SUMMARY:

• Interested in both consulting and full - time positions.
• Flexible housing allows me to relocate in the Maryland, Virginia, or Delaware area.Seventeen years of experience responding to request for proposals (RFPs); requests for information (RFI); request for quotations (RFQs); and Task Orders (TOs). Over thirty years of experience in writing and editing.
• Twenty-seven years of experience working in the government contracting field.
• As proposal manager, create PowerPoint presentations for kickoff meetings and color reviews.
• Create the proposal schedule.
• Work with the Shipley process.
• Contact subcontractors for writing assignments and data calls.
• Review sections for compliance.
• Facilitate solutioning sessions with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Editor and reviewer for proposals.
• Extensive experience writing resumes, past performance, and management sections in proposal responses.
• Interview SMEs and present technical information in an understandable manner.
• Edit and promote writing in plain language.
• Desktop publisher with expert level skills in MS Word. Knowledge of templates and large document management.
• Create graphics for proposals in PowerPoint and Visio.
• Organize proposal files on SharePoint and establish file naming protocols.
• Possess the ability to work on multiple projects while under strict deadlines.
• Work well under pressure, adept at quickly finding the most efficient solutions to meet deadlines.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Access, and Visio
• Adobe Acrobat and some Photoshop experience

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Proposal Writer

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Established proposal schedules and ran color reviews.
• Evaluated solicitation documents and composed questions for the government.
• Generated the response outline and compliance matrix.
• Created and sent out data calls to team members.
• Wrote and edited management sections, staffing, and quality.
• Researched and wrote technical responses.
• Reviewed proposals and performed compliance.
• Created new templates with efficient use of styles.
• Created and updated graphics in PowerPoint.
• Developed an Excel schedule to track opportunities and work assignments.
• Created recruiting requests and reviewed resumes for compliance.

Proposal and Technical Writer and Editor; Proposal Manager, Coordinator, and Desktop Publisher

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated RFPs and created the response outlines.
• Generated questions to the government.
• Desktop publisher. Created proposal templates.
• Performed compliance on submittal.
• Proposal writer and manager for an employee on maternity leave.
• Created responses for RFPs and RFIs.
• Composed management and staffing sections.
• Edited and formatted proposals.
• Updated and organized past performance references.
• Created response templates.

Confidential, Vienna, Virginia

Proposal and Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed RFPs and wrote questions for the government.
• Composed the annotated writing outline and compliance matrix.
• Created templates for resumes, technical responses, and past performance.
• Created an Excel spreadsheet to track the details of submissions.
• Edited documents.

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Proposal Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Compiled, organized, and edited past performance sections.
• Contacted staff to obtain the necessary information to create a comprehensive past performance for each project.
• Reviewed the past perforce library on SharePoint and created a reference system.
• Organized and created the proposal production room.

Confidential, Fairfax, Virginia

Proposal Editor

Responsibilities:

• Temporary proposal editor for staff member on medical leave.
• Wrote past performance sections.
• Performed substantive editing for technical sections and rewrote in plain language.
• Identified compliance gaps.
• Used SharePoint collaborative editing tool.

Confidential, San Francisco, California

Proposal Manager, Writer, and Desktop Publisher

Responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive proposal support to a marketing company that delivers language and creative services.
• Created templates for the proposal, resumes, and past performance.
• Worked with the owner to develop new content.
• Created instructional documents to train employees on Word, as they had been using InDesign.

Confidential, Fairfax, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Formatted large proposals.
• Analyzed the RFP to create delivery compliance and production documentation.

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Proposal Writer

Responsibilities:

• Wrote, edited and formatted proposals.
• Created new templates.
• Created compliance matrix and writing assignments.
• Tracked responses from writers and posted on SharePoint.
• Updated website descriptions of new projects.

Confidential, Windsor Mill, Maryland

Proposal and Technical Writer and Editor

Responsibilities:

• Edited, formatted and contributed to the writing of processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in six company handbooks to fulfill the CMMI provisions.
• Created in Word the company’s templates for reports and documents and created the proposal forms.
• Rewrote brochures and company capabilities.
• Created graphics for proposals.
• Evaluated proposals for compliance and made suggestions for creating persuasive responses.
• Created a form for tracking proposal completeness.
• Edited and formatted proposals and created new templates as needed.
• Set up proposal folded structure on SharePoint.

Confidential, Columbia, Maryland

Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the marketing and proposal departments to develop new product content for an automated quote template and for brochures.
• Evaluated the RFP and created the proposal template and annotated outline.
• Volume lead for the past performance section.
• Edited the proposal and rewrote poorly written sections.
• Turned a verbose document into a one that was clear and comprehensible.

Confidential, Silver Spring, Maryland

Technical and Proposal Writer

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed managers to obtain information to create SOPs.
• Wrote, edited, and formatted the SOPs.
• Interviewed technical personnel for project details to create new past performance documentation.
• Researched and wrote government agency background sections and company past performance sections for a proposal.
• Redesigned the company’s proposal template.