Maggie Mestraud

Director, Proposal Operations @Parsons Corporation

Centreville, VA, US

Responsible for overall day-to-day management of Proposal Operations including: proposal center operations with 20+ full time employees, compliance, production, tools, facilities, budget, staff, and allocation of resources for proposal efforts. Increased utilization rates of all team members through cross training and pre-solicitation support. • Migrate Proposal Operations from “the Parsons way” to industry best practices• Oversee multiple proposal teams responsible for the complete development of complex compelling and compliant proposals• Create and establish processes and procedures following Shipley Method• Mentor immature Capture Management organization in support of appropriate pre-solicitation opportunity development including customer relationship development, knowledge of U.S. government acquisition process, and use of publicly available documents in support of solution development • Work closely with Trade Compliance, Security, and Contracts in support of complaint cross business unit document sharing; including international and commercial use of Federal Business Unit documents• Coordinate with Business Development for all Business Units to support the opportunity pipeline, schedule and monitor proposal development activities • Coordinate, lead, and participate in color team reviews• Report department progress, budgets, and plans to executive management.

Mary Baldwin University

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