•      Microsoft Project

•      Microsoft Word

•      Microsoft Publisher

•      Microsoft PowerPoint

•      Microsoft Excel

•      Microsoft SharePoint

•      Microsoft Outlook

•      Adobe Photoshop

•      Adobe LightRoom

•      Adobe Acrobat Pro

•      Adobe Distiller

•      Adobe Illustrator

•      Adobe InDesign

•      Microsoft Access

ü    Responsible

ü    Organized

ü    Great at multitasking

ü    Detail-oriented

ü    Team player

ü    Creative

ü    Works well under pressure

Skills/Experience:

•         Editing/Proofreading

•         Word processing

•         Interacting with vendors/clients/partners

•         Scheduling/Gantt Charts

•         Creating/updating databases

•         Photography/photo editing

•         PowerPoint presentations

•         Charts/Graphs

 

Design Skills:

•         Logo design

•         Brochure/catalogue/publication design

•         Web Design

•         Proposal template design

•         Conference displays/Exhibits

•         Business forms/templates

•         Web graphics/content

•         Production of mock-ups and drafts

Employment Experience:

Proposal Manager, Science and Technology Corp • Columbia, MD04/13 – Present

·           Perform all duties of the Lead Proposal Manager for all divisions of the company: Science and Engineering, Military/Defense, Polar Technologies, and new opportunities.

·           Manage government and commercial proposals valued up to $200 Million, including RFP analysis, creating proposal development schedules, outlining, conducting formal proposal reviews and final production.

·           Participate in Capture and Business Development Processes.

·           Participate in Pipeline Reviews, Gate Reviews, Bid/No-bid Decisions and weekly management meetings.

·           Attend Industry and networking events, such as the Maryland Space Business Roundtable.

·           Local/National/International travel as assigned.

Proposal Manager, INNOVIM, LLC. • Greenbelt, MD07/12 – 04/13

·           Managed Task Order Proposals for U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Operations Technical Support Services (OPSTECH) for the National Weather Service. The total contract is valued at approximately $140 mil.

·           Managed 7 consecutive winning task order proposals.

·           Responded to RFPs, RFQs, RFIs; work on SBIRs, GWACs, and IDIQs

·           Conducted Daily tag-up meetings, Pink Team, Red Team, and Gold Team Reviews

·           Participated in Pricing Strategy Meetings, Capture, and Business Development Processes

·           Worked with Teaming Partners, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), HR, Contracts, and Accounting departments

·           Managed Proposal Schedules and the entire proposal development process form RFP release to production

·           Attended Conferences (example: AMS Austin, Texas, 2013) and Job Fairs

Proposal Coordinator/Manager, Powertek Corp. • Rockville, MD07/11 – 03/12

·           Managed up to 20 people, including technical writers, SMEs, editors, production coordinators, graphic designers.

·           Created schedules, Compliance Matrices, annotated outlines for Technical and Price/Cost Volumes

·           Conducted kickoff meetings and daily status meetings; Pink Team, Red Team, and Gold Team reviews

·           Edited documents using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat

·           Edited, proofread and wrote some original content, such as past performance and key personnel sections

·           Designed original graphics using strict company style guides

·           Maintained an organized filing system and version control of documents

·           Monitored websites for new business opportunities, participated in making bid/no bid decisions

·           Desktop publishing/Formatting and production

·           Reorganized the entire Past Performance Drive

·           Maintained a Proposal Resources Spreadsheet.

Proposal Coordinator/Administrative Assistant, CSSI, Inc. • Washington, DC05/10 – 06/11

As Proposal Coordinator:

Led proposal efforts:

·           Developed Compliance Matrices

·           Made proposal schedules using Microsoft Office Gantt charts

·           Conducted Pink Team and Red Team Reviews

·           Interacted with Subject Matter Experts, teaming partners, technical writers

·           Edited documents (layout of resumes, proposal graphics), using Word, Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat

·           Collected and organized proposal content; edited and proofread proposals

·           Worked with the Contracts and IT departments on developing a new search engine for past performance

As Administrative Assistant:

·           Provided administrative support to several executive officers

Graphic Designer/Mar-Com Associate, National Naval Medical Center • Bethesda, MD08/04-01/08

·           Conceptualized and designed specific marketing materials and communication tools such as posters, web graphics, flyers, brochures, certificates, signs, banners, exhibits, programs and conference displays.

·           Designed logos and branding images for clinics and departments throughout the hospital.

·           Attended customer meetings related to design and printing; advised staff on visual and artistic possibilities.

·           Acted as the Department Head during months of lengthy absences of the Mar-Com Director.

·           Trained graphics and admin staff.

·           Proofread and edited all Marketing-Communications Publications and Marketing Products.

·           Was responsible for Maintaining the corporate Identity of the Hospital.

·           Maintained Mar-Com Department’s Intranet site.

·           Maintained graphic and photographic libraries.

Achievements:

·           Received two awards – “Admiral Coins” for exceptional Effort and Performance.

·           Designed several covers for the Annual NNMC Guide and Tricare Supplement.

Paralegal, Law Offices of Edward J. Maher, P.C. • Baltimore, MD08/03-02/04

·           Worked on landlord/tenant, bankruptcy, personal injury and criminal cases.

·           High-volume data entry, scheduling, handling several phone lines, screening phone calls, messaging, correspondence, inventory, accounting, filing suit, advising clients and contacting courts.

Graphic Designer/Project Coordinator, Document Creation Center • College Park, MD08/02-02/03

·           Designed and typeset various documents, such as brochures, menus, business cards, posters,

postcards, business forms, flyers, signs, announcements, certificates, etc. for over 30 Kinko’s branches.

·           Acted as the project coordinator, and editor/proofreader (spelling, grammar, style, quality, and design)

·           Developed templates and style guides.

Internships:

Intern Graphic Designer, Johns Hopkins Magazine • Baltimore, MD05/02-08/02

Intern Graphic Designer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality • Rockville, MD05/01-09/01

Various Admin/Sales Positions11/97-03/00

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