Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City 2012 | November 28-30
Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City 2012 | November 28-30
Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City 2012 | November 28-30
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cAROLyN vAN DAmmE<br />
President and Founder<br />
The Round Peg Group<br />
Carolyn Van Damme is the president and founder of The Round Peg Group, an innovative,<br />
woman-owned boutique consulting company serving the Washington, DC area. Her clients<br />
include government agencies and nonprofit, education, and healthcare organizations, as well<br />
as Fortune 500 companies and new start-ups. Trained as an engineer, she brings fresh thinking<br />
and innovative, practical client solutions in the areas of strategic and business planning,<br />
project management, and marketing and communications. Van Damme has worked for the high-tech industry,<br />
a think tank, an industry nonprofit, two start-ups, and the government. Prior to founding Round Peg, Van Damme<br />
served as the acting vice president at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, responsible for business development<br />
and a portfolio of federal contracts for agencies as diverse as the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval<br />
Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.<br />
Van Damme’s experience includes working for the U.S. Commerce Department’s Advanced Technology Program,<br />
Infotech Strategies, the Computer Systems Policy Project, Podesta Associates, and the Council on Competitiveness.<br />
She started her career as a field engineer with Schlumberger and Contel Cellular. Van Damme received degrees in<br />
public policy and industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.<br />
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