VICKI CHILTON

• Implemented CEO's strategic plans and led all business development, finance, human resources, and contracts efforts.
• Supported global operations, including ensuring all projects were contractually compliant, on time, and within budget.
• Wrote $10M of winning proposals as Prime Team Proposal Manager and realized 76% overall win rate.
• Developed and maintained databases and records systems for financial analytics and made recommendations to improve profitability.
• Cultivated strong relationships with customers and partners across diverse backgrounds and industries (Government, NGO, non-profit, and biopharma).
• Wrote, negotiated, and executed all contracts on behalf of company.
• Wrote all marketing material and social media posts, including strategic communications from CEO.
• Encouraged coordination and cooperation among departments and continuous review of interdepartmental processes to effect increased operational and financial efficiency.

• Analyzed market conditions, competitors, customers, and consumer trends to inform C-suite leaders on strategic targets.
• Prepared in-depth analysis of key competitors' leadership, capabilities, financial standing, and production and sales strategies.
• Provided actionable intelligence to optimize business opportunities.
• Developed analytic dashboards and reporting tools to track business development metrics.

• Led development of compliant, compelling, competitive, clearly written, and technically accurate proposals.
• Fostered synergy between technical experts, operational managers, and senior leaders from multiple teams and companies.
• Maintained searchable repositories to store documents for faster recall during quick turnaround proposal efforts.
• Developed and continually refined structured and repeatable Proposal Processes.
• Used project management software to delegate, monitor, and document progress on proposal development tasks and timelines.
• Shortened proposal response times, enabling production of concurrent responses.
• Improved substantive and visual quality of proposals.
• Developed marketing materials, including company website.

• Produced actionable intelligence assessments for multiple intelligence customers, including over 350 products for the President and senior US Government/DoD leaders.
• Analyzed all-source intelligence data to develop and deliver tailored threat briefings.
• Created useful and timely intelligence products to support field operations.
• Conducted detailed data analysis to identify patterns and trends in complex datasets.
• Coordinated with domestic and international intelligence agencies to share information and resources.
• Advised software developers on creation of new database systems to aid in searching, classification, storage, and retrieval of raw reports and finished intelligence.
• Consistently relied upon as lead for intelligence analysis, writing, editing, briefing, and representation in multi-agency working groups.
• Recognized with several awards for exceptional performance in analysis, written publications, and briefings.

CIA management chain in early 2002 denied approval for final submission of my thesis dealing with the disappearance of Capt. Michael Scott Speicher during the Gulf War. While the paper was unclassified and CIA Leadership had preapproved the subject, the topic was deemed too politically charged during the run up to the Iraq War to allow its publication in academia.