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Mr. Lacopo is a senior consultant with Strategic.Value, an international business-consulting corporation. Strategic.Value offers clients a range of services that include strategic planning, government affairs representation and public relations strategies. Prior to joining Strategic.Value in 2000, Mr. Lacopo held a number of executive positions with EDS Corporation, a global information services provider. Over a career that spanned thirty years he held the position of Vice President of Corporate Communications and was Vice President of Global Government Affairs in Washington, DC, from the mid 1980s until the end of 1999. Mr. Lacopo also held a number of operational and technical positions from 1970 until he came to Washington in 1980. Prior to joining EDS, he held technical positions with The Health Insurance Plan of New York, Kennecott Copper Corporation and Chemical Bank of New York. While he headed the Washington office for EDS, Mr. Lacopo held a number of board positions of international trade groups including the European Institute, the European-American Business Council and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. He also was a member of the board of the Public Affairs Council. He was one of the founding members of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, a group of international business executives dedicated to bringing the benefits of Internet technologies and electronic commerce to under-developed economies. Mr. Lacopo has a strong interest in the performing arts. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and has served as Treasurer of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. | 