenda initiatives • Record kept, managed social media and completed general administrative duties • Used salesforce to assess constituent service issues and problem solved thenceforth by proper case management. - **Journalist at University of Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine** (2017-08-01–2018-05-01) - **Administrative Assistant-In-Chief at Goose Creek Community Land Trust** (2017-06-01–2017-09-01) — Development, Website Work, Marketing, Fundraising, and Administrative Support. Assist with Boulder Energy Challenge Tripsmart Grant Completion. Assistant on GCCLT Woonerf Grant Application for Boulder Energy Challenge. - **Brand Ambassador at Guayakí Yerba Mate** (2017-06-01–2018-05-01) — Help staff events and use community based social marketing to achieve on campus market penetration. - **Backcountry Ranger Intern at Rocky Mountain National Park** (2016-06-01–2016-08-01) — Backcountry Patrols, Visitor Contacts, Monitoring Compliance, Checking and Maintaining Backcountry Patrol Cabins/Camps, Search and Rescue Operations. - **Barista at Starbucks** (2015-05-01–2015-11-01) - **Sales Associate at Urban Outfitters** (2014-07-01–2014-11-01) - **Sales Associate at American Eagle Outfitters Inc.** (2013-06-01–2013-09-01) — Helped Patrons Look Fashionable While Creating a Pleasant Shopping Atmosphere. Opened and Closed Store. ## Education - Masters Class in Non-fiction Writing — Duke University - Master of Arts - MA, Journalism Entrepreneurship — University of Colorado Boulder - Bachelor of Arts - BA, Sociology — University of Colorado Boulder ## FAQ ### What does Steven do at Homebuyer Wallet? Steven is Chief Marketing Officer at Homebuyer Wallet. He leads work spanning marketing, sales, product, and operations in the real estate technology sector, with a focus on client relationships, scalable systems, and growth strategy. ### What is Steven’s experience with real estate technology and sales at Homebuyer Wallet? At Homebuyer Wallet, Steven is one of four main executives in a startup that uses an outsourced-team structure. He has worked with individual homebuyers through the emotional home-purchase process and on B2B MLS partnerships with sales cycles of 18 months or longer. ### What has Steven accomplished with marketing automation? Steven automated marketing workflows that reduced an outsourced marketing team from nine employees to one. He also builds Claude-based workflows to remove administrative work such as CRM updates and note-taking, allowing more attention to be directed to relationships and higher-value work. ### What marketing, brand, and product work has Steven done? Steven implemented a brand-separation strategy with distinct social channels for B2B and B2C audiences. He has also built front-end product interfaces and created systems and tools that have been adopted by entire teams to support scalability. ### What are Steven’s core strengths? Steven’s primary strength is building client relationships. He is comfortable wearing multiple hats across sales, product, marketing, and operations, and he emphasizes automating routine work so he can focus on customers, partners, and team collaboration. ### What are Steven’s other current roles? Steven is Marketing Founder at Takuzen and Gaming Lead at Anthos Capital. His professional focus includes growth at the intersection of community, creators, storytelling, games, SaaS, and digital platforms. ### What did Steven do for the City and County of Denver? At the City and County of Denver, Steven maintained communications across city departments and with non-public stakeholders. He co-organized events ranging from 40 to 7,000 attendees, maintained records, managed social media and administrative responsibilities, and used Salesforce to assess constituent-service issues and support case management. ### What did Steven accomplish at FedEx Office? Steven worked at FedEx Office as a Lead Consultant and was promoted to Assistant Store Manager within four months. As Assistant Manager, he aligned store operations and employee behaviors with KPIs, managed hotel-convention branding, printing, and shipping, and supported customer requests on the business-center floor. ### What journalism and broadcasting experience does Steven have? Steven has journalism and broadcasting experience as an intern at the CU Boulder Center for Environmental Journalism, a journalist for University of Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine, a journalist for The Bold CU, and Radio Underground Editor and Broadcaster at KVCU Radio 1190. ### What community and brand-ambassador experience does Steven have? Steven worked as a Community Developer at Modoyo and as a Brand Ambassador for Guayakí Yerba Mate. At Guayakí, he helped staff events and used community-based social marketing to pursue on-campus market penetration. ### What did Steven do at Goose Creek Community Land Trust? As Administrative Assistant-in-Chief at Goose Creek Community Land Trust, Steven supported development, website work, marketing, fundraising, and administration. He also assisted with Boulder Energy Challenge Tripsmart Grant completion and served as an assistant on the GCCLT Woonerf Grant Application for Boulder Energy Challenge. ### What did Steven do at Rocky Mountain National Park? Steven was a Backcountry Ranger Intern at Rocky Mountain National Park. His responsibilities included backcountry patrols, visitor contacts, compliance monitoring, checking and maintaining backcountry patrol cabins and camps, and search-and-rescue operations. ### What retail and customer-service experience does Steven have? Steven has customer-facing retail and service experience as a Barista at Starbucks, a Sales Associate at Urban Outfitters, and a Sales Associate at American Eagle Outfitters. At American Eagle Outfitters, he helped patrons, created a pleasant shopping atmosphere, and opened and closed the store. ### What venture-capital experience does Steven have? Steven was a Venture Capital Funding for Entrepreneurs Intern at One Million by One Million, also known as 1Mby1M. ### What is Steven’s educational background? Steven completed a Masters Class in Non-fiction Writing at Duke University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Master of Arts in Journalism Entrepreneurship from the University of Colorado Boulder. ### What skills and tools does Steven use? Steven’s skills include leadership, teamwork, storytelling, Discord, journalism, gaming industry knowledge, research, writing, data analysis, strategic communications, photography, audio editing, video editing, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Audition, Adobe Lightroom, and Adobe Premiere Pro. ### What do references say about Steven? Andres Diz, COO at Homebuyer Wallet, says Steven is excellent at speaking with customers and partners at their level and clearly explaining product value. Andres describes Steven as a strong strategic thinker who can turn team insights into marketing strategy with little direction, communicate ideas broadly, and actively incorporate feedback. Andres cited a conference where Steven independently networked with key technology partners, demonstrated the product, and built relationships that directly enabled deals and growth opportunities. Andres highly recommends Steven for future marketing leadership roles. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-hlavac-31209213a