Cassandra Thurman Email & Phone Number

Woodbridge, Va, Us

Chantilly, Virginia

Proposal: Lead prop development processes/procedures for teams, providing configuration management/best practices. Lead, Manage, and Execute all aspects and interactions with staff related to schedule and budget management, resource allocation, content data calls, graphics, editing, DTP, compliance, and production efforts for both written and oral proposals. Direct root cause analyses of capture and proposal challenges as well as successes.Project Lead. AI Proposal tool lead responsible for vendor management, tool administration and training, content collection and ingestion, monitoring of users and usage, and research for proposals. Feature/Benefit analysis, technical and research support, contract renewals, and promoting awareness through training/communications. EPMO CPARs Lead. Work with senior leaders across the firm to analyze CPARS data trends and performance reports to identify root causes and action and mitigation plans for report improvement. Develop CPAR Self-Assessments. Inform competitive assessments, bid decisions, and win strategy development. CPAR tracking, reporting, and administration. Intellectual Capital (IC). Serve as author and reviewer of IC as related to color team framework, contractor performance assessment reports (CPARs), and other business development IC. Develop process guides, templates, and trainings. Conduct training just-in-time trainings. DE&I Committee. CY22-24 Committee Chair. CY21 Policy Subcommittee Chair. Collaborated on DE&I stand-up (2020) and development. Chaired the Policy Subcommittee where developed committee charter and checklists/processes. Author/Editor of the internal DE&I Newsletter. Plan, develop, and lead monthly sessions focused on DE&I topics. Plan and coordinate employee appreciation events across geographies. Manage budget.Thrive Wellness Committee CY23-24. Support planning and development of articles for the quarterly newsletter and identification of speakers. Conduct due diligence on speakers.

Business Development Center of Excellence – Strategic Initiatives/Knowledge Management (KM). Performance Evaluation Lead. Responsible for building and leading the Performance Evaluation service offering. Directed root cause analyses of capture and proposal challenges as well as successes. Conducted 37 reviews accounting for 102 efforts valued at $3B+ (~$15B including IDIQs). Briefed senior Account leadership on lessons learned to improve performance as well as reduce B&P costs.Technical Lead/Lead Developer for firm-facing Portal and internal team sites. Develop sites and content, responsible for review and edit of documents, coordinate with author, SMEs, KM and Senior Leadership to move Intellectual capital (IC) through internal approval processes. Track site usage metrics; develop SOP and best practices and trains contributors on best practices. Strategic Corporate Communications Specialist. Served as principal author or reviewer of 50+ pieces of intellectual capital, (e.g., Color Team, CPARs, and B&P Efficiency Guides). Analyzed and synthesized complex information and data into user-friendly briefings, best practice guides, and communications. Developed comprehensive communications plans and campaigns that identify primary channels, presenters, key messages, timing, target audiences, and expected outcomes. Develop computer based training (CBT) (storyboard/sound recording/editing/layout/implementation) and recordings of events.Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARs) Specialist. Worked with senior leaders across the firm to analyze CPARS data trends and firm performance reports to identify root causes and action and mitigation plans for report improvement. Crafted more than 500 responses for contracts meeting report thresholds, as defined in FAR Part 42.15. Informed competitive assessments, bid decisions and win strategy development. Developed CPAR tracking, reporting, and administration system prototype.

Held a SECRET Clearance at position. Interfaced & Coordinated daily with clients, technical customers, managers, & employees in a fast-paced environment that requires utilization of strong communication, both oral and written, and customer service skills. Investigated & verified non-employees have necessary DOD and SCI clearances and/or have been cleared by investigations. Insured that sensitive data is input correctly into the entry & bldg access systems. Verify & process all employee badge requests including: clearance changes, replacements, and terminations. Verified and processed unclassified visits into security access system. Insured rapid removal from all systems for terminated/exiting employees and non-employees. Utilized following software: LENEL ID Mgt, DATACARD ID Works, SCAS (Security Clearance/Access System), MDI (bldg access control), Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word. Entry level knowledge of NISPOM.

Developed interactive multimedia software/applications for clients that included: the Air National Guard, U.S. Army, San Diego Aerospace Museum, Smithsonian Institution and TROA.(now MOA – Military Officers Association) Participated in full project lifecycle development: planning, concept creation, artwork, layout, design, content development, software programming & integration, testing, and after market technical support. Work included creating stand-alone executables, updateable (by web or by CD) executables, kiosk modules, shockwave modules, voice-overs for promo pieces, interactive e-business cards, sound recording & editing of voice-overs, developing portions of website, integrating Java elements into cross-platform projects, creating & editing graphics for various projects, and developing and maintaining databases for projects. Web development included working with Graphic artist to create graphics for site, creating animated gifs, building site in Dreamweaver and maintaining site once site was in production. Utilized Macromedia Director, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Sound Forge, Illustrator, V12 & Access Databases, SWISH, HTML and Dreamweaver.

Provided 24x7 on-call operations support on the E-Commerce & Data Warehouse teams for applications used by AOL Web Stores and Marketing. As part of the E-Commerce team supported the external AOL Web Stores. Maintained and monitored the STAR system (Secure Transmission and Retrieval). Monitored UNIX and STRATUS Scripts processing SOAF (Sign on a Friend), bulk emails, and encrypted FTP. Monitored data warehouse databases and ran ADHOC queries for the Marketing department. Utilized: REMEDY for Trouble tickets, PERL & UNIX scripts, SQL, Redbrick Databases, & Visual Basic Scripts (Excel).

IBM - AT&T Contract

OCS/SS (Order Control System/Special Services) Production support team. Provided 24x7 on-call Tier 3 Help Desk support for MVS based Client/Server applications used by AT&T sales force & marketing agents. Monitored system performance & response time, as well as troubleshoot application and system problems. Coordinated production side of major software releases. Participated in all aspects of release, from planning & design phases to implementation and testing phases. Utilized: ACTS & PTR (Trouble Tickets), COBOL, JCL and DB2.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Management Science And Information Technology - Decision Support Systems

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma

High School

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, Drill Team, Thespian Society, Drama Club, Girl Scouts.