Scribble Talk - Episode 22 Marina Goren (#avid NASA FAN Capture Superstar)
May 01, 2020 • S01 E22 • 01:12:41
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Today’s guest is Marina Goren
Marina Goren is the President/CEO of Smart BD Consulting – a successful MD/DC/NVA area Capture and Proposal Development firm. Over the past 7 years she has successfully grown her company to over 150 consultants serving over 50 Federal Government contracting clients. She teaches numerous Proposal Development and Capture courses and was an APMP speaker since 2014. Ms. Goren continues to personally support her clients in pioneering new frontiers and winning large strategic bids, while running her company. Ms. Goren has been instrumental at Billions of Dollars in wins for her clients (including a recent single award $1.2B win). Prior to starting her own company, Ms. Goren was a Vice President of Business Development at ASRC Primus and helped grow the company from 2 to over 1,600 FTEs in just a little over 5 years. Ms. Goren had a progressive career in IT, Operations and Business Development for the past 23 years.
In this energetic episode, we will discuss Marina 's
Early life in russia and her shift to USA
Computer Science degree at North Western University
Career with Raytheon
Entrepreneural journey supporting 50 Fed clients and 150 consultant
Advice to bid professionals on maintaining positive attitude and how to stay calm
Details capture - the why? and her approach to capture management , how it has evolved over the years
Experience at APMP’s Bid and Proposal Con
Memorable capture and proposal effort
Advice would you give to aspiring entrepreneurs
#avidNASAfan
People influential in her life and career
Few fun Qs
- What do you miss most about childhood?
- What one thing (modern convenience) could you not live without?
- If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do?
- If you had to be a flower, which one would you be and why?
- Do you like Tom or Jerry?
- You are being chased by Godzilla, what do you do?
- If you could take five things to a deserted island, what would you take
and more
Get to know the capture super star, Marina Goren