We owe our reputation and our successes to ALL of our talented people. Their experience, creativity, dedication and problem-solving abilities enable us to deliver truly effective solutions to all of our clients.
Because of their depth of experience, they have an almost intuitive grasp of business challenges and the technologies that will best meet those challenges. Most importantly, they listen to our clients, conducting ongoing dialogue and maintaining open communications throughout each engagement.
We recognize the importance of the contributions each employee makes to our work, and that our open, friendly workplace, with an environment of respect, is the reason we can consistently deliver expert solutions to our clients.
Even though we only mention our Management team below - we understand that the whole is greater than the sum of our parts.
Matt Hodgson - President and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to forming Hodgson, Matt was the Director of Web Development at Iconixx where he managed a department of 40 employees including: user interface designers, user interface developers, information architects and application developers. While working with Fortune 500 companies ranging in industry from financial services to entertainment he managed project budgets between $75,000 - $2 million.
Matt began his web development career as an HTML developer in 1994 with Thompson Publishing Group. He joined Iconixx in 1995 as the Development Manager and worked with clients such as US Airways, Riggs Bank and GE Information Systems, PEPCO, CitiGroup, Dean Witter and EFI. Matt won three ADDY awards for his programming and development on the Dean Witter, GWI and EFI CD-ROMS. Matt was appointed as the Director of Web Development in early 2000. Matt has a BTech Degree in Cartography from Kingston College, London.
As of October 1, 2009 Matt is the president of the Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County (CVC-MC). The CVC-MC educates businesses on how to partner with and support non-profit organizations by helping create successful volunteer/charitable programs that positively impact the business, its employees and the local community.
Cate Deters - Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Hodgson, Cate worked at America Online, Inc for over 3 years. Cate started her career in accounting working closely with the marketing department on Partner Support and Bounty and Royalty Support. Cate spent her last year at AOL working in Partner Marketing as Manager of Expense and Forecast. Cate graduated from Loyola University Chicago, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance and Economics.
Michael Cox - Chief Technology Officer
Since 2005 Michael has been an integral part of the management team at hodgsonConsulting. He has managed the implementation of dozens of projects from conception to completion, as well as led the technology direction though all aspects of the company.
Michael is also an accomplished programmer with extensive knowledge of the Microsoft .NET Framework, C#, VB.NET, Web Services, ASP/ADO, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, PHP, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and Unix/Linux platforms. Michael has a BS in Information Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Sid Barcelona - Creative Director
With more than 16 years experience in graphic design for web, interactive, video, and print products, Sid is skilled at creating branding and identity design, information architecture, and web design products.
Prior to joining Hodgson, Sid was Creative Director for Iconixx, a business consulting and technology integration firm focused on performance management solutions. Sid led the creative design for website and CD-ROM development, as well as identity design, for clients such as TOTAL, PEPCO, Marriott International, Fannie Mae, GE Information Systems and Citibank.
He is a graduate of the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, which has earned a worldwide reputation as the preeminent Art and Design college in the country.
Garry Sittig - Chief Marketing Officer
Garry is responsible for the overall sales and marketing direction of hodgsonConsulting. An information technology industry veteran, he has experience in sales and sales management. Prior to Hodgson he was a Regional Vice President for a managed security services company.
Formerly he was a founder and President of a start-up information technology company providing network support and project management to companies in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. Garry was also General Manager, Maryland Region for an international multi-billion dollar financial services organization. He has a Master of Science (MS) in Information Technology from the University of Maryland.
