Proposal and Technical Writing Resume

OBJECTIVE

To acquire a position as a Proposal or Technical Writer where Mr. Simmons may utilize over 25 years of experience in writing proposals and technical documents.

SUMMARY

Over 25 years of experience writing proposals and technical documents
Twenty years of experience as a Project Manager managing teams from 7 - 65 engineers
Twenty years of experience in software design and development
Six years of experience as a Scrum Master
Twenty years of experience in business development — client acquisition and full life-cycle proposal management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Agile Scrum Tools: VersionOne, Rally, and Jira

Languages include: C#, C++, C, Java, Visual Basic, and Perl. Op Sys Windows, UNIX, Linux, and OSX.

DBMS: SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Proposal and Technical Writing

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Wrote proposals for landing systems for both Northrop and Grumman Aerospace
Wrote technical manuals at Grumman Aerospace for F-14 Fighter Jet, A-6 Bomber, and E2-C Reconnaissance Aircraft.
Wrote technical manual for F16 Simulator at Hughes Aircraft
Wrote technical manuals for the Verdin Communication System at IBM

Project Management, Software Design & Development, & Proposal Writing

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Was the designer and webmaster of the National Car Rental Website
Reviewed USPS code for Y2K
Designed the architecture to replace NIH's 25-year old legacy back office system at SRA International
Wrote proposal to win the GSA-70 Schedule contract
Using the GSA-70 contract, wrote a proposal and became the prime contractor to design a new data warehouse for NIH to store 50 years of clinical research. Was the project manager and chief data architect for project.
Wrote dozens of proposals and won additional development work at NIH
Designed the architecture to replace the back office system for all US embassies in the world for the State Department (Consular Affairs)

Agile Project Management, Scrum Master & Proposal Writer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Designed the architecture for the Oversee Systems Protection (OSP) System for the Federal Aviation Administration ( Confidential ). The OSP system ensures that the aviation industry adheres to Confidential safety regulation.
Wrote several proposals to acquire additional work at Confidential through the eFAST vehicle.
Was the Scrum Master and Agile Project Manager at HP to develop the USPS.com website.
Was the Scrum Master and Agile Project Manager at Comcast NBC to develop and maintain Xfinity Voice.