Christopher Leidich Email & Phone Number

WDM, Iowa (IA), US

Tempe, AZ - Arizona, US

• Analyzed market opportunities. Prepared numerous templates and extensive content in many responses to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) solicitations. Prepared.
• Recent Wins: Nuclear Event Detector, $1.3M and Radiation Hardened Programmable Deep Neural Processor NASA SBIR Phase I Award, $150K. In 2023, Alphacore won a significant SBIR awards from NASA and other government.

Huntsville, Alabama, US

• In 2023 provided a detailed compliance matrix for a Red-Team review Arcus proposal in response to the NASA Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) Announcement of Opportunity.
• Recent Wins: In 2021, I provided detailed compliance checking, assessment comments for: a) the HelioSwarm Concept Study Report (> 700 pages) against Medium Explorer (MIDEX) Guidelines and Criteria for the Phase A.
• Provided detailed compliance checking, assessment comments, and technical content, as required, for: a Discovery 2019 Announcement of Opportunity proposal, the 2018 Arcus X-Ray Mission Concept Study Report (Phase A).

Mclean, Virginia, US

• My job involved support to SBE Holdings which included four (4) companies, Sunrays International is globally-integrated consulting, program management and shared services provider. For over 20 years, ICS Nett provides.
• Prepared clear, concise, responsive, and thorough compliant responses to various solicitation sections for ICS Nett (Information Technology (IT) infrastructure & engineering services), Swiftships (ship building, ship.
• Participated in meetings with partners and customers. Contributed to improving key performance indicators (KPI). Was author for free topic (Neuromorphic Computing for Artificial Intelligence) for the ICS website.
• Recent Wins: I contributed to OCR Global being selected as SOCOM Unique Missions Requirement (SUMR) among 16 proposals ($780M ceiling 10-Yr IDIQ contract).

San Antonio, TX, US

• Conducted many solicitation analyses, opportunity assessments, capture planning, proposal planning, development, and coordinated color reviews.
• Provided expertise with key lifecycles methodologies: Shipley, NASA, and DOD.
• Prepared clear, concise, responsive, and thorough compliant responses to solicitations for IT services, healthcare and engineering including white papers, sources sought, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ).
• Developed Standard Operating Procedures and SharePoint Business Development Framework and Methods.Wins in 2022: a) I contributed to Bestica winning about $500K to providing formal training and testing services to the.

Mountain View, California, US

Prepared a detailed and compliant response to an RFP from The Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Portland, OR, US

Provided assessments, detailed documentation, proposal writing and compliance checking for Marine, Aerospace, Defense, Complex Fabrication, Energy and Infrastructure domain areas.

Reston, VA, US

• Consulted for Business/Proposal Development in response to Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support 3 Solicitation
• Provided compliance checking, technical content and detailed comments for all color reviews

Santa Clara, California, US

• Supported the Intel Influencer Sales Group to help improve the productivity of Intel Influencer Sales Teams
• Created business/technical assessments/case studies, templates, workflow charts, best-known methods (BKMs), persuasive messaging, copywriting and product marketing materials and high-level business processes/mapping
• Developed Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Statements of Work (SOWs) supporting existing and new product development/introduction between Intel and Industry partners
• Supported and coordinated Intel Sales Teams in the US, UK, Israel, Mexico, and India.
• Tracked schedules, progress, and actions
• Provided strategic capture management in the formulation of a new business opportunity with an Intel Industry Partners

Santa Clara, California, US

• Supported Customer Support Technology Development (CPTD) manufacturing in product engineering, board-level testing, system-level testing, debug, safety, and response flow checklists
• Managed and created vast amounts of hardware and software documentation
• Created documentation control/release management systems involving documentation tree framework, numbering systems, workflow processes, SharePoint structures, and approval workflows, and web-based.

Houston, Texas, US

• Provided detailed technical content, editing, final editing and compliance checking for four (4) NASA/ARC Proposals in response to Astrophysics Explorers Program 2014 Small Explorer (SMEX) and Discovery 2014. The.

Dulles, VA, US

• Provided detailed technical content, editing, final editing and compliance checking for NASA/ARC and non-NASA proposed full-lifecycle Investigations for over 30 proposals. Investigations included: technology.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Provided Business/Proposal Development support for response to Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support 2 RFP

San Jose, US

• Provided proposal development technical content/editing for NASA/ARC Information Technology Services 3 (ACITS 3) Solicitation as well as other business opportunities.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Provided detailed technical content/editing and compliance checking for proposed investigation for NASA/ARC Discovery 2010 Announcement of Opportunity (Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (MUSAR) Mission)

Sunnyvale, California, US

• Provided new business capture/development and preparation of various proposals and written materials with various partners including Battelle, SAIC and Lockheed-Martin
• Proposal Manager (4/09) for the Research and Technology Services (RTDS) proposal ($34M contract value)
• In 2008, I was the Constellation Data Systems (CxDS) Program Chief Systems Engineer (yearly budget exceeding $8M)
• For the CxDS Program I created the systems engineering management plan (SEMP) and a detailed configuration management/technical data management plan
• My work included the use of Windchill, NASA Xerox (nx) DocuShare and JIRA. Mr. Leidich created a comprehensive risk management plan including use of the NASA Integrated Risk Management Application (IRMA) tool. I.
• Provided management, systems/software engineering including plans and processes for the Center for Engineering Innovation (CEI)

Moffett Field, California, US

• Managed 6 groups (19 civil servants and 50 contractors) and 21 tasks to advance information technology and robust hardware and computing technology required for NASA spacecraft, robots, and human/robotic teams to.
• Project Manager for NASA Headquarters Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Trade Study on Autonomous Operations for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (AOCEV)
• Collaborative Decision Systems (CDS) Deputy Program Lead
• Intelligent Systems Division Liaison with JPL for Information Sciences & Technology Directorate personnel working on Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Operations at NASA/ARC

Moffett Field, California, US

• Over 30 years of experience in numerous critical positions at NASA and in-plant at contractor sites, performing specialized engineering, and management in many areas that have included:
• Intelligent Systems Division Liaison with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Operations
• Project Manager for the highly successful DARPA funded, first space-based wireless local area network experiment, the Wireless Network Experiment (WNE) used on-board the Shuttle and the Russian MIR Station - reference.
• Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Telescope System Manager at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation
• Pioneer 10/11 Science Chief and wrote mission description for Pioneer 10 and 11 Heliospheric Mission Document
• Science Instrument Manager for in-house hardware and electrical modification of a Lockheed Orion P-3 wingtip to accommodate an experiment for integration to a NOAA P-3 Aircraft for scientific data collection in Alaska.