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Janet L. Follmeyer, CF. APMP, has 20 years of proposal management experience.  She began her proposal management career at Day & Zimmermann after a stint in business to business publishing.

Janet currently is a Bid Manager for Verizon Business Group.  She is part of Verizon’s Global Bid Management team, which works on large-scale proposals globally. Janet joined Verizon in 2019 from Comcast headquarters, where she was the Proposal Manager for the Enterprise Managed Services segment.  Janet has worked in a number of industries, including telecommunications, cybersecurity, managed services and staffing, pharmacy benefit management services (Commercial and Medicaid), and publishing. 

She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism with a specialization in Public Relations and a Minor in Political Science from Temple University, and an MBA from Holy Family.  When she is not working, Janet spends time walking, biking, going to the gym, and exploring Philadelphia’s restaurants and bars, where she lives with her husband and cats.  She also hopes to be travel back to Europe soon; BPC Europe was her last time in Europe.  

Janet serves as Chair/President for the APMP Liberty Chapter, which includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut since 2018, and previously served as APMP Liberty Programs Chair.

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For 23 years Caryn Kent Dean has worked as a proposal writer and manager for corporate and government bid opportunities. She has been a proud member of the APMP for six years and supports the APMP Greater Midwest Chapter as a chair for the Consultants Virtual Networking Group.

Caryn took her first job as a proposal writer with a young library management system software company after finishing her Masters of Library and Information Science in 1997. The proposal management industry is always throwing new challenges Caryn’s way, and this remains one of the most fulfilling aspects of the job. The combination of writing, project management and working with a variety of professionals keeps each project interesting and invites new ways to grow and learn. As a business owner, she is passionate about creating opportunity for her clients and other proposal professionals.

When she’s not in the office, Caryn loves to unwind by reading, watching movies, cooking, and creating custom quilts for friends and family. Her favorite movies include just about anything with Judy Dench, Helen Mirren, Emma Thompson, or Maggie Smith and when she needs a little inspiration, Caryn turns to podcasts by or with Dr. Brené Brown.

In becoming a consultant and starting her own business, she has been able to spend more time with family, including her husband of 18 years, three kids and rescue pup, Scout. One of her family’s favorite pastimes includes heading to their 55 acre property in NW Illinois to unplug and enjoy hiking and exploring the nearby creek.

Creating a virtual working space has also allowed Caryn and her family to take advantage of their acreage as the ultimate social-distancing retreat. While her kids can spread out and spend time in nature, Caryn can work and enjoy a gorgeous view of rolling fields – with a few cows instead of cubicles.

Aside from her talents in the proposal industry, Caryn has played the violin since she was eight years old, lived in Italy during her sophomore year at Loyola University of Chicago’s Rome Center and is an advanced Open Water and Nitrox Certified Scuba Diver.

In 2001 she travelled with her husband and a group of friends to Truk Lagoon in Micronesia, staying on Truk Odyssey liveaboard for a week. While on their trip they explored WWII history, diving the shipwrecks of Operation Hailstone, and enjoyed front row viewing of the local sea life.

In both her professional and personal life, Caryn takes much inspiration from her father. His motto “if it is to be, it is up to me” reminds her of the power of her will and the importance of seeking validation from oneself in difficult times

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In the ITes industry for approx. 18 years now, Shashi Kukar started her career as a lecturer teaching English Literature, but soon steered into the corporate world.  An accomplished Content Leader with diverse experience across the entire gamut of B2B Content – Research, marketing, Knowledge management, and sales support, she has extensive experience in building content organizations, executing strategic initiatives, incubating and scaling content operations in B2B organizations. In her recent avatar as Content Leader for the  Genpact deal team at Genpact,  she has successfully steered the team on a transformation journey. The team was awarded  the Bid & Proposal Team of the Year  at the inaugural edition of  APMP India’s Conference on Bid & Proposal Management (CBPM), with its theme ‘Moving the Needle held in Mumbai, India. The award honors a cohesive, effective proposal team that demonstrates industry best practices, thought leadership, and a commitment to the professional development of its members.

Driven by an insatiable desire for excellence and making meaningful connections, her journey has been fuelled with an unrelenting passion for empowering people and helping others maximize their potential.

She is an avid reader, and has a keen interest in Literature, Poetry, Music and spirituality. Women and their unique place in society have always intrigued her. Starting with her MPhil thesis on “Women in Patriarchal Structures”, she continues to show her unrelentless passion in her writings, exploring the many facets of women, their identity, its evolution through the interplay of human emotions.

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Nicole Gorman is  a proposal professional with 5+ years experience working with teams to think and act strategically to win more business. She is motivated by overcoming pursuit challenges through close collaboration with others. She works hard to establish trust within her teams that together they’ll tell the right story that results in favorable business outcomes for their business. Nicole is APMP Foundation certified, 2020 APMP 40 UNDER 40 award winner and communications chair for the APMP Liberty Chapter.

She loves a good story! Whether it’s in a proposal, a documentary, a professional development book, or a conversation with a stranger- She is always interested in expanding her mindset by listening to the stories that others have to tell. She's also a faithful member of the Orange Theory Fitness community ("where are my 5 AM gym goers at?!") and a huge fan of monthly subscription boxes.

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Rupesh Singh as Head BD - India in APMP has been instrumental in driving the lesser known APMP Brand India to a level where it is now recognised as leading industry body, drove 4x growth in Membership & certification numbers while strengthening India Bid & Proposal Management community with help of India Governing Board.

With MBA Marketing academic background and 11 yrs. of experience , he has worked for Numeric Power Systems Ltd, Autometer Alliance Ltd, Confederation of Indian Industry. He has been in marketing profession by choice because challenges excite him to dish out new ideas to finish the job with elan.

He has been awarded Gold medal from then Vice-President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat for excellence in class 10th. He got 3rd rank in National Children Science Congress for developing a prototype of fridge to be used in rural areas with no electricity (which currently being used at his home as bookshelves!!!!).

Apart from watching and observing people, he is an avid reader (can finish 600 pages of book in a day)

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Mark Whitley would love to pretend he is some sort of polymath but most likely he prefers to dabble or has a curious mind. With degrees in Physics and Optical Electronics he embarked on a first career in lasers and optics, including manufacturing, purchasing and sales & marketing. With a desire to explore other areas he used Business School to bounce into telecommunications and broadcasting solutions for a variety of sectors and there discovered the joy of Bidding, Proposal and Capture. He is now intrigued by innovation funding and how work is won in that environment, as well as rediscovering how integral this profession is to business success. 

A bit of a serial volunteer Mark has had stints with the Institute of Engineering of Technology (IET), Warwick Business School as an Alumni Board Member and more recently as a Mentor, his kids Primary School as Chair of the Governing Body and as Rugby Coach at his son’s club. He has arranged a few Chapter events for APMP over the years and also Mentors for them.

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Kathryn Potter is originally from South Africa and started working in bids and proposals in the business travel industry in 2004 when she moved to the UK after a year as an English Foreign Language teacher in Germany. Most of her career has been freelancing and contracting and as a result of this she became an advocate for up-to-date content and centralised content libraries.

When she is not working on content and/or thinking about new ways to organise her favourite thing to do is spend time with her husband and two young daughters. She likes cooking as a family, going on cycling and camping adventures and watching movies. Kathryn also enjoys being creative and has written, illustrated and published a children's picture book and has a second book waiting to be completed. Kathryn is also interested in gardening and that she is hoping to to produce all salad leaves for the summer and autumn garden veggie patch. She enjoys reading but don't make enough time for it these days, her mom keeps telling me that life works in cycles and I'll get back to it.

Kathyrn is a regular speaker at APMP events and was also sponsor to APMP UK 2020 awards.

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David Warley CPP APMP Fellow is founder of Bid to Win Ltd and one of APMP’s first Approved Trainers. After sixteen years’ experience in telecommunications and IT, David’s first bid was in 1986. After eight more years climbing the greasy pole of corporate employment, David struck out as an independent consultant. His specialism was the implementation of global networks and he has led several major bids and IT infrastructure projects. With the lessons learned from his first bid still fresh “we need to get better at this” has been his operating mantra. In 2006 he became one of the first APMP Certified Professionals and approved trainers. In 2007 he founded Bid to Win Ltd and has provided certification training in UK, Europe, India and the US. He has been a frequent presenter at APMP UK and International conferences. His focus has been on helping organisations improve their capability and maturity and on promoting good practice from the world of project management. He is a volunteer in the APM Contracts and Procurement Specific Interest Group where he continues to pursue his interest making sure that projects “do what they promise” and users get the benefits that taxpayers and/or shareholders paid for.

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Whether helping a Texas-based firm win a major P3 highway project or helping a consulting firm win a sole-source contract with Chrysler, Jeanette Waldie loves writing client-centric proposals! She excels at connecting the dots between your solutions and the client's needs and wants, as demonstrated by the 80% success rate she has achieved on the proposals she has written for clients for the past five years. She is very passionate about proposals; She's made it her career for the past 25 years.  Her experience gives her the ability to work with staff and clients to develop content that communicates and wins the project. She is a Certified Proposal Professional, Member, and Fellow of the Association for Proposal Management (APMP). She is passionate about sharing her skills in the art of communication, whether it is through presentations, webinars, or training. For over 30 years, She has been the wordsmith for companies big and small; starting with business communication, financial plans, and business processes to technical and proposal writing. Whatever your business, she works effectively with you and your experts to create communication that enhances your bottom line

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As a part of Women's History Month, "We celebrate Women's History Month to remind ourselves of the accomplishments of women throughout the years to our society. Women are the architects of society. 

In this special International Women's Day 2021 Special Episode Part 2, we took the one advice 10 women leaders shared for the bid and proposal community. Listen in :) 

Challenge: Can you name the guests in order? 

https://baachuscribble.com/scribble-podcast-womens-day-special/

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