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| Bob Gahagan, Lexington Hotel, Seoul, Korea - with the Magic Umbrella |
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Bob Gahagan is the founder, principal and CEO/President of CCSI. He is a recognized
government contract solutions and business development strategist,
mentor, trainer, and coach.
Prior to founding CCSI, Bob spent twenty-five years with the IBM Corporation before leaving voluntarily to found CCSI. Since founding CCSI, he:
- has guided
companies to be awarded over $6B of new revenue and important contracts with
both defense and civilian federal agencies, as well as state-and-local
government agencies.
- is a recognized trainer, coach, mentor and counselor
- just completed an assignment as Proposal Manager for a winning $5M incumbent contractor proposal to a federal government agency recompetition
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delivered over 2000 student hours of procurement-related technical and
communication training, and continues to provide such services.
- has provided assistance to over 900 early-stage and emerging small companies in areas
of government contracting basics
& strategies, marketing & branding planning, and communication and networking strategies as a Small Business counselor at the government co-sponsored PTAC (Procurement Technical
Assistance Center) in Fairfax, Virginia.
- is an invited speaker
at local, national, and international conferences discussing such
topics as the US government procurement process, how to develop oral
presentations for the government, and the challenges involved in hiring
for proposal organizations.has
participated as panelist and presenter at venues such as a two-day
conference on "Doing Business with the US Government", sponsored by the
Korean government in Seoul for 120 small and medium Korean companies
that included simultaneous language translation.
At IBM, he managed and supported bid efforts that were awarded more than $3B in
government contract awards. He co-created the initial customer service
& product support strategy for the IBM Personal Computer. He
co-created the first 5-Year Strategic Plan to manage a $500M inventory
program at a 750-employee national parts logistics center.
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Government Contracting Speaking Engagements
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