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Homeland
Security Business Conference & Expo
Senator Jack Reed
Congressman Patrick Kennedy
June 7, 2004
Newport, RI
Speaker Biographies
Robert
D. Hamlin
State Director
Rhode Island Small Business Development Center
www.risbdc.org/
Robert
D. Hamlin (Bob) was appointed the State Director of the Rhode Island Small
Business Development Center in August 1999. The RISBDC is one of 63 Small
Business Development Centers across the country and territories of the
United States comprising over 1200 small business technical assistance
locations. The RISBDC receives funding from the United States Small Business
Administration, the State of Rhode Island, and Bryant College. Fleet Bank
also supports minority technical assistance and training.
Prior to his appointment as State Director, Bob served as Assistant Director
of the Rhode Island Export Assistance Center, at Bryant College. During his
tenure, he was the program manager of the Country and Industry Program. This
economic development initiative provided international training and
consulting services to over 500 Rhode Island businesses. He was also
actively engaged in several videoconferencing initiatives allowing
businesses to engage in long distance meetings by utilizing the Interactive
Telecommunication Network he helped construct.
In 1994, Bob started The Hamlin Group, a meeting and special events company.
He has assisted ESPN in the development of the Extreme Games, X-Games, and
assisted NBC Sports coordinate specific aspects of the Gravity Games. He was
actively involved in the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and served
as an ambassador since joining the Chamber. Other clients included:
telecommunications companies, colleges and universities, and the Rhode
Island Small Business Development Center.
Prior to starting his own business, Bob was Credit Manager of SuperValue
Foods, Cranston Rhode Island, where he managed a receivable portfolio of
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