Translating Complex Solutions Into Strategies That Win
Solution Design and Strategy Leader with 10+ years architecting visual and strategic narratives for the nation's highest-stakes defense and intelligence proposals. Deep expertise in translating complex technical capabilities into compelling, customer-centered solutions for federal clients — from billion-dollar IC contracts to FEDSIM bids. Proven ability to align engineering, business development, and executive stakeholders around a unified solution vision. TS/SCI cleared with a track record of winning.
Impact
$5B+ Successful Contract Awards
10+ Years Federal Defense & Intel Experience
TS/SCI Active Security Clearance
Core Competencies
Solution Architecture & Design
Translating engineering specs and technical capabilities into structured, customer-centered solution frameworks for federal acquisition.
Federal Customer Strategy
Deep understanding of federal procurement, evaluation criteria, and how government customers evaluate and adopt new capabilities.
Strategic Visual Communication
Executive-level presentations, technical diagrams, and concept visualizations that move decision makers and accelerate buy-in.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Bridging engineering, BD, and mission teams — aligning diverse stakeholders around a coherent solution narrative under deadline pressure.
Experience
Senior Solution Designer
2025 – Present
Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Leads solution design strategy for the firm's highest-priority federal proposals, bridging technical concepts and executive narratives into cohesive, winning submissions.
  • Performed as Solution Architect on a high-value proposal — embedded with a senior technical team to orchestrate their approach into a structured, compelling solution. Guided the architecture of technical introduction and approach slides, transforming fragmented engineering content into a unified, evaluator-ready narrative that communicated both depth and impact.
  • Collaborates directly with Senior Leadership, SMEs, and capture teams to develop win themes, solution frameworks, and graphic strategies that differentiate proposals in competitive evaluations.
  • Drives the Graphics Initiative — a four-workstream capability-building program covering process standards, resource development, and team development for 8–10 solution designers across the practice.
Lead Capture & BD Designer
2024 – 2025
Arcfield
  • Lead designer for classified proposal efforts and capture initiatives in the defense and intelligence space, including end-to-end branding and design systems supporting competitive positioning.
  • Partnered with Senior Leadership to design Arcfield's unique processes and frameworks during capture phases — developing the visual and structural language that would anchor future proposal efforts before RFP release.
  • Mentored and managed a Lead Designer in solution design methodology, building internal capability in translating complex technical concepts into evaluator-ready visual narratives.
Lead Proposal Graphics Designer & Web Developer
2016 – 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Graphic solutioning lead for Booz Allen's most critical Intelligence Community and FEDSIM proposals — directly supporting contract awards exceeding $5B from 2023 to present.
  • Served dual roles across the Intel market and Growth team simultaneously — providing solution design and graphic solutioning support across both business units, managing as many as 9 active proposals at a time under competing deadlines.
  • Front-end developer and designer for Intel.gov, ODNI.gov, and IARPA intranet platforms — building and styling classified web environments from the ground up. Recipient of the ICy Award for Website Excellence.
  • Trained and mentored junior designers in a classified environment; established design standards and production workflows adopted firm-wide.
Principal Consultant
2013 – Present
Clifton Solutions, LLC
  • Independent marketing, design, and strategy consultant serving Fortune 500 and Fortune 5000 companies operating within the government contracting ecosystem.
  • Delivers proposal graphics, brand identity, digital strategy, and executive presentation support for clients across defense, intelligence, and civilian agency markets.
Branding & Communications Designer
2014 – 2016
VMD Systems
  • Led corporate business development design, including company-wide proposal graphics, brand identity, print production, and marketing collateral.
  • Designed, developed, and managed VMD's entire corporate website — owning the full lifecycle from architecture and design through development and ongoing maintenance.
  • Responsible for all networking events and physical marketing presence — including trade show booths, event signage, and promotional materials that represented the brand in the government contracting market.