Washington, D.C.

Our Washington, D.C. office opened in 2003, in the first year landed four major clients, and year over year has experienced 50% growth or more. Our client base has grown significantly in the last several years through grass-roots relationship building and now serves a market that spans the entire metro area, from the District to Maryland and five Virginia counties.

The exemplary consulting service and organic growth of new business are just two examples of the North Highland culture at work in our D.C. office. Bolstering the entrepreneurial and employee ownership spirit of the company, our entire office is involved in annual planning, including setting goals and determining initiatives to reach those goals. We value employee input whether it's in reference to an individual career path or to office-wide initiatives such as developing market-centric service areas or increasing revenue and profitability targets.

Leadership

Rob Szumowski

Vice President and Local Office Leader

Rob is responsible for overall strategy, planning, and execution of services to federal and commercial clients. He has 33 years of Public Sector experience, systems integration experience, including 18 years of information and organizational strategic planning, process and business case analysis, systems integration for state and local governments, and project planning and execution. Prior to joining North Highland, Rob led the growth of government services for Bearing Point and Unisys.

Denise Sughrue

Vice President

Denise has over 21 years of experience in life sciences, non-profit, healthcare, telecommunications, defense, and government in industry, government and consulting roles. Denise has extensive experience in helping organizations navigate the complexity of large scale change to include system and workforce transformation. Prior to joining North Highland, Denise was in the Human Performance practice at Accenture. Denise serves on Arlington Public School's Advisory Council on Instruction Math Subcommittee and is an active volunteer with the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital.

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