Open to work
Kevin
Kenney.
Partnerships leader. Salem 70.3 finisher. Building things with AI before it was easy.
Partner portfolio
$1.2M
Member restaurants
15k+
Clients in 5 months
20+
Currently
Building
About
I build partnerships that actually move the needle. At the Texas Restaurant Association I manage a $1.2M partner portfolio and built the account management program from scratch, one that now serves 15,000+ member restaurants. Before that I scaled a startup from one client to twenty in under five months. The through line is the same everywhere: find the right people, earn their trust, make it worth their time.
Outside of work I love the ocean, surfing, and anything that gets me outdoors. I grew up on the water in Laguna Beach and that never really left me. These days that energy goes into endurance racing. I finished the Salem 70.3 Half Ironman in July 2026, early mornings and long miles leading up to it, and I’m already looking at what’s next. I’m also genuinely obsessed with what AI can do right now, not in theory. This site is a small proof of that.
· Professional
2016–2022
Program Director, Junior Guards
2020–2021
CDR, Monsido
Oct 2023
Director of Growth, Storylt
Feb 2024
Member Value Manager, TRA
Dec 2025 — now
Partnerships Manager & BD Lead, TRA
· Races
2023
Ironman Cozumel — 11:47:58
2025
Ironman Texas — 12:06
Jul 2026
Salem 70.3 — 5:34
Built with AI
Over the past year I’ve built and implemented AI systems at the Texas Restaurant Association that meaningfully increased productivity across the organization. Prospecting workflows that used to take hours now run in minutes. Partner reporting that required half a day of manual pulling is automated. None of this came from a technical background. I picked it up fast, figured out what actually worked, and put it into production.
My tool of choice is Claude. This site is a live example of that: no template, no agency, built in an afternoon with Claude handling the code and me handling the decisions. The Strava section below pulls my real activity data. The whole thing is a working proof of concept for how I use AI at work every day.
Stack
Model
Claude
Data
Strava
Palette
Outreach
AI prospecting system
Built and deployed at TRA. Researches prospects and personalizes outreach at scale without losing the human feel that actually gets responses.
Operations
Automated reporting
Partner utilization reports that used to take half a day now run themselves. Real time saved, real productivity gained across the team.
This site
Built with Claude
From brand kit to live Strava integration, built in one afternoon. Fast learner, hands-on builder. If you’re reading this, it worked.
Races
Race complete
Salem Half Ironman 70.3
5:34
Finish time
Activities
75
Total time
80h 38m
Distance
785mi
Disciplines
3
Work
Partnerships Manager & Business Development Lead
Texas Restaurant Association
Promoted to lead TRA’s business development function. Rebuilt the prospecting approach and repositioned the sales pitch, driving a $200K increase in membership revenue. Expanding scope from account management into partner acquisition and revenue growth.
Member Value Manager
Texas Restaurant Association
Managed a $1.2M+ partner portfolio across 20+ partners. Built TRA’s Account Management Program from scratch, now serving 15,000+ member restaurants statewide. Achieved 92% member and 95% partner retention. Contributed to $1M+ in new and recurring membership revenue.
Director of Growth & Partnerships
StoryIt
Scaled client base 20x from 1 to 20+ active clients in under five months. Designed the company’s first repeatable sales process: prospecting cadence, outreach sequences, and pipeline tracking from scratch.
Inside Sales Representative
Get Scale
High-volume outbound sales executing calls, texts, and email campaigns. Consistently met or exceeded monthly activation targets.
Retail Manager
Tecovas
Helped open the South Congress flagship store. Ranked top 2 in daily sales across all Tecovas locations within its first months.
Commercial Development Representative
Monsido
Booked 23+ qualified meetings per month through targeted cold outreach. Consistently exceeded 102%+ of quota every quarter.
Program Director
Junior Guards · Laguna Beach
Directed a summer ocean safety program serving 1,000+ youth annually, growing enrollment year-over-year for six consecutive years.
Contact
Let’s
talk.
Whether you’re looking for a partnerships hire, want to geek out about AI, or have a race recommendation, I’m easy to reach.
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