Michael Whelan
DOD & Commercial Systems Solutions | Business Development | Capture & Proposal Management | Innovative Technology Development & Entrepreneurship | I have held TS clearance.
- Role
- Senior Capture Manager (through 01 2025) at Leonardo DRS
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Whelan
Experienced Leader and New Business Developer for 23 years. Extensive Program Management…
Experience
Senior Capture Manager (through 01 2025)
Nov 2023 — Present · Colorado Springs, CO, US
Senior Capture Manager for the Eastern United States within the CAES Advanced Product Development (APD) organization leading the strategic planning and development of CAES’s Direct to Digital product roadmaps, positioned CAES 2024 new contract awards (~$13M) across multiple commercial and government markets.• Crafted a comprehensive multi-million dollar and multi-year strategic plan for growing CAES customer engagement in new sensors & Common off the Shelf (COTS) technologies with the USN, USAF, US Army & SOCCOM markets.• Conducted thorough CAES to customer market research and competitive intelligence to validate and refine the CAES technology alignment with customer market needs and technology gaps.• Led the customer engagement campaign, from early customer engagement to the RFI/RFP/Proposal generation and follow-on post submission engagement, ensuring collaboration across multiple CAES business units.
Education
University of Pennsylvania
MS
2004 — 2007
University of Washington
BS
1999 — 2001
Skills
- Materials Science
- Testing
- Testing & Integration
- Customer Acquisition
- Strategy
- Manufacturing & Assembly
- Security Clearance
- Pro/Engineer
- Process Improvement & Engineering
- Ms Project, Excel, Power Point, Office, Windows
- Engineering Management
- Capture Management
- Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Competitive Intelligence
- Marketing Strategy
- Pro Engineer
- Leadership
- Engineering
- Risk & Opportunity Management
- Aerospace
- Systems Engineering
- Government
- Earned Value Management
- Team Building & Management
- Certified Lm 21 Green Belt
- Six Sigma Process Improvement
- Requirements Analysis
- Cost Account Managment
- Research & Development
- Dod
- Thermal Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Six Sigma
- Defense
- Electronics
- Finite Element Analysis
- Mechanical Engineering
- Problem Solving & Analysis
- R&D
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