Capture Management

Doug has been at the forefront of business development and proposal strategy and execution for more than 35 years. At Lohfeld Consulting, Doug serves as a bid strategist, Strength-Based Solutions® advisor, volume lead, storyboard developer, and color team lead and participant. He is also a capture management expert, both co-designing and teaching multiple Lohfeld training classes, and advises on pursuit strategy, proposal development, and review.

His capture management experience ranges from small to large awards (including DOD multi-billion-dollar indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicles). He has offered strategic diagnostic experience for businesses of all sizes in pursuit of key opportunities, ranging from $100M-$1B+ in value across a wide range of Government agencies and departments. 

A technical expert as well, Doug offers clients in-depth experience on a wide range of topics. This includes technology development and transfer, research and development (R&D) processes and techniques, and Federal Government policy development and analysis (in areas including resiliency, emergency management, first response, information assurance, survivability and vulnerability, energy, environment, and security).

Prior to joining Lohfeld, he served as Partner and Vice President of Global Resilience, Security, and Defense Teams at Booz Allen, and as Senior Vice President and Director Security, Energy and Environment at NORC at the University of Chicago.

Doug received his PhD in Physics from Georgetown University and retains an active Top Secret clearance. He is a Senior Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), as well as Speaker for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). He is an active member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

Liz brings more than 30 years of experience to her work with Lohfeld Consulting clients. She has extensive experience in business development, capture management, Strength-Based Winning® proposal management, proposal writing, and compliance review experience.

Most recently, she served as capture manager, proposal manager, acquisition strategy advisor, and color team reviewer on single and multiple award opportunities, including IDIQs and task orders (TOs), and orals for Federal Government and Intelligence Community (IC) customers.

Before joining Lohfeld Consulting, she served at Booz Allen for 14 years as business development manager and capture manager as well as proposal management expert, primarily focused on IC customers. She grew and maintained a robust opportunity pipeline, developed and maintained key industry relationships and competitive intelligence, and developed win strategy for and managed corporate-defined Top 10 captures and proposals. She also coached and mentored staff in business development, capture management, and proposal management and execution.

As a senior proposal subject matter expert (SME) in TRW’s Proposal Operations Center, she developed and executed proposal win strategy and successfully managed proposals for federal, civil, defense, IC, and international customers. She served as proposal manager, management volume lead, past performance volume manager, staffing volume manager, security volume manager, basis of estimate (BOE) writer, compliance manager, proposal section writer, staffing/resume writer, proposal process trainer, and color team reviewer.