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Michael Lester Joins ACET as a Deputy Director in our Business Development Division

Publication Date: 2012-03-28

Michael is a goal-oriented professional with broad skills in proposal development and management, business acquisition & strategy, technology management and solutions architecture & design. He has extensive capabilities in sales engineering; competitive win strategies, and opportunity capture.

He excels at solving multi-disciplinary challenges, both internal and external to the organization. Possess the ability to rapidly assess complex client challenges. A very quick study, with the ability to go deep into specific technologies and toolsets, and to assimilate new technologies. Experience in doing business internationally.

 

Skills and Areas of Experience

Business
ACQUISITION

  • Technical & Operational Proposal Solutions Development
  • Tactical Planning and Strategy Development
  • Business Development / Sales Engineering / Consulting
  • Competitive Analysis / Customer Requirements Analysis
  • Capture Management / Solicitation Analysis
  • Proposal Management and Review (RFP, RFQ, RFI, Task Order)
  • Orals Proposal Development and Delivery

TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY & MANAGEMENT

  • Technical program management / Technology design and delivery
  • Internal & external Business Process Modeling & Reengineering
  • Partner and Channel management
  • Managed Services Design and Implementation
  • Multi-disciplinary team builder

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

  • Multi-Disciplinary Systems Architecture
  • Infrastructure Virtualization / Cloud Services and Solutions
  • Engineering and Infrastructure management
  • IP-based Physical Security Solutions design, Physical/IP Convergence
  • Unified Communications

INDUSTRY SECTOR EXPERIENCE

  • Aerospace / Precision Weapons / Unmanned Systems / Strategic Systems
  • Space Systems / Mission Operations
  • Information Technology / Infrastructure Management / Cloud Services
  • Maritime Security / Port Security / Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Asset Management & Tracking / RFID / Blue Force Track & ID / Unified Communications

Additional
SKILLS

  • Superb briefer; ability to define, defend and negotiate
  • Customer-facing, client & team communications
  • Policy definition and support
  • White paper & marketing material generation
  • MS Office power user, experience with graphics, mapping and database software
  • Active listener, committed mentor, negotiator and trouble-shooter

Education

  • Masters Studies - Aeronautics              University Of Southern California – Los Angeles
  • Bachelor of Science - Aeronautical Engineering          BSAE, University of Washington – Seattle
  • Certified VMware Sales Professional (VSP)              VMware
  • Certified ISO 9001 Auditor             
  • Physical Security Professional (ASIS/PSP)              In process