Senior Proposal Manager for High-Value Wins
Resume:
Christopher A. Leidich * of * ** JUNE ****
Christopher A. Leidich - REMOTE
Forest Grove, OR 97116
*********@*****.*** • LinkedIn: /christopher-leidich-22436b/ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Strategic Senior Proposal Writer/Manager and Technical Strategist with 25+ years of experience supporting federal, state, and local agencies, defense contractors, and advanced technology firms. Skilled in Shipley, NASA and DOD lifecycle processes, compliance matrices, RAIL logs, and full-lifecycle proposal development. Proven record of developing winning proposals for healthcare, IT modernization, aerospace, 20+ SLED agencies, and numerous federal customers, including: NASA, DOW, USAF, SOCOM, DHS, DOJ, DOE, CMS, IRS, GSA, VA, NOAA, NIH, NIST, DOT, CBP, DIA, DCSA, & MDA. Former NASA Ames Research Center (NASA/ARC) Autonomous Systems & Robotics Deputy Branch Chief with 40+ scientific and technical publications. My strategic priority is to deliver compliant, high-value, persuasive proposals that strengthen a company’s competitive position and increase its Probability of Win (PWIN). CORE COMPETENCIES
Proposal Writing • Technical Writing • Proposal Management • Compliance Analysis • SBIR/STTR Development
• Capture Support • RFP/RFI Analysis • Content Architecture • SharePoint Knowledge Management • Systems and Software Engineering • Program/Project Management • 508 Compliance • AI-assisted Proposal Development • NASA Project Lifecycle Documentation • Operation of the DOW Adaptive Acquisition Framework. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. Senior Proposal Writer / Manager (Remote)
ePathUSA, Inc., Des Moines, IA Apr 2024 – Oct 2025
• Led strategy, writing, and compliance for high-volume IT, cloud, and AI solicitations.
• Produced winning proposal for State of Delaware IT Professional Services (8/2024).
• Built SharePoint content libraries and SME/reviewer workflows to streamline collaboration.
• Strengthened proposal quality through structured compliance matrices and RAIL tracking.
• Delivered RFI to provide SalesForce Support Services to the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). 2. Sr. Proposal Writer / Technical Writer
Sunrays International, Chantilly, VA Oct 2022 – Nov 2023
• Delivered responsive, and thorough compliant responses for ICS Nett ((Information Technology (IT) infrastructure & engineering services), Swiftships ((ship building, ship repair, supply chain management & unmanned autonomous vessels) and OCR Global (ammunition, advanced defense technologies, materials, and equipment to the warfighter).
• Contributed to OCR Global’s selection for USSOCOM Unique Missions & SUMR IDIQ (10-year, $780M ceiling).
3. Sr. Proposal Writer / Technical Writer
Alphacore, Inc., Tempe, AZ Apr 2021 – Dec 2023
• Authored winning SBIR/STTR proposals securing $2M+ in federal funding.
• Key win contributor to NASA SBIR Phase I Radiation-Hardened Deep Neural Processor ($150K).
• Response architect and key win contributor to Navy SBIR Nuclear Event Detector award ($1.3M). 4. Sr. Proposal Writer / Technical Writer
Bestica, Inc., San Antonio, TX Oct 2020 – Nov 2022
• Delivered expertise with key lifecycles methodologies: Shipley, NASA, and DOD.
• Developed SOPs and SharePoint BD framework.
• Supported wins totaling $20M+, including $7M across six Air Force FOPRs.
• Proposal selected by USAF School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). 5. Sr. Technical Writer / Business Development -Sales and Marketing/ Systems Engineering Christopher A. Leidich 2 of 5 27 JUNE 2026
Vigor Industrial, Portland, OR Jul 2019 – Aug 2020
• Delivered compliant and compelling volumes for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) Family of Systems (FoS) Program – Request for Prototype Proposal
• Supported engineering evaluations for bridges, hydro structures, and industrial facilities. 6. Consultant
SAIC, Reston VA May 2018 – Aug 2018
• Delivered proposal development, compliance, technical content for response to the NASA/ARC Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support 3 (ISRDS-3) Solicitation. Provided compliance checking, technical content, and detailed comments for all color reviews. 7. Compliance & Technical Writer / Proposal Writer Astrion, Arlington, VA Oct 2016 – Dec 2023
• Performed detailed compliance analysis for the HelioSwarm Concept Study Report and the Red Team Review Proposal Draft. Key win contributor to NASA/ARC receiving direct HQ selection (via competitive MIDEX
(Medium Class Explorer) selection process) without required revisions — a first for the center.
• Provided detailed compliance checking, assessment comments, and technical content, as required, for: a Discovery 2019 Announcement of Opportunity proposal, the 2018 Arcus X-Ray Mission Concept Study Report
(Phase A), two (2) 2018 NASA Earth Venture Suborbital-3 proposals, and two (2) NASA Proposals in response to the 2016 Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer (MIDEX) Program 8. Consultant
Intel (Ronler Acres), Hillsboro, OR June 2016 – Feb 2017
• Delivered content & methods for Intel Influencer Sales Group to help improve the productivity of Intel Influencer Sales Teams. Created business/technical assessments/case studies, templates, workflow charts, best- known methods (BKMs), persuasive messaging, copywriting and product marketing materials and high-level business processes/mapping. Led development of RFPs and SOWs supporting existing and new product development/introduction between Intel and Industry partners. Supported and coordinated with Intel Sales Teams in the US, UK, Israel, Mexico, and India. Tracked schedules, progress, and actions. Provided strategic capture management, creating a new business opportunity with an Intel Industry Partners. 9. Consultant
Intel (Hawthorn Farm), Hillsboro, OR Oct 2015 – Apr 2016
• Delivered content & methods for Customer Support Technology Development (CSTD) manufacturing in product engineering, board-level testing, system-level testing, debug, safety, and response flow checklists. Managed and created vast amounts of hardware and software documentation. 10. Consultant
Wyle, Inc., El Segundo, CA Sep 2014 – Aug 2015
Delivered proposal detailed technical content, editing, final editing and compliance checking for four (4) NASA/ARC Proposals in response to Astrophysics Explorers Program 2014 Small Explorer (SMEX) and Discovery 2014.
11. Consultant
Qinetiq, Inc., Huntsville, AL Dec 2012 – Jul 2013
• Delivered proposal development technical content for response to Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support (ISRDS) 2 RFP.
12. Consultant
Opalsoft, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. Sep 2010 – May 2013
• Delivered proposal development technical content/editing for NASA/ARC Information Technology Services 3, NASA/ARC Consolidated Information Technology Services (ACITS 3), Solicitation and other business opportunities. Supported ACITS-3 post submission activities.
• Provided extend post submission support while NASA/ARC decided on who to award to 13. Consultant
Orbital Sciences Corporation, Moffett Field, CA. Sep 2010 – May 2013 Christopher A. Leidich 3 of 5 27 JUNE 2026
• Delivered proposal development technical content/editing for NASA/ARC Information Technology Services 3
(ACITS 3) Solicitation and other business opportunities. 14. Consultant
Lockheed Martin, Moffett Field, CA. Jul 2010 – Sep 2010
• Delivered detailed technical content/editing and compliance checking for proposed investigation for NASA/ARC Discovery 2010 Announcement of Opportunity - Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
(MUSAR) Mission.
15. Director of Engineering
Intrinsyx Technologies, Moffett Field, CA Jul 2006 – Sep 2010
• Chief Systems Engineer for Constellation Data Systems (CxDS) program ($8M/year).
• Authored Systems Engineering Management Plan, configuration management plan, and risk management plan using NASA Integrated Risk Management Application (IRMA) tool, Windchill, NASA Xerox (nx) DocuShare and JIRA.
• Proposal Manager (4/09) for the Research and Technology Services (RTDS) proposal ($34M contract value).
• Provided verification support to Lockheed Martin for the Regenerative Water Recovery System (RWRS) for deployment on the International Space Station (ISS).
• Developed the design and content for the Intrinsyx website. 16. Deputy Branch Chief, Autonomous Systems & Robotics (ASR) & Other Roles NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Jun 1976 – Apr 2005
• Managed 6 groups, 19 civil servants, 50 contractors, and 21 tasks supporting spacecraft, robotics, and human-robotic systems. Jan 2001 – Apr 2005
• Oversaw programs exceeding $22M annually.
• Over 30 years of delivering skills in many critical positions at NASA and in-plant at contractor sites, performing specialized engineering, and management in many areas
• Delivered significant contributions to IRAS, SIRTF, Pioneer Venus, and international collaborations (Germany, Netherlands, & UK).
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences – Bioelectronics, University of California At Berkeley, June 19, 1976.
From 7/74-12/74 and 7/75-3/76 was an engineering cooperative student assigned to NASA/ARC from University of California at Berkeley.
• During both cooperative periods, designed advanced bioinstrumentation
• This instrumentation was intended primarily for experiments studying cardiovascular deconditioning induced by weightlessness (simulated by bedrest) and measured by inducing a mild stress, similar to that from the Space Transportation System Earth-to-orbit Shuttle. Testing included lower body negative pressure (LBNP) tests and centrifugation tests on human subjects.
• Instrumentation designed by Christopher Leidich included: a) a Cardiac R-Wave Detector for use in bedrest studies and centrifugation tests, as well as for clinical applications
b) a circuit to measure systolic time intervals from electrocardiogram input, a reflection of the hydraulic efficiency of the vascular system
c) an electronic differentiator for measurement of the left ventricular pressure for use with research with dogs in a cardiovascular laboratory at NASA/ARC
d) the sensor portion of an Impedance Plethysmograph, yielding a change in impedance which directly relates to blood flow to be used as a safety indicator in NASA centrifugation tests and LBNP tests - the Impedance Plethysmograph was an alternate means of obtaining blood flow information that was also yielded by the Continuous Wave Ultrasonic Doppler Flowmeter.
• Collaborated with a NASA/ARC scientist in an investigation for a project for a UC Berkeley graduate level class at the Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, on "the Clinical Aspects of Bioengineering"
• Used a NASA/ARC Continuous Wave Doppler Flowmeter to monitor a 49-year-old woman's left & right temporal arterial blood flow and jugular vein blood flow - before, during & after she had a mitral valve replacement. My Investigation was intended to measure and characterize the nitrogen bubbles induced by the artificial heart pump during surgery.
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Completed many NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering leadership (APPEL)/Project Management Institute (PMI) courses. Other NASA sponsored courses included: NASA Property Responsibility and Accountability, Report Generation - Budget Execution, Software Project Planning, and Control, Introduction to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) & Managing Object-Oriented Projects Workshop TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
• 508 Compliance, Office 365 with Word, Outlook, MS Teams, SharePoint, CoPilot, MS Paint, CorelDraw, Paint.net, MS Project, MS Visio, ChatGPT, CoPilot AI, Paint.net, draw.io, Google Analytics Adobe applications including Acrobat, Photoshop, In-Design, PageMaker, FrameMaker, and Illustrator, Familiar with Canva & Figma
• ISO 9001 Awareness
• Methodologies: 5S, Lean, Six Sigma Principles, ISO 9001 standard requirements
• Shipley Business Development Lifecycle Guide, templates and methods training 2021
• US Army iWATCH Training Certification, Vigor, 2020
• Vancouver Vigor Operations Security (OPSEC) Training Certification, Vigor, 2020
• JS-US007 Level I Antiterrorism Awareness Training Certification, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Vigor, 2020
• OPSEC Awareness for Military Members, DOD Employees and Contractors Certification Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Vigor, 2020
• Ethics Training Certification, SAIC, 2018
• Ethics Training Certification, Orbital Sciences Corporation, 2011
• IT Security Training Certification, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009 SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
Written and co-written over forty (40) publications in advanced studies, human and robotic technologies, collaborative decision systems, aviation surface technologies, space/airborne/ground science instruments, and infrared detectors/cryogenic mechanisms and technology development. Over 30 years of experience in many critical positions at NASA/ARC and was “in-plant” at two contractor facilities: Hughes Aircraft Company (El Segundo, CA) and Ball Aerospace Systems Division (Boulder, CO), performing specialized engineering, and management in many organizational disciplines and technical disciplines.
• 1) Position Paper, “Tools and Capabilities for Space Development,” 2/11/2008
• 2) Position Paper, “Improving Space Competence and New Business Ideas for NASA/Ames Research Center,” 9/5/2006
• 3) Co-Author of "Human & Robotic Technology (HR&T) Project Plan for Trade Study on Autonomous Operations for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (AOCEV)," 4/05
• 4) Co-Author of "Collaborative Decision Systems (CDS) Project Plan," 1/05, part of the Software, Intelligent Systems & Modeling (SISM) Element Program of the Advanced Space Technology Program (ASTP). The ASTP Program is part of the Exploration Systems Research and Technology (ESR&T) Theme within the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD)
• 5) Co-author of “Secure Large-Scale Airport Simulations Using Distributed Computational Resources,” SAE Document No. 200*-**-****, September 2001
• 6) Editor for "Information Technology Base Program, Intelligent System Controls & Operations Project, Data Sharing Element Project Plan," 12/4/2000
• 7) Gawdiak, Y, Leidich, C., Gibson, J. and Gale, J. “Surface Movement Advisor Lessons Learned,” 12/2000
• 8) Editor for "Aviation System Monitoring & Modeling (ASMM) Project Plan," 10/2000.
• 9) "Remote Tower Sensor System (RTSS)/Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEATAC) Project Plan," 10/2000, "Remote Tower Sensor System (RTSS)/Half Moon Bay
• 13) “ISO Procedure, SMA Maintenance, Operations, Change and Configuration Control," 4/1999
• 14) "Remote Tower Sensor System (RTSS)/San Francisco International Airport (SFO)/San Carlos Airport
(SQL) Project Plan," 12/1998
• 15) “SMA Build 1 Functional Capabilities Document," 11/1997
• 16) “SMA Build 1 Design Description," 11/1997
• 17) “SMA Build 1 Display Calculations," 11/1997
• 18) “SMA Build 1 HW/SW COTS Specifications," 11/1997
• 19) “SMA Build 1 HW/SW Inventory," 11/1997
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• 20) “SMA Build 1 Bug Reports/Change Requests," 11/1997
• 21) “SMA Build 1 Data Sources and External Users ICD," 11/1997
• 22) “SMA Build 1 Requirements Analysis Report," 11/1997
• 23) “ATL COA Department of Aviation (planning & development) SMA Main Tower Display Functions," 8/1997
• 24) “FAA ATC TRACON, Traffic Management Unit SMA Main Tower Display Functions," 8/1997
• 25) “FAA ARTCC SMA Main Tower Display Functions," 8/1997
• 26) “ATL Delta SMA Airline/Ramp Display Functions," 8/1997
• 27) “ATL Valujet SMA Airline/Ramp Display Functions," 8/1997
• 28) “ATL COA Department of Aviation (operations) SMA Airline/Ramp Display Functions," 8/1997
• 29) “ATL AGI SMA Airline/Ramp Display Functions," 8/1997
• 30) “SMA Build 1 Project Plan," 6/1996
• 31) “SMA Build 1 System Requirements Document," 6/1995
• 34) C. Leidich, “MESUR Science Instruments Data Sheets,” 11/91
• 32) Key Contributor/Editor to the "MESUR Science Objectives and Mission Description," 7/19/91
• 33) Co-author with Fazio, G., Eisenhardt, P. et. al., “The Low Earth Orbit Concept for SIRTF,” NASA Technical Memorandum, 1/1991
• 34) Ramos, R. and C. Leidich, “Technology Development Program for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility
(SIRTF) Science Instruments,” SPIE Proceedings (Paper No. 1340-08), 7/1990
• 35) C. Leidich, “SIRTF Science Instruments Phase I Technology Development/Test Program Plan," 1/1989
• 36) Ramos, R., S.M. Hing, C.A. Leidich, NASA/ARC; G. Fazio, SAO; J.R. Houck, Cornell University; G. Rieke, Steward Observatory/University of Arizona, "SIRTF Science Instruments," SPIE Proceedings Volume 973, No. 02, pp 2 - 24, 8/1988
• 37) Ramos, R., S. M. Hing, C. A. Leidich and M.W. Werner, "Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Focal Plane," AIAA 24th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 1/1986
• 38) Leidich C., and R. Pittman, "Large Deployable Reflector Science and Technology Workshop: Volume III
- Systems and Technology Assessment," NASA Conference Publication 2275, 7/1984
• 39) Pittman, R., C. Leidich, A. Mascy, and B. Swenson, "A Modular Approach to Developing a Large Deployable Reflector," SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 430, No. 16, pp 115 - 128, 8/1983
• 40) Leidich, C., and R. Pittman, "Large Deployable Reflector Science and Technology Workshop: Volume I
- Executive Summary," NASA Conference Publication 2275, 6/1983
• 41) Jackson, R.W., R.S. Munoz, C.A. Leidich, J.P. Murphy, G.W. Thorley, and J. F. Kasting, "A Pioneer Class Mars Aeronomy Mission," AIAA 21st Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 1/1983 REFERENCES
a) Janora Hayes, 515-***-****, Director of Compliance / Recruitment Manager, ******@********.***
b) Rebecca Lewis, 703-***-****, Executive Vice President, ICS Nett ******@***-****.***
c) Lisa Martinez, 210-***-****, Program Manager, Bestica, Inc. ****@*******.***
d) Shelley Seavers, 334-***-****, Program Manager, STS Government Solutions *******.*******@***-***.***
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