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Biography
Carolynn Reid has spent the majority of her career supporting Hamilton's small businesses. For the last 20 years, she was a Business Development Consultant with the City of Hamilton's Economic Development Division having held several key leadership roles that have been of great benefit to the City of Hamilton, its citizens and businesses. Carolynn managed and established the first Small Business Enterprise Centre in the City. She built programs and developed partnerships that assisted hundreds of Hamilton small businesses get off the ground. Carolynn also managed the City's brownfield portfolio in its very early years and laid the foundation for the redevelopment of hundreds of contaminated sites. For the last 10 years, Carolynn put her efforts into managing the emerging economic sectors of Life Sciences and Digital Media for the City, helping stimulate investment interest, supporting community programs and champions working together to build a better Hamilton. Carolynn has always and continues to call Hamilton home. Born and raised in this great City, a McMaster University Commerce graduate and community builder to the core, she is excited to join the Forge mentorship team.
What Companies and What Challenges?
I have worked with startups from all industry sectors through my career in business development having started the Small Business Enterprise Centre for the City and later being the staff lead consultant in technology and life sciences.
Network
As the staff lead consultant for the technology and life sciences sectors for the City of Hamilton's Economic Development Department and having worked in a business development capacity here in Hamilton for the last 25 years, I have developed a strong network. This is also something that I have been recognized for as the 2014 IF Difizen of the Year and the 2018 HTC Community Champion