Saundra Bailey, Managing Partner, has two decades of experience in defense contracting and government services business development.

She is the former Owner of Silver Birch LLC, a Huntsville, Alabama based business development consulting firm; Director of Competitive Intelligence, Engility and Senior Proposal Manager for several government services companies.

Saundra is a certified Competitive Intelligence professional (CIP), Level I with the Fuld Academy and certified Proposal Management Professional with the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (CF, APMP). She has previously served as the Marketing Chair of the Mid-South Chapter of APMP.

Operationally she has worked as a Business and Competitive Intelligence Analyst, Color Team Facilitator, Senior Proposal Manager and Technical Writer and is experienced with every facet of business development, including Capture Management, Price-to-Win (PTW) and competitive assessments.

Saundra graduated from Park University, Summa Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Science degree. She is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and her business development professional education includes Shipley’s Price-to-Win, Winning in the Cost Volume, Writing Winning Proposals, Managing Winning Proposals and Capture Planning for Strategic Wins courses and MBDi’s Mastering Business Development course.