Ted Henderson is the creator of the congressional social network Cloakroom and the popular Hill voting app Capitol Bells. In 2011 Ted moved to Washington, D.C. to apply his background in engineering and climate change as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill. As a staffer for Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI), he experienced the dysfunction in Congress from the inside. Recognizing the need for radical institutional reform, Ted left the House in 2013 to found Capitol Bells, Inc. with a Congress-first approach for bridging the growing disconnect between legislators and constituents.