Principal and Founder at Clew, LLC
Greater Boston Area
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- Program Manager, Office of the CSA at Microsoft Corporation
- Member, SCIP MAC 2009 at SCIP
- Principal and Founder at Clew, LLC
- Senior Associate at ReedShay & Company
- Past
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- Founder and CEO at everpath Inc. (fka Pilgrim Commerce)
- Education
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- Babson College
- The George Washington University
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David Carpe’s Summary
In addition to providing leadership for Clew, David spends a portion of each week working as a Program Manager for Microsoft's Office of the CSA and as an Associate with Reed Shay.
Before creating Clew in 2001, David served as Chairman and CEO of everpath, Inc., a venture-backed software and internet services firm. He successfully raised venture financing and defined strategies and goals for the firm. Previously, Dave co-founded and managed Thorn & Graves, a consulting firm catering to emerging market organizations. Earlier, David worked for several years in consulting and research as a principal with a boutique firm. He began his professional career with Fidelity Investments as an Equity Trading Assistant within Fidelity Capital Markets, and later worked as a Research Associate within Fidelity Capital.
David received his BFA from the George Washington University and his MBA from Babson College, where he authored a case on valuation for the Division Chair of Finance. He has also worked as a Volunteer Teacher with the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) through the Citizen's Schools of Boston and continues to participate in Babson's innovative Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program (CLTP) program.
David has written extensively in the areas of human resources, research as well as competitive intelligence covering numerous processes, products and opinions. He has provided expert commentary to myriad industry publications ranging from Fortune Magazine, WSJ and the Boston Globe to Wired, CFO and the Sunday NY Times.
Memberships: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Human Capital Institute (Founding Member), Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), SCIP Partner Program and Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP). David also serve (s) on the board of JigSaw Data Corporation (info/data) and Conditor, LLC (iPhone apps).
David Carpe’s Specialties:
Clew is a consulting firm that partners with some of the most successful companies in the world. We research and analyze organizations, markets, products, services, plans and people to inform the business decision making process.
Clew supports management disciplines ranging from HR, finance and legal to sales, marketing, operations and general management. We provide comprehensive consulting services that are tailored to fit the unique needs of our clients.
David Carpe’s Experience
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Program Manager, Office of the CSA
Microsoft Corporation
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
In addition to providing leadership for Clew, now spending a portion of each week working directly for Microsoft, a long-time Clew client. Recently shifted from office of CTO to office of CSA (with whole team).
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Member, SCIP MAC 2009
SCIP
(Management Consulting industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
Member in 2008, then Suki sucked me back in for 2009...
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Principal and Founder
Clew, LLC
(Management Consulting industry)
July 2001 — Present (8 years 5 months)
Clew is a competitive intelligence consulting firm serving some of the most formidable organizations in the world. For complete information, including publications and press information, please visit our corporate web site.
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Senior Associate
ReedShay & Company
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 1948 — Present (61 years 9 months)
Complete info and references available at www.reedshay.com
Currently doing all sorts of stuff for Robin including all areas of search planning, research, execution, writing and so on. -
Founder and CEO
everpath Inc. (fka Pilgrim Commerce)
(Internet industry)
September 1999 — July 2001 (1 year 11 months)
Founded a supply chain software company. Raised funding, developed plans, recruited a world-class team of executives and advisors, signed beta agreements EMI and News Corp (and others)...and then it all blew up (01).
David Carpe’s Education
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Babson College
MBA , Finance, Entrepreneurship , 2001 — 2001
Authored case on valuation for Division Chair of Finance (about valuations based on congeniality during the dotcom boom - sound familiar? ;)
Briefly served as poster child for Babson's flagship EPS program, speaking to incoming students, espousing the virtues of entrepreneurship while illuminating the dark side of this world (impatient capital, etc.). -
The George Washington University
BFA , Stone Sculpture , 1993
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David Carpe’s Interests:
research, competitive intelligence, music, cool technology, movies, journalism, things with wheels, osint, hrci, km, bi, library 2.0, super star talent in high tech, gadgets, dogs
David Carpe’s Honors:
appointed to 2009 SCIP Membership Advisory Committee
appointed to 2008 SCIP Membership Advisory Committee
recipient of 2007 Future HR Leader Award
recipient of 2005 Future HR Leader award from Human Capital
speaker at a number of conferences 2002-2008 (InfoX, AIIP, SCIP, ERE etc)
columist for Competitive Intelligence Magazine
David Carpe’s Contact Settings
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