Michele Jarchow

Experience

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  USDA

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Technical Writer

  • Edit technical engineering documents. • Create content for online Help for national program.

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  Sprint E Solutions || Application Engineering

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Technical Writer / Documentation Specialist

  • Support application engineering team during buildout of ten data centers.• Facilitated the creation and distribution of handoff documentation to internal customers, including collecting additional requirements and resolving roadblocks.• Managed multiple projects with competing priorities, including negotiation and communication with project owners and oversight of subject matter experts. • Tracked upcoming project completions and hosted weekly meetings to deliver reports to management from the development and support groups. These reports consolidated information from several sources, and allowed the receiving managers to forecast efforts necessary from their groups to expedite acceptance of new projects.• Fostered positive working relationships with internal customer groups that created trusting relationships, smoothing the way for transition of projects. Show less

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  Perceptive Software

  Jun 2005 - Jul 2014

  • Manage team of RFP writers that produces approximately 150 proposals per year• Review incoming projects for length and complexity, assign available proposal writers and supervise allocation of resources against workload. • Project manager for RFP teams, coordinating with cross-functional team members from Marketing, Sales, Contracts and Professional Services to assign and review work and ensure all RFPs are submitted on time. • Manage multiple RFPs with competing deadlines. • Train new writers and mentor team members, counseling in career paths. Show less

  • Team Lead Proposal Writing | Public Sector, Education

    Jul 2010 - Jul 2014

  • Senior Proposal Writer

    Jun 2005 - Jul 2010
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  Netsmart Technologies

  Jul 2014 - May 2023

  • Aligned strategic direction and goals for the team to meet company principles.• Lead team of 10 in responding to 130-150 proposals per year.• Identify and implement process improvements for proposal team engagement and completion of• proposals in alignment with company strategies.• Grew and maintained progressive and professional relationships with key leadership, project teams and subject matter experts.• Provide quarterly progress reports and trends for executive briefings.• Preliminary review of RFP legal terms to determine need for full legal team review.• Grew team from three to 10 associates, creating a team of associates in different geographical regions and time zones with a strong community bond.• Selected to attend inSPIRE, Netsmart’s internal leadership training. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Proposal Team

    Oct 2016 - May 2023

  • Manager, Proposal Team

    Jul 2014 - May 2023
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  ManTech

  Sept 2023 - now

  Proposal/Technical Writer & Editor

  Provides compelling and compliant writing and editing services for multimillion dollar Federal proposals, white papers, position papers. Technical | Copy Editing• Provides technical copy editing for RFXs, white papers, and position papers to ensure high quality responses, ensuring accuracy, grammar, style, voice and consistency throughout projects.• Ensures compliance with RFX instructions and company best practices, suggesting improvements as needed.• Edits documents to conform to the corporate style guide, project-specific style sheets, Associated Press (AP) Stylebook, and Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Writing• Participates on proposal leadership team to research, analyze, prepare, manage and submit proposals for Government projects.• Reviews requirements and defines company experience, past performance and key personnel resume response strategy and templates to ensure highest evaluation ratings.• Meets with pursuit team(s) to capture key solution aspects (for corporate experience, past performance and key personnel proposal content); develops content to reflect these key aspects.• Write technical copy for corporate experience, past performance and key personnel resume references/volumes.• Proactively and autonomously prepares, reviews, revises, and maintains proposal documents – specifically company experience, past performance and key personnel resume references/volumes.• Ensures corporate experience, past performance and key personnel resume copy complies with applicable RFx instructions and company proposal best practices, and agreed-upon elements are incorporated into a cohesive and persuasive format.• Provides desktop publishing and technical editing to maintain a high-quality response.• Supports ad-hoc, special projects and/or other proposal writing actions. Show less

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  NAMI Missouri

  Feb 2024 - now

  Instructor / Speaker / Encourager

  Educate and encourage families and primary caregivers of students with mental health concerns.NAMI Basics InstructorNAMI Holding Hope Presenter