Gary Kanady

Proposal Consultant, Program Manager

Youngsville, North Carolina, United States

About

Navy O6 with 26 years’ service including nuclear submarine command and Pentagon duty with the Chief of Naval Operations and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Twelve years of space systems cost estimation experience. Demonstrated program management, leadership, and collaborative skills. Extensive business development and proposal management experience. Excellent writing skills and analytical ability.

Experience

  • Proposal Consultant at Burdeshaw Associates
    Mar 1996 - Present · 30 yrs 4 mos

    As an on-call consultant, managed and and wrote proposals for clients in diverse technical areas, served on red teams for major proposals to government and commercial organizations. Served as systems engineering technical consultant on proposal teams.

  • WYLE (Chantilly, VA)
    • SENIOR COST ANALYST
      Feb 2001 - Jul 2013 · 12 yrs 6 mos

      Provide independent cost estimates in support of a US Government customer for space and ground systems program offices. Work directly with government representatives as the contractor task lead, interfacing with other intelligence community and Department of Defense agencies. Develop parametric cost estimating relationships. Designed improvements to the customer's space hardware cost estimating model. Developed a standardized cost integration model for the customer and a database to facilitate generation of annual budget authorization requests.

    • PROPOSAL MANAGER
      Mar 2010 - Oct 2010 · 8 mos

      Managed winning proposal for Wyle’s major classified contract re-compete. Minimized costs through virtual meetings and file sharing among geographically dispersed team

  • CACI International Inc (Fairfax, VA)
    • SENIOR EDITOR FOR THE DTS PO
      Oct 1999 - Jan 2001 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Prepared monthly publication sent to all U.S. embassies and DTS-PO client agencies.

    • ACTING PROGRAM MANAGER
      May 2000 - Sep 2000 · 5 mos

      Acting Program Manager for more than 100 employees working at the State Department Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTS¬PO). Delivered the annual program briefing to the director and senior staff members.

  • PROPOSAL MANAGER at CACI International Inc
    Oct 1996 - Mar 1999 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    For CENTECH, INC. Responsible for recruiting staff and preparing resumes for the DTS-PO proposal, the largest contract in CENTECH’s history. Company acquired by CACI in 1998.

  • Program Manager at CITIHOPE MINISTRIES, INC.
    May 1996 - Sep 1997 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Established and coordinated health and humanitarian aid programs for people in countries of the former Soviet Union, including contract negotiations. Established needs, analyzed resource requirements, estimated costs, prepared con-tracts, obtained funding, and supervised distribution of medicine, supplies, and food.