Mission-proven contributors who know how to compete and win with your Customers

David James
Strategy, Space, and Intel
Senior Strategist / Company Founder
- 25 years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry
- 20 years’ BD consulting experience
- Hands-on contributor to hundreds of captures, resulting in greater than $100B in sales
- Routinely engaged on multi-$B pursuits
- In-depth understanding of Government acquisition processes
- our product and greatest asset is our people
- A-Players attract other A-Players
- a cohesive team always beats free agents
- we’re committed to providing hands-on, value-added leadership
- Career capture and proposal professionals
- Former industry BD and product line executives, functional managers and lead technologists
- Former Government acquisition leads, operators and managers
Leadership Team:

Chuck Box
Space and System-of-Systems Solutions
Solution Architect / Engagement Manager
- 30 years’ industry experience
- PhD, Systems Analysis and Modeling
- ITIL Foundations certified
- Former BD Director for Boeing DoD Space portfolio
- Former CTO for iDIRECT

Suzanne Ginch
Proposal Support, Intel, and Information Systems
Senior Strategist / Engagement Manager
- 10 years’ Capture/Proposal consulting experience
- Managed winning pursuits more than $5B in size
- Led portfolio of pursuits for Tier 1 client, resulting in $15B over 7 years (85% win rate)
- Former BD Executive – IBM, SAIC, VT Group, Radiant Blue
- Former Systems and Operations Engineer – Raytheon

John Clagett
Business Development, Cyber, and Technical Services
Senior Strategist / Cybersecurity Services & Business Development Lead
- 30 years’ experience in the aerospace & defense industry
- 20 years’ experience in the Technology sector – NFV/ 5G, Empowered Edge/ Hybrid Cloud, Cyber Security Compliance
- BD and Capture on several billion$ wins in Aircraft, UAS, Sensor & Weapons programs
- US Navy combat aviator and Topgun instructor
Representative Resources:
Eric Sorensen
Senior Strategist / Solution Architect
- 15 years’ BD development consulting experience
- Solution architect on wins for multiple DoD and IC programs of record
- Former Chief Engineer and Program Lead for Global Positioning System Satellite
- Former Chief System Engineer, Ground-Based Interceptor Program
- Former Lead Engineer, Space Shuttle On-Orbit Flight Software and On-Orbit Operations
John Slanina
Senior Capture / Proposal Manager
- 37 years’ industry experience
- Led capture resulting in mid-tier client moving up to Top 10 contractor for IC customer
- Supported more than $1B in wins across client DoD/IC portfolio, last 3 years
- Former Finance Director and Product Line Controller – Raytheon IIS
- Representative to Government customer Cost and Acquisition Assessment Group
Jay Clements
Senior Capture / Proposal Manager
- 10 years’ Capture/Proposal consulting experience
- Routinely develops transition/management solutions for multi-$B pursuits
- Former BD manager (Information Systems and International) – Lockheed Martin
- Former CIO – Paxis LLC
- Former Program Manager and Program Director – Lockheed Martin
Karen Chiaramonte
Senior Proposal Manager
- 15 years’ Capture/Proposal consulting experience
- Supported more than 40 submits with >80% win rate
- Managed multiple $B-plus winning proposals
- Project Manager for TSA airport Security Call Center (post 9/11)
- Former Program Manager and Financial Analyst – Motorola and Loral Space Systems
Rick Mai
Solution Architect / Capture Manager
- Over $900M in competitive wins as a Capture Manager
- Supported 6 task order proposals in major IC MACSS IDIQ with 100% win rate in 2017
- Former Capture Manager, Program Manager and System Engineer at Lockheed Martin
- Managed portfolio of programs valued at >$50M/yr (97% award fee)
- Managed pipeline of more than 130 proposal submits and task orders between 2010 – 2017
Mike Garramone
Senior Capture / Proposal Lead
- 30 years’ industry and Government experience
- BD and Management leadership positions – Ball Aerospace, CACI, Alion, Booz Allen, Boeing
- Former Government ACAT 1 Source Selection Advisory Council member
- Former Government ACAT 2 Source Selection Evaluation Board member
- Former Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
Jim Hansen
Senior Technical Proposal Lead
- 30 years’ industry experience
- Experience spanning NASA, DoD, IC, commercial and international proposals
- Senior engineering roles on multiple satellite, aircraft and UAV programs
- Former Executive Account Manager, European Accounts – Scitor Corporation
- Vice President, Central Arizona INCOSE Chapter
Randy Thompson
Senior Technical Proposal Lead
- 10 years’ Capture/Proposal consulting experience
- Proven ability to create end-to-end technical responses based on SME input
- Experienced with a broad range of Government acquisition offices – DoD, Civil, IC
- Former Vice President of Space Systems – WildBlue Communications
- Former Program Manager for International Satellite Ground Systems Programs – Raytheon
- Proven ability to create end-to-end technical responses based on domain knowledge and same input