Our Team & Advisors
Professionals with Decades of Experience
Ryzing Insights Consulting is guided by a leadership team that blends strategic clarity, operational excellence, and decades of real‑world impact across technology, business development, and organizational growth. Michele Cook, a Senior Business Consultant & Fractional CMO and founder of Ryzing Insights, brings deep expertise in sales, marketing, digital strategy, and scalable systems design—empowering businesses and nonprofits to strengthen their online presence, implement foundational technologies, and operate with greater efficiency. She is complemented by Steve Marzocco, a seasoned technology executive, entrepreneur, and venture strategist with more than forty years of experience building, scaling, and turning around companies across IT, telecom, broadband, AI‑driven platforms, and emerging technologies.
Rounding out the team, Charles T. "Hutch" Hutchinson Jr. strengthens the firm with a communication‑driven, people‑focused approach grounded in recruiting support, candidate engagement, and structured follow‑up systems. His background spans insurance, sales, lead generation, and high‑volume pipeline management, where he excelled in “lead qualification, appointment setting, follow‑up, and virtual presentations.” His ability to build trust quickly, maintain organized communication, and guide individuals through decision‑based processes enhances Ryzing Insights’ capacity to support clients in building aligned and capable teams.
Together, Michele, Steve, and Hutch combine people‑centered leadership with high‑stakes strategic insight, offering clients a rare partnership capable of elevating organizations, navigating complexity, and architecting solutions that drive sustainable, long‑term success.
Our Team & Advisors
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Michele Cook
Senior Business Consultant, Fractional CMO & Managing Partner
Michele Cook is a Senior Business Consultant and strategic growth partner known for elevating organizations through clarity, technology, and people‑centered leadership. With deep expertise in sales, marketing, account management, and business development, she helps small and mid‑sized businesses, start‑ups, and nonprofits strengthen their online presence, refine their go‑to‑market strategies, and build scalable systems that drive long‑term success. Michele leverages AI, SaaS platforms, and modern digital tools to simplify complexity, enhance branding, and empower clients to compete confidently in crowded markets.
Michele, of North Bend, WA has been serving companies nationally with much focus in the Pacific Northwest & Greater Seattle area after having relocated from Southern California.
Steve Marzocco
Non-Executive Advisor
Steve Marzocco, one of Ryzing Insights Non-Executive Advisors, is a seasoned business executive and serial entrepreneur with deep experience across the technology industry, venture finance, and corporate strategy. Over multiple market cycles, he has held key roles with pioneering start-ups & market‑defining companies during the formative years of major technology segments—spanning multi‑hundred‑million‑dollar markets to multi‑billion‑dollar categories that reshaped entire industries.
Steve has done much work nationally for companies and entities, with much focus in the Pacific Northwest & Greater Seattle area.
Charles "Hutch" Hutchinson
Senior Talent Acquisition & Fractional Recruiting Operations Consultant
Charles T. Hutchinson Jr., is a Senior Talent Acquistion & Fractional Recruiting Operations Consultant, with expertise as a communication-driven and process-focused professional with a strong background in recruiting support, candidate engagement, sales, insurance, lead generation, customer service, and structured follow-up systems. He brings the discipline, organization, and people skills needed to support growing teams with talent acquisition, onboarding coordination, and HR-related operations.
Hutch lives in San Marcos, CA but serves clients nationally.