Michael Hood — Chief Technology Officer at Wunderkind

About Michael Hood

Michael Hood is Chief Technology Officer at Wunderkind. Location: San Diego Metropolitan Area, United States.

Long-time engineer who enjoys working with customers and can communicate effectively with deeply technical engineers while managing business expectations. Systems architect passionate about advising on and designing high-performance distributed systems. Domain expertise in: location-based (geospatial); time series ingestion/analysis; mobile/IoT sensors; advertising (RTB); fraud prevention, detection; application observability and self-healing infrastructure; large-scale experimentation; marketing tech and online retail.

Skills

Python
Scalability

Additional experience

Vice President of Architecture
Wunderkind
April 2022 – April 2026

Education

, Internet

Current role

Title: Chief Technology Officer
Company: Wunderkind
Location: San Diego Metropolitan Area, United States
Started: April 2026

About Wunderkind

Wunderkind is pioneering a new category of AI agentic marketing decisioning — where identity meets AI to drive scalable performance across channel. As an agentic AI decisioning platform powered by identity resolution, Wunderkind helps brands expand reach and drive revenue by optimizing personalized messaging across channels and at scale. Wunderkind’s Autonomous Marketing Platform (AMP) is powered by a proprietary identity graph that tracks over 9 billion consumer devices and observes more than 2 trillion digital events annually — transforming anonymous traffic into known customers. Importantly, Wunderkind’s identity solution does not rely on third-party cookies and is designed with privacy in mind — enabling brands to stay compliant while achieving higher match rates and broader reach. By processing real-time click, browse, and purchase behavior across billions of consumers, Wunderkind’s agentic AI decisioning engine dynamically selects and triggers the highest-performing messages. Unlike traditional rules-based automation, Wunderkind’s agentic AI adapts to behavior in real time — learning and optimizing without manual configuration across email, text, social, ads, and onsite experiences. AMP integrates seamlessly with existing martech stacks — via SDKs, APIs, or ESPs — enabling true cross-channel orchestration without the need to replatform. Whether through lightweight SDKs for rapid web and app deployment, flexible APIs for direct data access and orchestration, or native integrations with leading ESPs and CDPs, AMP is designed to plug into any stack on the client’s terms — amplifying what’s already in place, not replacing it. Wunderkind powers over $5 billion in directly attributable revenue annually for leading brands across retail, ecommerce, travel and beyond — often ranking in analytics as a top-three revenue-driving channel in clients’ own analytics platforms. Brands like Harley-Davidson, Perry Ellis, True Botanicals, and Kendra Visit wunderkind.co

Industry: Software Development
Company size: 501-1000
Website: wunderkind.co

About Michael Hood

Skills

Additional experience

Vice President of Architecture

Education