OUR

Team

HCI stands apart purely based on quality and experience. With cumulative experience averaging over 15 years in both agency and/or corporate communications, our highly skilled communications professionals have honed their craft and enjoy imparting their knowledge to our clients. Simply speaking, they are the best at what they do.

OUR

Team

Collectively, our consultants have worked for some of the most distinguished communications agencies in the world such as Golin-Harris/Shandwick, Fleishman-Hillard, Edelman PR and Cunningham Communication. This remarkable team of specialists have assisted globally-known companies including Adobe, Cisco, Intuit, HP, McAfee/Intel, NetApp, Sun Microsystems, and SuccessFactors/SAP.

Proficient in everything from strategic planning and positioning to product launches and media/analyst relations, marketing communications and social media management, the HCI team navigates the communications landscape with acumen and deep experience to meet all the communications needs of the companies and executives they serve.

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Allyson Husted

PRESIDENT

Allyson Husted has forged a remarkable career as a technology industry communications executive. Acquiring her experience at both agency and corporate settings in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area, she has navigated and fostered notable contacts and relationships in the technology sector. In the span of her 30-year career, Allyson has worked with groundbreaking industry entrepreneurs, renowned Fortune 1000 corporate executives and a wide array of talented communications professionals. Allyson became a communications pioneer when she embarked on a unique niche as a corporate communications consultant to business executives and HCI was born. She soon built a highly-qualified team of seasoned consultants to provide executive-level communication services to clients who require the highest level of executive communications support. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Rhetoric and Communications from the University of California at Davis and resides in Danville, Calif.

Dave Husted

CFO

Dave Husted has built a 30-year career as a small business specialist, starting at a Silicon Valley start-up and later leading sales for key national accounts at CompuCom Systems. Recruited by Ernst & Young in San Francisco, Dave found his passion in small businesses.

Dave launched Outside Interests, a Bay Area boutique retail business, engaging with the local community through outdoor gear and activities. After the 2001 dot com bust, he became a Certified Business Intermediary, facilitating private-business deals for small businesses. Dave joined HCI shortly thereafter, leveraging his business acumen to significantly contribute to the company's growth.

Ashley Hart

PROJECT MANAGER

Ashley Hart has enjoyed working with HCI for over 10 years. With a strong background in public relations, Ashley has worked on campaigns for all types of businesses including tech, real estate, nonprofit, food and beverage, resorts, public service and retail. She has an agency background and has worked extensively in media relations, event planning and execution, media writing, pitching and media training. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations with a minor in business from Brigham Young University Provo and currently resides in Peoria, Ariz.