Marie Patterson

• Working Manager of integrated teams of pricing and proposal analysts handling 10-15 pricing activities while concurrently managing 3-6 direct reports.
• Advanced interaction with subsidiary and parent-company Intercompany Work Authorization (IWA)
and Orders (IWO) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) pricing.
• Perform peer reviews, pricing approval checklists, and data sweeps for Truthful Cost and Pricing Data (TCoPD)-compliant proposals.
• Create Cost Narratives, Cost Volumes, IWO and subcontractor cost templates, and quote letters using Microsoft Word and Excel,
• Utilize ProPricer EBS for direct labor rate and WBS structure uploads, creating resource fields, Basis of Estimate (BOE) in the ProPricer text library, and custom pivot tables for proposals of varying value and contract types (FFP, CPFF, T&M, Blended).
• Participate in integrated teams for compliant and accurate Order of Magnitude (ROMs) estimates, validated Bill of Materials (BOMs), labor cost, contract profit, travel costs, DCAA and DCMA data
calls, proprietary packages to the Government, and traditional Government and Prime proposal pricing and cost attachments.
• Cost Volume Lead for proposals of various values in excess of $1B, to include written Cost Narrative, Cost Models, and Cost Data and Cost Attachments required by the RFP. Led Pricing Kickoff and Strategy meetings and conducted pricing management review of Color Team status checks for a compliant and timely proposal submission.

• Priced labor, material, and travel for Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Firm Fixed Price (FFP), and Time & Materials (T&M) proposals of varying complexity of approx. $112,000 per day.
• Lead pricing analyst for Air Force Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order (TO) contract with multiple contract types and short suspenses.
• Intercompany Work Authorization (IWA) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) pricing.
• Performed data sweeps and other documents for Truth In Negotiations Act (TINA)-compliant proposals.
• Priced Commercial automotive quotes for domestic and international customers.
• Created cost narratives and quote letters using Microsoft Word.
• Developed spend-out budgets for contracts to ensure proper funding usage.
• Employed Microsoft Excel formulas such as VLOOKUP, Microsoft Word, and ProPricer EBS daily.
• Participated in integrated teams for timely completion of Rough Order of Magnitude (ROMs), Bill of Materials (BOMs), labor cost, profit, travel costs, and proposal pricing.

• Suggested labor hour structure changes in estimates to increase company profits on current and future contracts.
• Reevaluated and maintained company travel database to align with Estimating System Disclosure and Federal Travel Regulations (FTR).
• Created and modifirf formulated Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
• Performed personnel mapping for contract compliance and profit targets.
• Forecasted and developed Commercial and Government travel costs using contract travel database.
• Priced ROM estimates of varying complexity and dollar value.