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 Our Journey to Provide 

BD Excellence for A/E/C Leaders


2012 - Present
AEC Market Masters

(Don Sherman Group LLC / PTY LTD)

  • Principal / Director
  • Services to Accelerate Business Development Program Success
  • Affiliations: ACEC, SMPS
  • Key Clients: HDR, S.A. Healy, Dragados, AECOM, BLN (Egis),TYLin Group, Gresham

Sales and Marketing · Proposal Management · Rehearsals · Negotiation · Presentations · Consultative Selling · Organizational Strategy · Infrastructure · Business Development

Long-Term Assignments:

TeknoGRID (MBE/SBE)
  • Broadband Advisory Board Member
  • Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing

IT/Telecom/Broadband/Security Infrastructure Business Development  · Digital Technology Master Panning, Turnkey Construction Management, Contract Negotiation Administration

Egis / Beam Longest & Neff
  • Marketing & Business Consultant
  • Large Capital Project Strategic Pursuits

Transportation & Water Infrastructure Pursuits & Proposals · Proposal Process Improvement · CRM Implementation · BD Staffing & Training 

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2021 - Present
FLPA Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Advisory
  • Co-Owner & Farm Operator
  • Advisory Services for on and off-grid facilities for food, energy & water production

Aquaponics Greenhouse Repair, Upgrade & Operation · Water & Energy System Resiliency · Permitting · Certifications & Licensing · Farmhouse Reconstruction

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2014 - 2016
American Council of Engineering Companies
  • Executive Director, Private Client Practice
  • Sales & Marketing Forum
  • A/E/C Market Forecasting

BD Best Practices Publication and Webinars: 33 Proven Secrets to Successful Client-Centered Proposals, BD Program Benchmarking, Opportunity Assessment, Client Account Analysis, Capture Planning, Theme-Modular Presentations


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2010 - 2012
1998 - 2008

HDR Engineering

Senior Vice President & Strategic Pursuits Program Director

  • Developed and implemented firm-wide Strategic Pursuit Program 
  • Strategic Pursuit and Capture Plan leadership
  • BD 201, 301, and 601 Curriculum Development & Training Team
  • National ACEC Committee Member· 

AEC Strategic Growth Programs:· Transportation, Water, Environment, Healthcare, Science & Technology & Justice ·  BD Plan Assessment & Benchmarking · Capture Planning · Client Account Analysis · Theme Modular Presentations · Q&A · BAFOs     Negotiations · Transportation & Water Project and Program Development · PM/CM Management · Management Consulting

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2008 - 2010
Stantec / MWH Global

Chief Marketing Officer

  • Implemented "President's List" global strategic pursuit program maintain and grow business during 2008-2009 recession.
  • Supported wining pursuits including:
    • PM/CM contracts with seven of the ten privatized U.K. water companies
    • Panama Canal expansion design

Consultative Selling · International Sales & Marketing · Business Development · Business Management · Digital Marketing ·  Strategic Partnerships · Organizational Strategy · · Sales Management Leadership , Training & Coaching  

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1984 - 1998
Malcolm Pirnie (Arcadis)

Senior Associate

  • Marketing Manager:
    • Central Region 1990-98
    • Florida 1989
    • West 1984-988
  • Water & Environment Project Manager
  • Memberships: AWWA, WEF, NAM, CMA, NSPE, SMPS

Business Development and Operations Leadership · Proposal & Presentations · Marketing coordinator Training & Management  ·CRM System Implementation ·Training & Coaching · 

Civil & Environmental Project Management ·Water Supply & Treatment ·Well Field Development ·Superfund & RCRA RI/FS & RD/RA ·SCADA System Design ·Aquifer Storage & Recover ·Potable Effluent Reuse ·Air Emissions Modeling & Control

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1988
Dames & Moore (AECOM)

Marketing Director, Inter-mountain Region

  • Environmental & Hazardous Waste Engineering for Industrial and Municipal Clients

Business development program management · industrial and municipal clients development ·Technical support for litigation · Superfund & RCRA site remediation ·Environment, Health & Safety projects for manufacturing

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1978 - 1984
Centec Corporation

Senior Projects Engineer &  Federal Systems Marketing Manager

  • Federal agency budget and program management decision support systems marketing 
  • Project and task leader for  environmental and energy projects for public & private sector clients

Federal systems marketing management · turnkey systems sales & marketing · Value Added Re-marketer · Sales Force Development · CRM Implementation  ·

Process engineering · energy conservation · environmental management · alternative fuels production · litigation support · Client & markets: EPA, DOE & DOD, Chemical, Metals, Dairy, Bio-fuels

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1976 - 1978
SCS Engineers

Project Engineer

  • Environmental, wastewater, and hazardous waste engineering for municipal, rural, and military facilities.
  • Seller-doer for US Army COE dredged material research projects

Civil & Environmental Engineering · OSHA 40 Trained · US Army COE, US Navy NAVFAC, US EPA & US DOE · Military Facility Regulatory Compliance with 40 CFR Par 112 Oil Pollution and SPCC Plans

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1976
Dewberry (Dewberry, Nealon & Davis)

Engineer / Laboratory Director

  • Water and wastewater planning and design projects. 
  • Supervised water quality testing laboratory.

Wastewater facility design · collection system investigations · Clean Water Act Area-wide Section 208 Planning for James R. VA and Upper Tennessee R. WV

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