PURPOSE

• Candidate seeks permanent, contract or contract t perm role as a technical writer, technical coordinator or proposal coordinator. The role would utilize skills in publishing, manuscript editing, proofreading, copy writing Or as a technical content specialist, technical writer, grant, proposal or publication coordinator, data journalist, technical grant or business writer, manuscript copywriter, copyeditor, proofreader or document controller. Candidate seeks roles in content management, publication coordination. His experience includes proposal writing, coordinating, and maintaining content, writer schedules and interviewing SMEs.
• Mr. Ashford has tenure in proposal writing, coordinating, and management experience, content management under multiple IDIQ contracts. Knowledgeable on such best practices as PMBOK, Lean Six Sigma, PMI, Mr. Ashford's roles has included managing schedule of deliverables, coordinating and interviewing SMEs and analyzing RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs. Mr. Ashford has generated compliance matrixes, templates, outlines and storyboards, proposal calendar of events and is a previously a foundation member of American Proposal Management Professional APMP and is a certified trained in Shipley proposal development specialist. Mr. Ashford's technical writing experience includes SOPs, Whitepapers, SOWs and etc.

OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Owner

• Market financial services t assist thriving community achieve a quality of life through annuity and insurance.
• Deliver life changing presentations on tax code savings t include 401k, 403b, 457, TSPs, IRAs, 529 CSPs, and others.
• Assist thriving community understand insurances, annuity savings through PowerPoint presentations.
• Develop optional training around products t assist clients achieve financial freedom and a better quality of life.
• Utilize information t write business proposals geared at enhancing quality of life of a niche target group.
• Manage prospects, make cold calls, and coordinate outreach.

Confidential

Technical Proposal Writer/Proposal Manager

• In charge of the business proposal process, strategize, write and coordinate business proposals pertaining t facility management, property investments and property management.
• Assist the head of the company develop content and manage boilerplate information for reusability.
• Act as the content manager, coordinated production of content with executive officer, t include reusable content for than proposal sections including risks, staffing, key personnel, communication plans, management plans, quality and monitoring plan.
• Researched and gathered content for sections t include the project and past performance, corporate background, management, staffing and technical processes Played an essential role in streamlining the processes and determined holes in content. Recommended solutions t gapping holes in content and provided researched solutions.
• Manage content for tw proposals on contract basis with opportunity t extend opportunities,
• Created and maintained a database of content, wrote and updated content t meet niche and specs of each RFP opportunity.
• Evaluated proposal opportunities managed all aspects of proposal preparation,
• Managed, coordinated and schedule revision and submission, Interviewed SMEs
• Developed final deliverable timeline for two-three proposal pro-bon project.

Confidential

Owner/Publishing Officer/Author

• Served in multiple roles, as head of the company. As publisher, coordinated production of projects with publishing house, t include more than five manuscripts of novels, non-fiction and poetry. As publication coordinator, I coordinated layout and design of the documents, mapped them according t publishing house standards, style guides, margin specifications. I als coordinated graphics with graphic artists, photography and maintained graphic files, in addition t learning the role of graphic artist using photoshop, illustrator and etc, as backup t graphic artist role. Oversaw and coordinated graphics team, completed marketing and branding of products, publications and other marketing materials.
• Manage content for website at maintain database of content, write and monitor traffic, statistics and manage campaigns t impact product and author visibility t online niche communities.
• Manuscript management, version control, revisions, submission as well as final proof of project before completion. Published novels, non-fiction and other types include Lay My Burden Down, Can't Stop My Hustle, Disguised in the City of Bedlam, Coffee With My Mother, and Chains in my Storm . Determined styles and layout of images that appear on covers and other publications, on product packaging and approved items, managed budgets, supervised design employees and presented finished work t publishing agent.

Confidential

Proposal Manager/Technical Proposal Writer

• Evaluated proposal opportunities managed all aspects of proposal preparation,
• Managed, coordinated and schedule revision and submission, Interviewed SMEs
• Generated copy as a technical writer on subject matters in support of the RFP specifications in L, C, M requirements.
• Wrote specific section plans for program management, staffing, key personnel, conflict of interest, resumes, and quality plans along with executive summaries.
• As proposal manager, I created and oversaw proposal schedule and deadlines of writers, subject matter experts, and other contributors and edited their content according t specs and deadlines t meet review deadline requirements.
• Managed all volumes, including technical volume, cost volume, management volumes, while coordinating the layout, production.
• Edited final content, mapped RFP requirements t Sections L, C and M t deliver compliant winnable RFP responses.

Confidential

Technical Writer

• Participated in pipeline meetings for opportunities within rfp/rfi/rfq stage, Managed, coordinated and schedule revision and submission
• Generated new content and edited content, maintained and updated content library
• Evaluated proposal opportunities managed all aspects of proposal preparation,

Confidential

Proposal Director Technical Writer

• Identifies relevant boilerplate material t populate RFP/T response template in accordance with RFP/T compliance matrix sections and page counts
• Develops and communicates version control throughout RFP/T response lifecycle ensures proposal artifacts are secured at all times

Confidential

Senior Technical Writer

• Populate RFP/T response template in accordance with RFP/T compliance matrix sections and page counts
• Develops and communicates version control throughout RFP/T response lifecycle ensures proposal artifacts are secured at all times0020
• Managed sectional aspects of proposal preparation, i.e. key personnel, staffing, technical, quality plans Maintained and updated content library

Confidential

Proposal Manager/Technical Writer

Coordinates activities of operations organizations, including but not limited t Marketing, Contracts, Legal Compliance and Pricing

Confidential

• Proposal Manager/Technical Writer Healthcare IT and Technical Staffing Industry
• Directs day-to-day proposal management activities for small t medium opportunities, including development of work plans, schedules and milestones
• Interfaces with Client Sales Director and Solution Architect t ensure consistency and accuracy of messages across proposal, used Sales force and participated in bid/n bid meetings and daily sales update meetings.
• Creates Request For Proposal RFP /Task Order T outline, including page allocation, based on weight of evaluation criteria and develops and maintains compliance matrix against RFP/T requirements

Confidential

Proposal Coordinator Information Technology Services Industry

• Supported all phases of the proposal process including content management, opportunity assessment, bid/n bid decision, response design/development, response quality assurance, proposal delivery, win/loss analysis and proposal reporting.
• Conducts RFP analysis and dissection. Fully qualifies client requests - coordinate strategy meetings t ascertain sales team win strategies t wrap and develop proposal content, captured and develop new proposal response content and graphics.
• Evaluated opportunities via seaport-e, SBAlliant, GSA, AFMASS, Navy Mat contract vehicles and worked with sales and sales leadership t respond t commercial and federal integrator RFPs/RFIs.

Confidential

Technical Writer Financial Services Industry

• Respond t RFPs within defined 401 a , 401 k , 403 b and 457 defined contribution industries
• Manage RFPs, RFIs and RFDs for all potential and existing clients, created and manage database of response templates
• Work closely with the sales team in analyzing all RFPs, attended strategy meetings and help develop bid strategy and concise approach Led RFP kickoff, solution, and status meetings

Confidential

Communications Specialist/Tech Writer IT, Information Assurance Industry

• Lead departments of Communications, Marketing and Public Relations Analyze and interpret technical information in order t compose SOPs on Dept of Commerce and Dept of Defense Contracts.
• Wrote copy, edit and develop web-content for real-time publishing t and Created communication style guide, and maintained standard proposal formats and draft fact sheets
• Directed and coordinated the Log redesign process, stationary publishing, website revamping Drafted and edited SOPs Standard Operating Procedures , HR Policies and SOW's statements of work and publish t intranet Editor of internal newsletter, The LunarLight Monitored newswires and publish industry news.