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Meet the Team

Good companies adapt to shifting market trends.
Great companies shape them.

Our Team

We're an incubator that works "with" you to help get the dream off the ground and scaling.

We partner with founders to ensure they have the play by play on how to build a successful Digital Services firm that stands out from the pack.

Our Team
Stephanie Chin

Stephanie Chin

Program Manager

Ecosystem builder Stephanie serves as the Hutch Program Manager, working alongside our team of expert coaches, partners, and board members to strategically build successful and impactful government digital services firms

Stephanie Chin
Take your time, focus and be intentional with where you are placing yourself and your business.
Delali Dzirasa

Delali Dzirasa

Lead Coach

Serial entrepreneur, civic tech founder, connector, and thought-leader, Delali Dzirasa, serves as the Hutch Lead Coach. He is also the founder/CEO of the largest software developer and 5th minority-owned firm in the greater Baltimore area, Fearless. Delali provides our cohorts with the tools, resources, and knowledge to be successful in government.

Delali Dzirasa
Hutch has always been about the intersection of government, digital services, and community.
John Foster

John Foster

Operations Coach

Successful program delivery in civilians, HHS, DoD, DHS, and the Intelligence Communities is John's sweet spot. With 5+ years of experience in government digital transformation, John serves as the Hutch Operations Coach working with our cohort companies to build value into their businesses. He is currently the NSBA Leadership Council Appointee.

John Foster
The money will come. Don’t get worried. Don’t chase the dollars. Chase the passion.
Greg Godbout

Greg Godbout

Sales / Business Development Coach

Government digital transformation expert, co-founder, and the first Executive Director of 18F, Greg Godbout, serves as the Hutch Sales/Business Development Coach. He shares his experiences as the former CTO of EPA with our cohorts to maximize each company's ability to scale and grow in government.

Greg Godbout
Just remember to please leave government better than you found it, continue to help us with transforming government
Bethany Halteman

Bethany Halteman

Brand & Storytelling Coach

Brand expert and the force behind the Fearless brand, Bethany serves as the Hutch Storytelling and Brand Coach. With 10+ years of experience in people-centered design across software, interiors, and digital, she has coached 18+ digital services brands, including the Digital Services Coalition.

Bethany Halteman
A brand has to know who it is, and why, before it can convince anyone else of it.
Ryan Hemminger

Ryan Hemminger

Finance Coach

Budgeting, financial management, and proposal pricing are the core of Ryan Hemminger's work as the Hutch Finance Coach. As an experienced CFO of 150+ organizations and the Budget Director for Baltimore City Schools, scaling $1.3B, Ryan teaches our cohort founders how to avoid common financial mistakes in government contracting.

Ryan Hemminger
Most of the time businesses are focused on the wrong thing. They worry about profit for example, but profit isn’t necessarily the thing that is going to determine if your business is successful.
Will Seamans

Will Seamans

Strategic Planning Coach

Seasoned entrepreneur, founder, and chief facilitator of Unison, Will Seamans, serves as the Hutch Strategic Planning Coach. Will helps our cohorts create vision, systems and strategy within their businesses by creating peer to peer accountability to execute until results are achieved.

Will Seamans
Entrepreneurship is, in essence, a Masters degree in failure. Successful entrepreneurs learn how to turn failure into iteration. Embrace failure wholeheartedly and you will find the path to success.
Board Members
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Board Members

  • Andrea Wright-Snader Andrea Wright-Snader Vice President, Business Development ICF
    Excited about the opportunity to support emerging minority-owned digital services firms growth and make a positive impact within the federal government.
    Andrea Wright-Snader Vice President, Business Development ICF
  • Carla Briceno Carla Briceno CEO & Co-Founder Bixal
    I am honored to join the Hutch Advisory Board to support its valuable mission of supporting the growth and diversity of small businesses
    Carla Briceno CEO & Co-Founder Bixal
  • Clair Koroma Clair Koroma Senior Advisor to the Federal CIO The White House
    I joined the Board of Hutch because it is filling a critical gap in the digital services tech space.
    Clair Koroma Senior Advisor to the Federal CIO The White House
  • Hutch equipped me with the tools & community I needed to grow XCell beyond myself. And it is an honor to turn around and give back to the same community that equipped me with the resources, knowledge and network that has equipped me for my entrepreneurial journey.
    Felix Gilbert President XCell
  • George Davis George Davis Executive Vice President Evergreen Advisors
    Hutch will be the defacto MBA program for aspiring government tech services companies and will build an ecosystem of diverse, value and community based businesses.
    George Davis Executive Vice President Evergreen Advisors
  • Jason Cullum Jason Cullum Vice President, Federal Health Oddball
    When you are supporting a small business, you are supporting a dream. I am here to help overcome the inevitable challenges and enable success for the company, but more importantly the person with the dream.
    Jason Cullum Vice President, Federal Health Oddball
  • Julie Meloni Julie Meloni Vice President of Digital Solutions Pluribus Digital
    I joined the Hutch board to ensure emerging minority-led civic technology companies, regardless of size, have all the tools and lessons learned available to them to deliver impactful digital services.
    Julie Meloni Vice President of Digital Solutions Pluribus Digital
  • Lauren Lockwood Lauren Lockwood Founder & Principal Bloom Works
    Right now the cards are stacked against small businesses looking to serve the public interest — how do you navigate procurement without a 10-person legal team?
    Lauren Lockwood Founder & Principal Bloom Works
  • Robbie Holmes Robbie Holmes Director of Digital Services and Software Engineering Prince William County, Virginia
    Over the course of my career I have figured out my driving goal is impact and achieving that is only through delivering value. Hutch is trying to help build the next generation of organizations
    Robbie Holmes Director of Digital Services and Software Engineering Prince William County, Virginia
  • Robert Testerman Robert Testerman Portfolio Director Fearless
    It is our responsibility to lift as we climb, and the board of Hutch affords me an opportunity to help lift a new, diverse generation of entrepreneurs providing innovation through digital services and technology.
    Robert Testerman Portfolio Director Fearless
  • Hutch is a perfect example of how entrepreneurs can get a leg up in the competitive government digital service market in a safe environment.
    Traci Walker Executive Director Digital Services Coalition
  • Victor Udoewa Victor Udoewa Chief Experience Officer and Service Design Lead NASA SBIR/STTR
    I believe in the message and mission of Hutch and love that we are increasing the representation of women-owned and minority-owned digital services companies. The diversity isn't just a marketing advantage. Diversity actually affects the digital services we make and their outcomes.
    Victor Udoewa Chief Experience Officer and Service Design Lead NASA SBIR/STTR