Don Raines
Executive Business Development Leader / Business Strategy / Growth Metrics and Evaluation / Mergers and Acquisitions / C-Suite Level Experience
- Role
- Chief Growth Officer at Greystones Group
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Don Raines
Business Development Executive relocating to Colorado Springs December 2022. 25+ years in the Washington DC area including multiple engagements as a Senior Vice President and/or Chief Growth Officer for companies from $300M to $1B in revenues. 10+ years as direct report to CEO’s, experienced briefing Board of Directors, Private Equity partners, and advisory boards- Developed and executed winning Business Growth Lifecycle, including Business Development, Account Planning, Marketing, Capture, Price to Win, and Proposal Development- Designed and implemented Leading and Lagging Indicator metrics to monitor progress towards growth goals across an organization. Experienced in multiple CRM platforms- Authored Corporate Strategic Growth Plan including marketing segments, business plans, customer engagements- Experienced in Mergers and Acquisitions – both buying and selling. Developed and briefed Management Presentations. Evaluate Opportunity Pipelines, Waterfalls, and company compatibility- Managed pipelines from $1B to $10B. Decision authority on gate reviews, bid and proposal expenditures, management of resources, utilization of internal staff and consultants
Experience
Chief Growth Officer
Oct 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Education
Chapman University
MBA, Business and Finance
1993 — 1995
United States Air Force Academy
BS, History
1982 — 1986
Skills
- Proposal Writing
- Policy
- Sigint
- Government
- Strategic Planning
- Physical Security
- Analysis
- Security Management
- Military Operations
- Program Management
- Air Force
- Leadership
- Dod
- National Security
- Counterterrorism
- Defense
- Security Clearance
- Information Assurance
- Government Contracting
- Security
- Top Secret
- Force Protection
- U.s. Department of Defense
- Intelligence
- Space Systems
- Federal Government
- Counterintelligence
- Process Engineering
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Intelligence Community
- Security Operations
- Intelligence Analysis
- Military
- Space Operations
- Homeland Security
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