Cathy Kelly

About Cathy Kelly

Experienced Proposal Manager with broad skills supporting client requirements and business growth. Detailed-oriented with knowledge of multiple databases and search engines for opportunity identification and management. More than 15 years of experience supporting government contracts management, delivery and proposal development. Strong blend of program management and business development support experience leading to business growth. Excellent communication skills. Proficient in leading and managing the lifecycle of proposals ensuring compliance with all requirements and deadlines. Diversified skills include:• SharePoint (process creation, project tracking and management)• Research and analysis of Federal Databases: FBO, GovWin, FedConnect• Pipeline management • Metrics management and tracking • Compliance and proposal coordination • Document production • Administrative management • Technical Past Performance Writing• Task Order proposal response management• Proposal plan, matrix and resume writing

Experience

1. Task Order Proposal Manager Team Lead

   Red River

   Apr 2021 — Present · US

   Supervise and mentor proposal staff; assign proposal manager/coordinator support to Captures and other Growth projects based on availability and fit• Prepare and produce $40M+ proposals• Prepared and produced an average of 60 proposals each calendar year• Assist in identifying supporting internal and external proposal resources• Work in close coordination with the Capture, Business Development and Account Management organization and Engineers• Work closely with team to execute the corporate proposal development processes and practices, focusing on effective, efficient, consistent, and high-quality product and delivery• Manage assignments of in-house staff and outside consultants (as needed)• Work collaboratively with, Capture, Account managers and business development staff to optimize the application of resources throughout the proposal\'s life cycle• Define, implement, refine, and continuously improve team execution based on best practices and lessons learned• Work with the VP of Business Capture to escalate issues, review workload, and provide suggestions for continuous improvement to processes or resources• Manage process and maintenance of the Knowledge Library• Work closely with the compliance team• Provide weekly status and issue escalation reporting• Train new sales hires on capture processes and procedures• Manage Team budget

Education

• Northern Virginia Community College

  PMP, Project Management

  2014 — 2014

• International School of Kenya

  High School

  1974 — 1988

• Scrum Alliance

  Scrum Master

  2011 — 2011

Skills

• Budgets
• Requirements Analysis
• Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Program Management
• Business Analysis
• IT Strategy
• Strategy
• Change Management
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Enterprise Architecture
• Management
• Integration
• Business Process Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Process Improvement