Shruti Tekade Presales Analyst/Proposal Writer Sindhu Girl’s Hostel, behind Image Hospital, Madhapur, Hyderabad, A.P. Shruti.1421@gmail.com +918125447789 SUMMARY: Working with Zolon Tech Inc. as a Pre sales Analyst and having 2 + years of experience as a Proposal Writer currently working in Pre sales for RFP Department in gathering the Projects and contracts from different Portals as Bidsync, Onvia, FBO and etc for US Federal & State. Excellent research, problem-solving, and written and interpersonal communication skills. Excellent in learning new technologies. Having extensive experience of researching and gathering technical and/or business information, working with Manager and team members to ensure smooth operations in end2end proposal development activities. Adapt easily to new environment. Work effectively with diverse groups of people either as a team member or alone. Enjoy working in a team environment or as an individual contributor. EXPERIENCE: Zolon Tech Inc. , Hyderabad (A.P.) Feb 2012 - Present Presales Analyst/Proposal Writer Working with Zolon team for bidding on Federal clients and prepared the proposal response for Department of Labor, Social Security Administration, and General Service Administration. Worked with team on preparing response and won: US Department of Navy, Seaport - e IDIQ Contract. Department of Veteran Affairs, Temporary Developer / Programmer services for .Net. Worked on searching RFP’s from different portals for Federal and state clients such as BidNet, Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), My Bid Match and etc & reviewing Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI). Understanding the SOW’s and creating the outline for the response. Review the solicitation document and develop proposal templates and responses and serve as the point of contact for compiling, formatting and submitting proposal documents. Qualifying the opportunities identified with the organization’s objectives and strategic goals. Working closely with Proposal/BD Manager in maintaining proposal component library (Structured repository of all proposals). Ensuring proper formatting & cleaning up of the proposal. Review/rewrite proposal inputs and coordinate with Technical team/PM to ensure accuracy. Have experience to develop proposals for IT staffing services and IT projects. Have experience to work with pre-sales and extensive experience in understanding of RFP documents. Populating Boilerplate content and the Functional requirements in the Proposal. Responsible for proposal development activities including but not limited to: Research and gather technical and/or business information for use in proposal development activities Writing original text for such non-technical activities as executive summaries, company qualifications, past performance, and other marketing-related materials I-Tech Software Solution, Bhopal (M.P.) Proposal Writer Nov 2009- Feb 2012 Worked on Master Contractors with team on different section for preparing responses for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, DC and awarded for Network Engineer Position. Listed in ReStart contract for State of Michigan. Listed in MI Jumpstart for State of Michigan. In ITPS Master Contract for State of Washington. In IT Staff Augmentation contract for state of Maine. In Short-Term IT Staffing Contract for State of North Carolina. In State term contract for State of South Carolina. Responsible for developing proposal sections, such as, but not limited to the executive summary, technical approach, management plan, transition plan, experience, and corporate capabilities, resumes, and/or past performance. Worked on different Portal for searching like Bidsync, Onvia, Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), My Bid Match and etc & reviewing Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI) and entering them in Database system i.e. Quick Base. Reading RFP's Documents and finding out the reasons and deciding on whether we can work on that particular RFP's and if not able to work that providing comments on them and updating in Quick Base. Making decision for Workable Request for Proposal and passing it further to the other team member to process on. Have experience to develop proposals for IT staffing services and IT projects. Have experience to work with pre-sales and extensive experience in understanding of RFP documents. Worked on understanding the project and scope of projects and deciding that it is workable or not. Worked on Formatting Resumes of the candidates which are going to get attached in Proposal. Worked on doing vendor registration for different State, Department / County of U.S.A EDUCATION: Bachelor of Engineering from THAKRAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Bhopal (M.P.) with 70.78%- 2009 Higher secondary examination from M.P. Board with first division- 2005 High school examination from M.P. Board with first division -2003 TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: Software Testing, from Netlink Technologies, Bhopal. Covered -System Development Life Cycle(SDLC), Software Development models, why, what, when & how of testing, types of testing, functional (black box) testing, Performance testing (load, stress and volume testing), Test Plan, Preparation of test documents (use cases, test cases, Bug reports) Worked on projects with Netlink Technologies with manual testing’s. COMPUTER PROFICIENCY: Software Testing: Black box testing Basic Knowledge: C , C++, PHP, HTML Office Packages: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point. CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Workshop on “C & C++” in “FUTEXPO.” A National Level Seminar on “HOW TO PREPARE FOR IT WORLD”BY“COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES” A National Level Seminar on “BASIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE” BY “SATYAM COMPUTERS” EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Taken part in Dance Competition in TECH-FIZZ Taken part in Dance Competition in OJASW Participated & Won STATE LEVEL BASKET BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Participated & Won STATE LEVEL BASKET BALL CHAMPIONSHIP PERSONAL SKILLS: STRONG TEAM WORK POSITIVE ATTITUDE PERSONAL INFORMATION: NAME : SHRUTI TEKADE DATE OF BIRTH : 14 DEC 1987 FATHER'S NAME : LATE SHRI BABA RAO TEKADE MOTHER'S NAME : SMT MADHUBALA TEKADE HOBBIES : SOLVING SUDOKU & LISTENING MUSIC Declaration: I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars. Hyderabad, A.P. (SHRUTI TEKADE)