Est. 2004 · New York
Twenty years of technology,
transformed.
From pioneering smart homes to activating brands at Fortune 500 scale to architecting AI systems—CLIQK has spent two decades translating complex technology into business results.
Three Chapters. One Through-Line.
For 20+ years, CLIQK has done one thing: translate emerging technology into outcomes that matter.
Smart Home Pioneer
Defined the connected living category before "smart home" was a phrase. Designed and integrated sophisticated automation systems for residential and commercial clients—audio, video, lighting, climate, security—all working in harmony.
✓ Electronic Home's Integrator of the Year
✓ Lutron's Design Firm of the Year
✓ Profiled in NYT, The New Yorker
✓ NY Magazine's Home Technology Expert
Experience Design
CLIQK Studios became the top-ranked event space for its category in NYC. For six years, we designed and activated experiences for the world's leading brands—interactive displays, custom digital signage, technology-forward environments.
✓ #1 event space (Peerspace NYC)
✓ Product launches & press events
✓ Executive meetings & brand activations
✓ Fortune 500 client roster
AI Infrastructure
Now we architect AI operating systems for organizations navigating the most significant technology shift since the internet. Fractional leadership. Strategic clarity. Operational leverage.
✓ AI strategy & implementation
✓ Fractional CSO/COO/CTO
✓ Agent development & automation
✓ Operational transformation
The technology changed. The capability didn't.
Proof Points
Experience design and technology integration for the world's leading brands.
Clients We've Worked With
Awards
Electronic Home, Integrator of the Year
Lutron Electronics, Design Firm of the Year
Retail Concepts, Retail Innovator of the Year
Hospitality Technology, Hotel Visionary Award
Fast Company, SmartHome Design Innovator
New York Magazine, Home Technology Expert
Featured In
The New York Times
The New Yorker
New York Magazine
Wired
TechCrunch
How We Work
Strategic partnership with the rigor of a major firm and the agility of a one-person operation.
Fractional AI Leadership
Strategic partner to founders and executives navigating AI transformation. The thinking and execution of a CSO, COO, or CTO—without the full-time overhead.
AI Systems Architecture
Custom agent development, workflow automation, and integration design. Building the infrastructure that makes AI useful, not just interesting.
Strategic Advisory
Deal analysis, market positioning, operational planning. Two decades of pattern recognition applied to your specific challenge.
About
Mark Hernandez
CLIQK is a one-person firm. That person is Mark Hernandez.
BS Industrial Engineering, Stanford University
Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
Head of Latin American Derivatives, JP Morgan
Founder of multiple technology ventures since 1999
Active investor, advisor, and board member for startups
The cost of knowledge work is collapsing. AI doesn't replace expertise—it amplifies it. A single practitioner with the right tools and two decades of pattern recognition can deliver what previously required teams.
Let's Talk
I rent my brain to a small number of clients who value strategic clarity, analytical rigor, and someone who's been translating technology into business outcomes since before most AI consultants knew what an LLM was.
info@cliqk.com