TechServ's Arnold J. Meagher, Ph.D.

Special Areas of Expertise:

Skilled in large government procurement actions and key personnel evaluation and selection. Achieved contract revenues for clients of $24 billion from 20 major winning proposal efforts. Highly experienced at developing position descriptions for and screening key personnel to ensure achievement of qualifications criteria. Experienced in conducting training seminars for proposal teams in orals preparation, problem solving through Mind Mapping, writing with power, and graphics development.

Professional Experience:

1992-Present:

Principal, TechServ Inc., Business Development, Eufaula, Alabama. Provides proposal volume leadership and consulting services to assist clients in securing government contracts. Developed company's Key Personnel Evaluation and Resume System, KeyPERS, to combine and apply lessons learned in over 20 years of personnel development. Prepared position descriptions and resumes and screened key personnel to specific qualifications criteria for bids noted below. Companies supported and winning efforts totaling $22 billion include:

Johnson Controls (DOE/UC Los Alamos Support Services Contract)
Fluor Daniel (DOE/Hanford Operations M&O Consolidation)
Bechtel (DOE/Nevada Operations M&O Consolidation)
Lockheed (DOE/Idaho National Engineering Laboratory M&O Consolidation)
Jacobs Engineering (Los Alamos A/E Services)
BMAR & Associates (U.S. Army Hospital Maintenance, CONUS)
Weiss Associates (DOE/Lawrence Livermore Environmental Services)
System Planning Corporation (Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Countermeasures Contract)
System Planning Corporation (DARPA SETA Support for the Tactical Technology Office)
System Planning Corporation (DARPA SETA Support for the Electronics Technology Office)
System Planning Corporation (U.S. Air Force/ESD Advanced Entry Control System)
ASRC Contracting Company (U.S. Air Force/Hill AFB Installation Environmental Restoration Program)
J.A. Jones Applied Research (Electric Power Research Institute/O&M of 2 Research Centers)
Labatt-Anderson/SAIC (Research Triangle Park Environmental Technical Services)
Babcock & Wilcox/TRW (Technology Demonstration Project)
Wackenhut (DOE/Operation and Management of the Nonproliferation and National Security Institute)
Wackenhut (DOE/Aviation Support Services)

1986-1992:

Self Employed, Business Development and Merchandising, Barrington, Illinois. Developed staffing plans, key personnel sections, resumes, and experience profiles for proposal development clients. Prepared 45 resumes for the $1.4 billion DOE/Strategic Petroleum Reserve M&O bid and 60 resumes for the $195 million U.S. Navy/Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) bid, both of which were successful. Companies supported in proposals and winning bids totaling $1.9 billion included:

DynCorp/McDermott (DOE/Strategic Petroleum Reserve M&O)
Johnson Controls (U.S. Navy/Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center)
John Brown (DOE/NPOSR-CUW MO&M - Teapot Dome)
Ogden-Allied/System Planning (NASA/GSFC Logistics)

1981-1986:

Marketing Services Manager, PLT International, Inc., Houston, Texas. Planned, organized, and developed technical proposals for oil field engineering and construction projects, with emphasis on large oil pipeline engineering and field installation projects. Developed media advertising and promotional materials for three operating companies and two overseas corporations. Participated in the successful 1981 proposal worth $350 million to operate and maintain the U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve's seven sites in Louisiana and Texas, and assisted contract start-up operations by writing and producing initial set of 45 contract deliverables.

1975-1981:

General Manager/Principal, Best Writing Services, Inc., Houston, Texas. Developed marketing plans, prepared proposals, and produced technical manuals for clients. Oversaw a resume preparation service comprised of six technical writers who also prepared technical manuals and marketing literature.

1969-1975:

Instructor, University of California, Davis, California. Instructed Latin American, European, and Chinese regional industrial development and labor movement development. Traveled internationally to conduct extensive on-location research in international labor practices and movements in Hong Kong, London, Lisbon, Macao, and the U.S.

Education:

Ph.D., International Development, University of California at Davis.
M.A., Development of Latin America, University of California at Davis.
B.A. Equivalent, Liberal Arts, All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland.