Stephen Weitzman Manhasset, NY adrahw@r.postjobfree.com
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
IDIQ Service Center TOP Shop Manager
Raytheon Corporation - Marlborough, MA March 2015 to Present
• Responsible for all Task Orders and Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite responses associated with Raytheon contracts, working with SMEs, Legal, Contracts, Subcontractors, Acquisitions, and Pricing personnel
• Schedule/run all daily stand-up meetings and track progress against Qualification Matrices
• Development of all Volume templates
• Run color review teams
• Scheduling, and production
• Write for company website and intranet
• Develop marketing brochures, update current Guides, and edit work of others
• Participate in weekly/monthly team project status calls
Proposal Manager
eClinicalWorks - Westborough, MA
2014 to 2015
• Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of complex municipal, public and private RFP, RFI, BAFO and Tender electronic health record software proposal responses in support of Program Directors, Program Managers and Sales staff
• Serve as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and project development
• Responsible for Knowledgebase of proposal information
• Mentoring of junior staff
Proposal Manager
DNV GL - Burlington, MA
2013 to 2014
• Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of complex federal, municipal, public and private RFP, RFI and BAFO responses in support of Program Directors, Program Managers and Engineers
• Served as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and project development
• SharePoint and knowledgebase content
Proposal Center Manager
ECC - Marlborough, MA
2011 to 2013
Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of complex federal and municipal RFP, RFI and BAFO responses in support of Program Directors, Program Managers and Engineers
• Mentored/managed junior staff
• Served as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and project development
• Budgeting/training
• Writing of Marketing brochures as well as intra/internet site content
Lead Proposal Specialist
DTZ - Auburndale, MA
2006 to 2011
• Responsible for RFP development, writing, production and submission of approximately 200 RFP
responses and presentations annually while supporting five Directors of Business Development
• Mentored/oversaw junior staff
• Served as the main contact for company personnel regarding content, style and project development
• Additional responsibilities included: development and maintenance of knowledge
bases via RFP Express, review/editing of junior staff responses, report generation for senior staff, liaison with Director of Proposal Development, Directors of Business Development, Vice Presidents of Operations, Vice President of Marketing and Legal Department
• Writing of Marketing brochures
Senior Marketing Coordinator
Fay, Spofford & Thorndike - Burlington, MA
2003 to 2006
• Responsibilities included all aspects of technical proposal research, writing and production
• As department liaison, involved in all phases of coordination of the production processes including public relations, ghost writing, scope of work assessment, photography and budget forecasting
• Oversaw the creation and maintenance of marketing and project management databases
• Writing of Marketing materials
Senior Writer/Project Manager- Retirement Products and Services Division
Sun Life Financial - Wellesley Hills, MA
2001 to 2003
Responsible for leading the marketing project team on transitioning all marketing new products and services associated with new acquisitions by the company into the Sun Life suite of offerings and marketing vision
• Supervised an array of junior staff and freelance writers.
• Acted as liaison between Sun Life and production houses
Other responsibilities included: writing executives' speeches and company white papers
Writer/Project Manager
Liberty Mutual - Keene, NH
1996 to 2001
Responsible for writing, editing and production of internal corporate employee
newsletter and external corporate claims' newsletter and annual reports - commencing with the research phase through the writing, editing to post-production phases
• Author of Inter-/intranet content, white papers and executive speeches
• Project management responsibilities focused on: media campaigns from strategy to inception, content, design and media placement, hiring and management of on-site
staff and freelancers and contract negotiations with vendors and media
Senior Publications Editor
Factory Mutual Engineering and Research - Norwood, MA
1994 to 1996
Responsible for worldwide corporate weekly/monthly publications including employee newsletter, hotel newsletter, scientific publications for Engineers
• Oversaw all editorial phases of corporate marketing brochures and catalog publications
• Developed corporate training publications and videos
Education
Masters of Arts in Journalism
Indiana University - Bloomington, IN
Bachelors of Science in Journalism
State University of New York at Buffalo - Buffalo, NY
Skills
• Marketing
• Powerpoint
• Strategic Planning
• Word
• budget
Certifications and Licenses
Association of Proposal Management Professionals
June 2019 to Present
APMP
Assessments
Customer Focus & Orientation — Highly Proficient
October 2019
Responding to customer situations with sensitivity.
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Written Communication — Expert
June 2019
Measures a candidate's ability to convey written information using proper grammar rules.
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Proofreading — Proficient
August 2019
Proofreading written texts.
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Additional Information
• Experienced in the proposal development, marketing, corporate communications, and editorial fields
• Created diverse communication vehicles for targeted audiences
• Supervisory experience in leading teams with defined goals and expectations and a consensus style
• Proven success in planning, budgeting and implementation of publications, RFP
responses and marketing campaigns
• Skilled at negotiation and persuasion