About us

We're on a mission to revolutionise unmanaged travel

By crowdsourcing demand, we can give every business the same leverage as the Fortune 500. 

About Us

We're on a mission to revolutionize unmanaged travel

By crowdsourcing demand, we can give every business the same leverage as the Fortune 500. 

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what we do

We offer innovative technology and unrivaled support that connects businesses with lodging partners, driving savings and efficiency for both sides.

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One of Denver's Fastest Growing Tech Companies

Hotel Engine has been on an impressive growth trajectory since we began, and it’s all fuelled by our incredible team. We were recently named a Top 10 Denver Tech Employer by the Denver Business Journal.  

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Awards and Recognition

We’re proud to have been named one of Colorado’s Best Places to Work for the past four years in a row. 

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Leadership Team

Meet our Executive Leadership: The team that leads the team.

Elia Wallen
Elia Wallen
Chief Executive Officer
Elia Wallen
Elia Wallen
Chief Executive Officer

As founder and CEO of Hotel Engine, Elia Wallen is responsible for defining and executing the company’s strategic vision. 

 

Under his leadership, the company experienced 122% growth in 2020 during a pandemic that devastated the travel industry. In late 2021, the company raised $65M in a Series B round, resulting in a $1.3B valuation — nearly nine times higher than the $150M valuation it achieved when it raised $16M in a 2019 Series A round after bootstrapping for two years. 

 

Prior to Hotel Engine, Elia founded another bootstrapped company, Travelers Haven, which provides corporate housing solutions that reduce the cost of workforce housing for employees. 


Fun Fact: Elia's been a hobbyist beekeeper since he was 15, and his very first company sold honey.

Keith Zoellner
Keith Zoellner
Chief Technical Officer
Keith Zoellner
Keith Zoellner
Chief Technical Officer

With extensive experience leading tech teams at high-growth startups, Keith works on scaling Hotel Engine’s engineering team and associated operational fabric to drive Hotel Engines continued expansion. He prioritizes improving ROI on every engineering dollar spent while aggressively growing capacity. Keith lives in Austin, TX, with his wife and five children — most of whom also work in tech.


Fun Fact: Keith loves soccer and helped start the Lone Star Soccer Club in Austin.

 

Favorite Travel Destination: Croatia, or anywhere with skiing

Kevin Kearns
Kevin Kearns
Chief Revenue Officer
Kevin Kearns
Kevin Kearns
Chief Revenue Officer

Kevin Kearns is Hotel Engine’s Chief Revenue Officer. An accomplished senior revenue leader, Kevin has a strong track record of delivering consistent growth and has successfully scaled multiple technology businesses to over $2B in revenue. Kevin is focused on expanding Hotel Engine’s revenue organization, driving consistency and productivity while capturing all market opportunities. He lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife, and has three sons.


Fun Fact: Kevin grew up in the tiny town of Dyersville, IA — home of the movie Field of Dreams.

 

Favorite Travel Destination: Florence, Italy

Harrison Doyle
Harrison Doyle
Vice President of Finance
Harrison Doyle
Harrison Doyle
Vice President of Finance

Harrison Doyle is Hotel Engine’s Vice President of Finance. A seasoned finance professional, Harrison oversees the continued development, refinement, and optimization of the Hotel Engine business model. He came to Hotel Engine most recently from Procore Technologies, a provider of cloud-based construction software. He held prior roles at Pacific Crest Securities and Goldman Sachs, and completed his education at Claremont McKenna College.   Born in London, Harrison is a huge soccer fan, and enjoys many active hobbies like cycling, hiking, skiing, kayaking, and surfing (although he will be putting away the surfboard after relocating from Santa Barbara, CA to Denver, CO). He lives with his fiancé and their Golden Retriever, and he loves to unwind with sci-fi novels and TV at the end of the day.


Born in London, Harrison is a huge soccer fan, and enjoys many active hobbies like cycling, hiking, skiing, kayaking, and surfing (although he will be putting away the surfboard after relocating from Santa Barbara, CA to Denver, CO). He lives with his fiancé and their Golden Retriever, and he loves to unwind with sci-fi novels and TV at the end of the day.


Fun Fact: When Harrison was 12 years old he had a small acting part in a kids’ comedy show called Kicking & Screaming, and he is still a member of the Screen Actors Guild!

 

Favorite Travel Destination: Tough call between Kauai and London.

Christine Canfield
Christine Canfield
Vice President of New Business
Christine Canfield
Christine Canfield
Vice President of New Business

As Hotel Engine’s Vice President of Sales, Christine is responsible for all net new business. A purpose-driven leader with a proven track record of delivery, Christine comes to Hotel Engine with prior background successfully leading large teams at Iron Mountain and Johnson Controls. Christine attributes her success to being able to bring the best out in others, and aims to empower and support her team in making big decisions and taking bold action. Outside of work, Christine enjoys spending time with her family and dog, Chichi (who has a big personality and an even bigger sweater collection), cooking, staying active, reading and traveling. A resident of the Philadelphia area, she’s a huge Philly sports fan.


Fun Fact: Christine started taking standup comedy classes to try something new during the pandemic.

Favorite Travel Destination: The Amalfi Coast.

Laura Stapleton
Laura Stapleton
Vice President of People
Laura Stapleton
Laura Stapleton
Vice President of People

Laura Stapleton is Hotel Engine’s Vice President of People, and is dedicated to reinforcing, enhancing and evolving the organization’s performance-driven culture. With an extensive background in human resources and talent acquisition, Laura’s focus is on building connectedness in the workplace and rolling out people-centered initiatives that drive organizational success. Prior to joining Hotel Engine, Laura most recently held roles at Mirakl and Litmus. Outside of work, Laura loves spending time with her husband and three children. You can frequently find this self-described “hockey mom” at the rink.


Fun Fact: Laura was once offered a spot on an MTV reality show — and she says turning it down is one of the best decisions she’s ever made.

 

Favorite Travel Destination: The Aruba.

Harmony Anderson
Harmony Anderson
Vice President of Revenue Marketing
Harmony Anderson
Harmony Anderson
Vice President of Revenue Marketing

Harmony Anderson is Hotel Engine’s Vice President of Marketing. She focuses on building out and leading a high-performing, revenue-centric marketing organization that drives predictable and efficient growth. Prior to Hotel Engine, Harmony oversaw demand generation at Outreach. Harmony lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband, young daughter and dog. She loves collecting original art, golfing, wine, spending time outdoors and traveling.


Fun Fact: Harmony’s daughter Rory was named for the golfer, not the Gilmore Girls character.

 

Favorite Travel Destination: Triple tie between Cambodia, Machu Picchu and Morocco.

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