Alisha Parsons

703.855.6048   alisha.ann.parsons@gmail.com

 

 

Master of Arts, Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Texas Tech University, TX, August 2010

BA, English, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, May 2004



CACI                                                                                                                              May 2008 – Present

Proposal Manager / Capture Manager, Corp Business Development

Proposal Manager – Shipley trained. Responsible for IDIQ and Task Order responses (Overall proposal management and/or Volume Lead). Contributed to over $6B in new business. Adept at problem solving and clear and concise communication with Vice Presidents and upper management. Actively manages proposal response teams of 2 – 20+ individuals responding to long lead proposal responses as well as quick-turn task order responses (5-14 day response times). Reviews RFI/RFP materials and assesses bid viability and resource allocation. Develops response schedules and timelines ensuring that team(s) will meet deadlines. Holds kick-off meetings and solution sessions. Builds compliance matrices, outlines, and templates. Conducts compliance reviews. Privia/SharePoint/VPC Expert. Chairs proposal status meetings and color review sessions. Performs final QA prior to customer delivery. Directly responsible for managing simultaneous bids ranging from $100k to $90M+. Manages and drives proposal teams, line managers, staffing analysts, recruiters, security personnel, writers, pricing analysts, contracts and subcontracts professionals to winning outcomes.

 

Capture Manager – Shipley trained. Responsible for IDIQ and Task Order responses. Reviews RFP materials and conducts triage sessions for new business opportunities. Conducts business intelligence research on future bids and prepares briefings on new business opportunities for upper management. Performs competitive analyses. Competes for new business in the areas of cyber security, mobile applications, media, information technology, information security, foreign language, financial analysis, computer security, forensic analysis, etc. Develops and analyzes price models working in conjunction with price-to-win information to achieve winning prices. Negotiates with subcontractors to achieve winning labor rates. Reviews RFP’s and solicitation notices and provides win themes for the writing team. Develops and maintains business records and reports. Builds relationships with various CACI entities. Attends small business meetings to enhance CACI’s relationship with our partners. Builds and maintains business relationships with client contracting offices. Reviews and identifies level of effort on proposals and identifies staff to complete the project. Provides support to various offices within CACI to assist in contract development and teaming agreements. Responds to market surveys.

 

Acquisition Logistics Support Manager (ALSM), May 2008-August 2011


Performed work as an Acquisition Logistics Support Manager on an acquisition logistics support (ALS) team supporting various programs and projects for the Government. Coordinated full life cycle support for deployed systems both CONUS and OCONUS. Drafted and disseminated documentation such as acquisition logistics support plans, deployment management plans, memorandums of notifications and power point packages to stakeholder organizations. Performed continuity checks across projects. Researched policies and provided briefings and recommendations to upper management. Ensured Government and program timelines were met in an efficient manner. Identified cost savings. Supported proposal efforts after-hours.


 

SAIC                                                                                                                               May 2007-May 2008

Lead Technical Writer              


Responsible for disseminating program information to entire development team. Interacted daily with all teams and gathered relevant information to compile a monthly status report (approximately 30 pages of relevant content) that was sent to our customer. Trained and supervised a coworker on the process of collecting information and producing the monthly status report. Reviewed program documentation and authored user manuals. Assisted with web collaboration and started a blog on the PM page for team perusal. Created new employee manual for incoming personnel. 

Performed technical writing duties for proposals. Performed as technical writing lead on some of these proposals. Performed graphic artist duties as needed. Duties included, but were not limited to: gathering proposal information, assembling and organizing information into relevant tables and sections, performing continuity checks among sections, re-writing verbiage into succinct prose, formatting proposals per customer standards, and ensuring that proposals were professionally produced and assembled. 
Tested AuthorIT, (web content management software). Assisted in deploying AuthorIT information to our company intranet. Performed industry research for management to assist in new marketing ideas. Collaborated with management to compile data for an information session to take place across the business unit. 



CACI                                                                                                                December 2006-May 2007

Technical Writer              

Responsible for running reports for an Inventory Database. Reviewed documentation to prepare for customer meetings. Performed research to become familiarized with current contracting requirements. Researched and wrote proposal sections and volumes. 



SAIC                                                                                                                July 2004 – December 2006

Technical Writer (December 2005-December 2006) - Responsible for developing, writing, and editing online help for development team. Worked in conjunction with team to record operating instructions and procedures. Created and updated graphics as needed to accurately portray written content. Used Dreamweaver and RoboHelp to create web pages. Worked with development teams to learn and accurately write descriptions and processes for installation, preparation, test, user, and configuration manuals.

Performed formatting duties. Assisted in the development of the installation guide, prep guide, and test guide templates. Worked closely with development team to ensure we were meeting the needs of the customer. Responsible for day-to-day activities as proposal coordinator. Edited technical and management team’s graphics using Freehand MX. Coordinated with management to ensure an efficient production time for proposals. Developed calendar for proposal outlines. Maintained action item database.

Staffing Coordinator (July 2004-December 2005) - Responsible for creating, writing, and editing the HR newsletter with a distribution to a 1200+user community. Developed company handouts to include job fair tri-folds and point of contact lists using Adobe Illustrator. Aided in the creation of a recruitment manual that defined the process to be used by HR staff. 


Training and Professional Organizations:

Managing Proposals & Writing Proposals, Shipley Associates (November 2015)

Capturing Federal Business Training, Shipley Associates (February 2013)

Young AFCEANS & Women in NOVA Member

Women in Technology Member

Regular attendee of CACI Learning Series

Member of CACI’s Emerging Leaders program

Previous member of the Society of Technical Communication

 

Software Skills

Expert in MS Office Suite; Expert, Privia; RoboHelp; Dreamweaver; Adobe products