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Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Director responsible for all operations for the Charleston Market including budgeting, proposal development, personnel management, business development and growth, customer relationship management, and pricing support. Primary support in the Charleston area.• Lead pricing and proposal efforts for DOD government Requests for Proposals (RFPs) primarily the NIWC Atlantic command. Efforts included, developing price to win targets, completing pricing models, building cost volumes, writing technical responses, maintaining Spry proposal archive, editing and evaluating proposal content, and delivering/uploading proposals to the government• Leverage current tasking and customer relationships to grow current tasking and obtain new business • Conduct market research on local partners, competitors, and customers• Responsible for identifying and performing analysis of potential new contract opportunities. Responsibilities included examining government contract structure, market research, past performance, capability analysis, competitive analysis and customer analysis, customer call plan recommendations/development/ execution, and teaming partner analysis and negotiation• Maintained operations budget• Briefed Co-Presidents on Charleston market trends and current and upcoming tasking• Provide Project Management support to all active contracts within the Charleston market including personnel management, recruiting, retention, deliverable creation, management, and submission, financial tracking and analysis, and customer relationship management• Recruited, interviewed, and sourced open positions for Spry contracts with NIWC Atlantic• Supported NIWC Atlantics 6.0 command initiatives analyzing the different scheduling and SharePoint tools to determine usage rates, functionality, best practices, and other uses.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Accountable for current and new business results within the Navy and Marine Corps Customer Group for SPAWAR Atlantic.• Responsible for all communication with industry partners and customers to promote SAIC services, capabilities, and expertise• Maintain Operations Multi-Billion dollar Business Development pipeline to include large IDIQ contracts (including multiple and single award), and MAC IDIQ task orders (including ITES, Seaport, SSC LANT MAC IDIQ contracts, GSA, etc.)• Responsible for identifying and performing analysis of potential new contract opportunities. Responsibilities included examining government contract structure, market research, past performance, capability analysis, competitive analysis and customer analysis, customer call plan recommendations/development/ execution, and teaming partner analysis and negotiation• Lead capture meetings, develop capture plans, teaming matrices, call plans including, identify and develop past performance descriptions, corporate experience documents, conduct pricing research and develop price to win targets, key personnel matrices, and small business plans for Operations opportunities including multi-million dollar IDIQ contracts and MAC IDIQ task orders• Utilized Price to Win Training (PTW) to develop PTW targets for proposals utilizing a top down and bottom up approach (analyzing historic awards and prices as well as estimating low cost bidders based on hours, labor categories, and wrap rates). • Participate in and lead proposal outline and schedule development, proposal writing, past performance database research, coordinating reviews and selecting color team reviewers to compare and ensure proposal compliance with RFP requirements• Assisted and led the development and submission of $6.2B in prime proposals and the successful capture of $5B in prime contract awards, with an additional $500M of proposals still under evaluation

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Selected amongst all BU personnel to assume this new role while in addition to my current role• Report to the BU general manager and operations/divisions management the BU's small business performance.• Work with business development personnel in the BU to ensure small businesses are engaged at the early stages of capture to adhere to small business subcontracting requirements. • Support SAIC Outreach activities including business development forums and customer Outreach activities.• Responsible for subcontractor communication, interaction, and determining their roles in the task order proposal process

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Assisted and led the development and submission of $6.2B in prime proposals and the successful capture of $3.7B in prime contract awards, with an additional $2.2B of proposals still under evaluation.• Responsible for identifying and performing initial analysis of potential new contract and task order opportunities. Responsibilities included examining government contract structure, market research, past performance, capability analysis, competitive analysis and customer analysis, customer call plan recommendations/development/ execution, and teaming partner and subcontractor analysis and negotiation. • Lead teaming negotiations with teams containing up to 16 subcontractors and negotiate workshare agreements.• Lead capture and proposal meetings, develop capture plans, teaming matrices, call plans, identify and develop past performance descriptions, corporate experience documents, key personnel matrices, and small business plans• Work directly with capture/proposal managers to drive development and completion of compliance and proposal outlines and schedules, themes, content, and reviews through the proposal process.• Mentor capture managers to help mature new business opportunities from identification to contract award.• Continuously coordinate with operations manager and personnel to ensure that all pipeline metrics meet company-established operational goals.• Participate in proposal writing and color team reviews regularly to compare proposals with RFP requirements in various stages of development. • Conduct market research on local partners, competitors, and customers in the Charleston area, Fayetteville, New Orleans, and various other markets, CONUS and OCONUS with respect to corporate experience, pricing, teaming, and customer satisfaction• Develop resource plans and charge numbers and track these opportunity expenditures against a multi-million dollar marketing and B&P budget.• Maintain Operations $17B+ Business Development pipeline

Charleston, South Carolina Area

•Developed refined budget for T-AGS 66 equipment to be installed on new vessel.•Completed monthly Project Status Reports which evaluated customer satisfaction, finances, and overall program progress.•Selected as interim project controller and was responsible for budgeting Task Orders, reporting financials, managing the general ledger, building Basis of Estimates for government tasks, and compiling Statements of Work to use for future tasking.

Established successful referrals and achieving relationships with clients through a consultative sales approach leading to Sales Representative of the month for December 2007 and December 2008.Enhanced and expanded relations with Bank of America and Wachovia on multiple management levels to reveal mutual business opportunities.Educated clients on changes in the field of payroll tax, compliance and other regulatory issues.Selected to mentor and coach new associates to ensure their success with ADP.Successfully used referrals and cold calling to achieve 105% of quota 1st quarter fiscal year 09Generated 110% of plan during February 2008 to July 2008.Top 20% ranking in business volume from bank relationships in Capital Region.

Created, maintained, and streamlined use of files and directories using Microsoft SharePoint for proposal efforts, including original RFP files, amendments, corporate experience narratives and matrices, personnel resumes and capture plans.Conducted research for Defense contract projects which included market research, competitor analysis, and prospective partnerships.