History
Our leadership team brings over 40 years’ combined experience providing capture management, proposal management, technical/management solutions, past performance, and personnel management expertise to deliver winning proposals. In addition to proposal development, we provide technical consulting and training to employ the strategy and processes required to obtain marketable industry certifications. Our expertise has been applied to help small and large organizations achieve and maintain internationally recognized certifications such as ISO 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, CMMI-DEV, and CMMI-SVC.
Combining real-world experience, a strong technical background, and academia, our team works with a variety of industries that include technology, healthcare, and Defense. Our team assesses operational performance against requirements, identifies gaps, advise leadership on recommended improvements, and works with organizations to implement and monitor improvements, ensuring desired results are achieved.
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Leadership
Principal consultant
Joe Guthrie
Joe Guthrie, PMP, ITIL Expert and Business/IT Consultant, has over 20 years of leadership experience in proposal development, program management, information systems and process implementation in the government and commercial sectors. Over the last 12 years supporting DoD Government and commercial contracts, Mr. Guthrie has executed capture management processes for large and small businesses in the roles of capture/proposal manager, technical lead/writer, and reviewer on proposals of varying size, scope and complexity. Mr. Guthrie understands Government programs from capture and operations perspectives. His experience includes providing support for U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and various government contractors.
Market Expertise
• Information Technology/Knowledge Management; IT Service Management/ITIL/ISO 2000; Organizational Leadership & Management; System Engineering (e.g. Agile, CMMI); Government/Military Operations
consultant
John Guthrie
John Guthrie, Program Manager, Weapons Systems and Software Engineer has over 49 years of combined government service and government contracting experience supporting the U.S. Department of the Navy. He possesses 32 years of experience at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), managing over 7 contracts and numerous sub-contracts valued at over $400M. He has supported numerous proposal efforts in various roles serving as proposal manager, past performance lead, resumes lead; prepared compliance matrices and provided review and critique. He has led pink, red and gold reviews and prepared for and presented oral presentations for numerous major competitive bids during his career.
Key Labor Categories
• Proposal and Capture Management; Orals Preparation and Presentation; Volume Lead/Section Lead; Technical Writing; Subject Matter Expert
business operations
Amanda Traugutt
Amanda Traugutt has leadership experience in business management, business development, contracts management, and process implementation in the government and commercial sectors. Over the last 5 years she has supported large and small businesses in the roles of Director of Operations, Business Development Consultant, and Proposal Writer on projects of varying size, scope and complexity. Mrs. Traugutt works with our clients to identify their unique requirements to deliver quality consultants and expertise for each project. Mrs. Traugutt's proposal development experience allows her to support our clients in multiple roles.