Paul Van Damme

Paul Van Damme is a Director at XORTX Therapeutics. Paul has over 25 years of experience in a broad range of industries, including healthcare, insurance, technology, and manufacturing.

In their previous role as Partnership Governance Innovation at McAfee, they were responsible for developing, deploying, and managing the framework, governance, and reporting associated with strategic technology partner engagements. Prior to that, they were Programme Manager for BlackBerry Service Realization and Operations at Research in Motion. In this role, they were responsible for bridging the relationship between Product Development Engineering and Production Readiness and Operations.

Over the course of their career, Paul has demonstrated success in delivering strategic programs, improving operational effectiveness and process, developing strategy and governance. Paul is a strong leader with the ability to manage the performance of direct and indirect staff to develop their career growth opportunities.

Paul Van Damme has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo and a Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. Paul also has certifications from LinkedIn in Blockchain: Beyond the Basics, Blockchain Basics, Executive Leadership, Leading with Emotional Intelligence, Managing Employee Performance Problems (2013), Managing New Managers, and Leading Change (2013).