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04/20/08
Sarah Djamshidi, who guided young startups at Maryland's first technology incubator, has been tapped to direct the Chesapeake Innovation Center in Annapolis. 
Sarah Djamshidi at a glance Most recent post: Director for the University of Maryland Technology Advancement Program, the state's first technology incubator. New post: Executive director of the Chesapeake Innovation Center, the county's homeland security incubator. Degree in management science and statistics with specialization in decision information systems from the University of Maryland. 11 years of combined experience as an entrepreneur and working with entrepreneurs. Adjunct professor and lecturer with the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering and the school's honors program. Frequent speaker on venture incubator practices at national conferences. Board member for the William James Foundation, where she helps form strategies and serves as a judge for its national Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition. Economic and business evaluator for the National Science Foundation. Source: Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp. Find Us On Facebook
Executives said she is a talented director who will launch the homeland security incubator on Admiral Cochrane Drive to its next growth stage.
Ms. Djamshidi previously was a director for the University of Maryland's Technology Advancement Program, an incubator that has graduated 60 companies and raised $281 million in venture investments since its founding in 1984. Now, Ms. Djamshidi has taken the reins of the county-run Chesapeake Innovation Center, which recently...
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