Professional Summary:

Offers a full length of experience in managing, coordinating, and leading various sized proposals. Possesses 13 years of administrative experience, including 9 years managing and coordinating proposals supporting multiple government agencies. Experience in multiple proposal environments and scenarios, to include: supported and managed multiple proposals and task orders at a time; managed over 96+ proposals averaging 11 proposals per year; led efforts sized from $1M to $150M bids; led, coordinated, and produced proposals with quick turn-around (as short as 10 days); and coordinated and worked as a liaison with multiple subcontractors at a time. Equally versed experience includes; master desktop publishing and graphic designing skills; training, writing, tailoring, and editing.

Trained and experienced with multiple customers and government agencies such as DoD, Army, DoS, DHS, USDA, USTRANSCOM, Navy, USAID, DISA, DoL, FBI, HUD, EPA, WHCA, USG, to name a few. She offers upper management administrative support, management skills, as well as has a customer relations background. Her bilingual skills have also come to a full advantage, specially working with Latin American regions in international proposal bidding.

Proposal Related Areas of Expertise:

n        Strong Management and Organizational Skills

n        Experienced Desktop Publisher and Editor 

n        Experienced Graphics Designer

n        Master Multi Tasker

n        Detail Oriented Professional

Programs & Tools:

n        Shipley Method – 9 years of experience

n        SpringCM Privia – 4 years of experience

n        SharePoint, 2007 & 2010 – 4 years of experience

n        Outsource, 2009 – 1 year experience

n        Microsoft Office – 15 years of experience

n        Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop – 6 years of experience

n        Deltek CRM & Kona – 1 year of experience

Education:

n        B.S., Business Management, Strayer University, Currently Pursuing (June 2017)

n        A.A.S., Sanford-Brown College

Courses:

n        Project Management, Strayer University 2015

n        Proposal Boot Camp, Association of Proposal Management Professional (APMP), 2010

n        Managing Winning Proposals, Shipley Associates, 2009

n        Sales Training Program, Jim Koons Management Co., 2003

Clearance:

n        DoD, Top Secret, SSBI

Professional Experience:

Altamira Technologies Corporation (Parent Company of Invertix Corporation and Near Infinity)

Proposal Manager04/2013 – Present

As a core contributor to the Strategic Development Division, responsibilities include: manages and oversees the proposal process and activities; creates and manages proposal schedules; manages internal and external proposal stakeholders; leads kick-off meetings and color review sessions; creates outlines, compliance matrices, and master templates; develops themes and proposal narrative; maintains version control; ensures proposal compliance; graphic designs complex technical solutions; edits and desktop publishes; oversees production efforts for submission. Opportunity responses include: source sought, white papers, IDIQs, and task orders. Currently working as the U.S. Army, Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) Global Intelligence Unrestricted Pool Task Order Proposal Manager. An Army contract holding a ceiling of $5.04 billion which includes 13 large business awardees. [Customers: Army INSCOM, NSA, USG]

Link Solutions, Inc.09/2012 – 04/2013

Proposal Manager

Responsible for managing all aspects of the proposal development process, from request for proposal through delivery. Worked closely to develop and articulate technical and management solutions. Led major project meeting events (i.e., kick-off meetings; strategy meetings; color reviews); and coordinated logistics. Coordinated and led strategic meeting with a proposal team to identify themes and discriminators. Developed a compliance matrix; annotated outline; and detailed guidelines for writers/contributors. Wrote non-technical sections such as: management approach, past performance, resumes, executive summary. Responsible for Business Development pipeline of opportunities: led pipeline discussions and tracked opportunities. Worked closely with the Operation Leads and performed pre-RFP tasks. Met deadlines, commitment to teamwork, and detailed follow-through with the technical and non-technical sections of the proposal.

Built a new SharePoint Business Development Proposal Workspace for Link Solutions. Administrated the SharePoint Site to include: build and maintained all proposal workspaces; repository; pipeline trackers; and other tools within SharePoint to assist all proposal teammates with document sharing. Main designer and administrator for the BD site. [Customers: DoD, DHS]

Electronic Consulting Services, Inc., (ECS)03/2010 – 09/2012

Coordinator & Junior Proposal Manager

Handled the full scope of proposal tasks for the Proposal Development Center (PDC), such as: leading administrative efforts for up to an average of 3 RFP/RFI/Task Order requests simultaneously (each with a 15/30/45 day turn arounds); provided work direction to authors; desktop published proposal documents; attuned graphic and volume text flow; managed proposal team and assignments; led kick-off meetings, status calls, reviews, and supported technical leads in strategic technical sessions; and wrote non-technical sections such as: management approach, past performance, and resumes.

Administrative duties: created a proposal plan which includes an outline, compliance matrix, and schedule; created annotated outlines and templates; kick-off slides; performed quality check points for each milestone review such as pink team, red team, gold team and final reviews; created graphics; led production efforts; and coordinated delivery of proposal (via email, hand-delivery or by mail).

Worked as a liaison and main point of contact with multiple subcontractors at a time. When working with subcontractors, developed and tracked responses to past performance requests and data calls. Worked with the collaboration tool Privia to manage proposal workspaces. While working as a Privia Administrator, handled all accounts and workspaces. Maintained the knowledge management repository and resumes database. She conducted proposal training of the proposal process and Privia. [Customers: EPA, USPS, HUD, DHS, FBI]

Proposal Consultant06/2009 to 02/2010

Client: DynCorp International & AECOM International Development, Inc.

Coordinated and provided work direction for graphics and desktop publishing support as well as coordinated internal flow of all graphics and text related to proposals with proposal managers. Developed complex assignments in word, page layouts and the creation of charts and computer graphics. Coordinated production of all red team and gold team proposal rounds receiving formatted text to final production, and binding. Manipulated text and graphics to accommodate a wide range of design specifications. Used current graphics design technology and computer software packages to produce materials for documents, proposals and presentations. Prepared archives of proposals following final submissions and maintains security and integrity of file proposal structure.

Provided management support in elaborating proposals for current and upcoming USAID bids in Latin America. Duties included: led and organized kick-off meetings; handled full scope management and coordination of the proposal process; formatted & matched candidate CVs (Curriculum Vitae) to fit RFP requirements; prepared Past Performance Reports (PPR); assisted in quality assurance; and monitored proposal deadlines.

Triumph Technologies, Inc.,06/2007 to 01/2009

Proposal Coordinator

Provided high level administrative support to the VP and Director of Business Development. Provided management and technical support in structuring projects related to administrative work as well as managed bids for the following clients: Port of Authority, USAID, and the Army Corp of Engineers. Mainly focusing on: security unarmed services; administrative & HR support; management support; help desk; and public relations. Managed and coordinated from 3 to 6 proposals efforts at a time. Managed deadlines from 14 days to 45 days; coordinated all meetings and prepared presentations for kick-off meetings, proposal briefings, and review meetings with leadership; reviewed RFI’s, RFP’s, and prepared outlines for each “go” opportunity; monitored and handled the Business Development calendar; formed checklists for all proposals in progress; maintained the Business Development logs per quarter and pipeline spreadsheet; reported the Business Development weekly activity; coordinated travel. Supported capture efforts and responses to requests for information, actively search FedBizOpps, and Input (Deltek). Worked closely with HR and costing specialists to develop different proposal strategies and implement RFP requirements.

Led an opportunity as a “Czar” on a RFP for USAID/Bolivia. Duties included the following: provided full knowledge support (as a Bolivia subject matter expert) for this particular public relation effort for Bolivia; supported the technical and management aspect of the proposal; developed a strategic plan for the technical proposal and worked together with the BD lead/writer to write an effective technical proposal; assisted in the cost proposal with the budget specialist and supported recruitment/HR.