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In failing to adopt commercial technology, the government wastes billions of dollars on maintaining outdated technology that doesn’t work well.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Venture Capitalists</Name><Description>Dcode became real the night that Meagan Metzger, founder and CEO, emailed 500 venture capitalists to say, “We can make the federal market easy for tech companies.” The response was overwhelming, and only one or two people told us to go away.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Government Leaders</Name><Description>As Dcode’s acceleration program gained momentum and government leaders got involved to meet dozens of emerging tech companies ...</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Federal Agencies</Name><Description>... federal agencies began asking us to show their teams how to better bring in new solutions.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Dcode Team</Name><Description>We have a combined 60+ years of government and tech startup experience, share praise in our #peoplewhodunkhard Slack channel, and take turns leading the monthly culture squad. We take the work of bringing new tech into government very seriously, but we definitely don’t take ourselves too seriously.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Meagan Metzger</Name><Description>Chief Executive Officer</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Megan Vorland</Name><Description>Chief Strategy Officer</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Phaedra Chrousos</Name><Description>Board Advisor</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Bob Scher</Name><Description>Board Advisor</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Shonneri Parker</Name><Description>Executive Assistant</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Nate Ashton</Name><Description>Managing Director, Technology</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Sarah Abonyi</Name><Description>Program Associate, Accelerator</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Mike Reagan</Name><Description>Program Manager, Accelerator</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Suren Nannapaneni</Name><Description>Technology &amp; Venture Lead</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Julia Pan</Name><Description>Program Associate, Accelerator</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Garrett Custons</Name><Description>Alumni Company Coordinator</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Rebecca Gevalt</Name><Description>Managing Director, Government</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Riya Patel</Name><Description>Program Manager, Government</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Alex Suggs</Name><Description>Program Manager, Training</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Roger Wong</Name><Description>Program Manager, Training</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Mary Beth Fiedler</Name><Description>Marketing Associate</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Clare Bennett</Name><Description>Marketing &amp; Communications</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Person"><Name>Whitney Jones</Name><Description>Director of Operations</Description></Stakeholder></Organization><Vision><Description>Government wastes less money maintaining outdated technology that doesn’t work well</Description><Identifier>_cae392d6-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier></Vision><Mission><Description>To make the federal market easy for tech companies</Description><Identifier>_cae393da-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier></Mission><Value><Name/><Description/></Value><Goal><Name>Advancement</Name><Description>Advance government into the future</Description><Identifier>_cae3951a-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator/><Stakeholder><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>We’re tackling the problem from both sides to advance government into the future, and we hope you’ll join our community.</OtherInformation><Objective><Name>Mentoring</Name><Description>Mentor a tech companies.</Description><Identifier>_cae39614-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>1</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Tech Companies</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation/></Objective><Objective><Name>Acceration</Name><Description>Apply to our acceleration program.</Description><Identifier>_cae396fa-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>2</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation/></Objective><Objective><Name>Training</Name><Description>Bring innovation training to your organization.</Description><Identifier>_cae397ea-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>3</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation/></Objective><Objective><Name>Newsletter</Name><Description>Keep up with our monthly newsletter.</Description><Identifier>_cae398d0-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>4</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation/></Objective><Objective><Name>Events</Name><Description>Enjoy our events that bring our community together.</Description><Identifier>_cae399b6-229d-11ea-8ee7-14751b83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>5</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation/></Objective></Goal></StrategicPlanCore><AdministrativeInformation><StartDate/><EndDate/><PublicationDate>2019-12-19</PublicationDate><Source>https://dcode.co/about/</Source><Submitter><GivenName>Owen</GivenName><Surname>Ambur</Surname><PhoneNumber/><EmailAddress>Owen.Ambur@verizon.net</EmailAddress></Submitter></AdministrativeInformation></PerformancePlanOrReport>
