Kallen Gatherer Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

Kallen brings over ten years of experience in the industry to her position as project development manager for Mortenson. Having joined the company in 2014, she leads the business development efforts in the Oregon and Southwest Washington marketplace. Kallen is responsible for fostering and maintaining relationships with customers, designers and engineers in the higher education, environmental, hospitality, municipal and corporate markets to identify and pursue new work. Trust, communication and commitment to meeting customer expectations are Kallen's most important attributes.Kallen is passionate about building disadvantaged, minority and women-owned business outreach efforts in support of client small business utilization goals. She is a member of the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME), the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) and the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from Washington State University in 2006.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Proposal manager for national construction firm. Clients have included a wide range of public agencies and private firms.• Manages marketing and business development implementation• Manages full proposal development cycle: developing proposal strategy, compliance, managing technical staff and subcontractors, design, writing, editing and document production.• Designs artwork and messaging for all brochures and flyers• Responsible for all website maintenance• Manages ongoing pursuits and proposal strategy sessions with leadership• Responsible for reporting and tracking upcoming opportunities and projects• Displays excellent organization and time management skills• Strategizes and creates presentations for project selection and public and client outreach events.• Able to multi-task in stressful situations

• Proposal manager for West division of global consulting firm. Clients have included a wide range of large multidisciplinary public agencies. • Contributed to a strong hit rate while leading cross-functional teams to produce complex proposals and presentations. 2012 per dollar hit rate totaled 89.1%. 2013 key wins have included the Lane Transit District West Eugene EmX BRT Final Design Project, Salem-Keizer South Salem Site Selection Services, ODOT Full Service On-Call and the C-TRAN Final Design BRT Project.• Manages full proposal development cycle: developing proposal strategy, compliance, managing technical staff and subconsultants, design, writing, editing and document production.• Manages marketing personnel including graphic designers and technical editors• Assists in companywide resume development, including Non-English speaking employees• Certified Parsons Brinckerhoff Business Development Associate• Able to multi-task in stressful situations• Displays excellent organization and time management skills• Strategizes and creates presentations for project selection; coaching technical staff on messaging, presentation and interview skills.• Tracks potential projects, agreements, contract values and funding• Provides support as an expert user of CRM OnDemand, ProjectSolve2, GMS and PBEDIS (dat management, reporting and tracking systems)• Creates, runs and analyzes reports on a daily basis using tools such as Microsoft Excel• Able to translate complex data and simplify information for a diverse audience• Produces high-quality reports for period end reporting• Serves as the trainer for multiple Oracle based systems. With the launch of a new tracking system (CRM OnDemand), responsible for training all West geography employees.• Demonstrates an attention to detail though the accuracy of reports• Able to communicate with a diverse range of work styles and personalities

Portland, Oregon Area

• Increased product awareness by launching a branding campaign • Developed and maintained an information feedback system measuring the effectiveness of promotional campaigns• Tracked all search engine marketing (SEM/SEO)• Scrutinized presentations from potential vendors; solely responsible for hiring • Hired, trained and managed a team of 23 real estate agents• Created and managed an approximately $1 million marketing budget• Worked with real estate agents to negotiate purchase and sale contracts• Ran weekly staff and agent relation meetings• Coordinated the opening of new communities• Planned and organized all promotional events• As market conditions deteriorated, successfully assumed both • Designed artwork for all direct mail, newspaper, magazine and promotional flyers • Responsible for writing all creative advertising messages • Created monthly and yearly marketing plans • Held accountable for all monthly and annual sales goals• Was responsible for all website maintenance• Assisted marketing manager in all other marketing-related projects