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We're building the future of government HR—because we've lived its opportunities
Holly exists because we believe in public service. We want the people who serve our communities and who manage the most complex and diverse organizations in the country to benefit from technology that can rise to the challenge.
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Our Story
Brendan Hellweg and Cherie Chung met as graduate students at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. Over time, they became united by a shared mission to help government agencies recruit and obtain their best talent.
During their time at Harvard, they realized artificial intelligence could solve government HR's most persistent challenges: the impossibility of manually analyzing thousands of job classifications, the months-long delays in benchmarking and board presentations, the endless cycle of consultant dependencies.
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Our Mission
To bring millions of Americans into empowering and impactful careers in public service through software that treats them with hospitality and care.
We envision a future where:
Government is fully staffed, well-equipped, and effective
HR professionals can focus on serving people, not managing paperwork
The most talented workers choose careers in public service
Meet the Holly team
Get to know the team driving Holly’s mission to modernize government services through thoughtful design and real-world expertise.
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Cherie has led biz ops and product for several startups that have improved the financial lives of over 5 million Americans. Talk to her about making government more accessible by building with users, cash transfers and the future of work, and creating diverse, inclusive, and supportive organizations.
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Brendan has served across 5 administrations in 3 cities, instilling him with a deep love for pothole data dashboards, fire dept ride-alongs, and Maryland crab cakes. Talk to him about local gov ransomware preparedness, 100 day transition plans, and how to hire nearly 300 front line health workers in under a year.
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Keiv traded anatomy textbooks for programming languages five years ago, pivoting from medical school in Prague to software engineering. When GPT-3.5 launched in late 2022, he dove into building AI customer support chatbots and agentic systems for influencer outreach. Talk to him about transforming spreadsheet-based government operations into intelligent systems, building in a blue ocean market, and why the best technical problems are the ones that keep you learning.
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Max joins Holly after 6.5 years at TrueComp (formerly known as GovInvest), where he was a founding member of the Customer Success team. He scaled the department from one to ten employees, supporting over 1,000 government agencies, and ultimately served as Regional Vice President of Sales. He’s excited to help grow Holly’s sales and client-facing teams, bringing together his passion for local government and technology.
Max holds an MPA from the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy and is completing his MBA at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
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Rahul is a Field Artillery Officer in the NY Army National Guard and former transportation policy researcher at NYU Wagner. He's worked in Congress for Rep. John Larson and helped build ReD Associates' democracy and governance practice. Talk to him about data-driven client projects on total compensation, and breaking down barriers that keep talented people out of public service.
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Mayank restructured public benefits programs across state governments in India and was a founding product manager at a fintech startup serving low-income workers. A Kennedy School graduate, he coaches leadership and adult development. Talk to him about building product analytics from scratch, AI evaluations, evidence-based policy design, and why successful govtech requires both cultural and technological change management.
How We Work
We reject the "back office" mindset
HR isn't administrative overhead—it's how government competes for talent and delivers on its promises to communities. We build technology that reflects this reality, with the utmost respect and empathy for the heroes we serve.
We obsess over data
Everything we build starts with a question: what data could make this better? Our team is packed with people from data backgrounds because we believe every feature—from a simple dropdown to a complex analysis—should be informed by rigorous intelligence. We're constantly hunting for new datasets, validating sources, and finding patterns that make your decisions smarter and more defensible.
We build with users, not for them
We ship early, gather feedback fast, and iterate constantly. Weekly office hours, onsite visits, same-day responses—we're in the trenches with government HR teams, learning what works and what doesn't. The platform you see today is shaped by hundreds of real conversations, not conference room assumptions.
We move fast
We ship new features and improvements every week. When you need something, we build it—often within days. Because government can't wait months for the tools it needs.
Join Us
We're looking for people who believe public servants deserve world-class technology and want to help build it.
Business Development Representative
Be our first BDR and own the front lines of selling to local government. You'll identify prospects, run multi-channel outreach campaigns, and book meetings with city and county HR leaders—while learning to leverage AI as a force-multiplier in your daily work. We'll mentor you on both world-class sales craft and modern AI tools for prospecting and automation. If you want to build a sales playbook from scratch, develop cutting-edge GTM skills, and help modernize public service—we'd love to meet you.
Senior Software Engineer
Join us as our second engineer to build the infrastructure powering the future of government hiring. You'll architect data pipelines processing millions of job records, ship AI-powered features to thousands of users across the country, and own significant technical decisions that will shape our platform for years to come. We're a small, fast-moving team, working on a problem that affects millions of Americans trying to enter public service. If you want massive ownership, real technical challenges, and the chance to prove that government software can actually be delightful—we'd love to meet you.
We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the chance to work on technology that helps millions of Americans access public service careers.
Backed by Investors Who Believe in Our Mission
Holly is supported by J2 Ventures, Roble Ventures, Gaingels, and angels who share our conviction that government technology should be as sophisticated as the work it supports.
