Tirzah VanDamme

Tirzah is a reserve Officer who served on Active duty from the inception of the Army Software Factory to June 2021 in support of the stand-up of the Army Software Factory. As a civilian, Tirzah is a Data and AI Specialist at Microsoft. Tirzah completed her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School (HBS), in May 2019. She focused on technology, entrepreneurship and healthcare. Prior to HBS, Tirzah completed a Master of Science (MS) in Neuroscience at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (the U.S. military’s medical school) with a focus in noninvasive neuromodulation techniques to discover new therapies for chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury. Tirzah spent most of her career on active duty in the U.S. Army, serving in a variety of positions including an operations officer, general manager (commander), medical evacuation pilot and inspector general. She was stationed in Alabama, Hawaii, and Germany and had combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. Tirzah graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a degree in engineering management and certification in industrial engineering. Tirzah grew up in Ferguson, Missouri with four sisters and two brothers. She is married to Joseph VanDamme, an active-duty Army officer and they have a 16-month old daughter, Ada. Tirzah is an active volunteer in the community and is passionate about purpose-driven work and making a positive difference in the world.