John Broughton

With over 20 years of experience successfully securing government contracts, John leads Knowesis’ proposal management, capture, and business development activities. His focus is concentrated in the defense health, Military Health System (MHS) and VA markets, and he has worked in various industries of professional services, including data analytics, strategic communication, program management support, document lifecycle, technical support, IT managed services, service desk/contact center management, security services, and other business outsourcing performance-based contracts, including competitive and directed, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ), Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), and General Services Administration (GSA) schedule-based procurements. Mr. Broughton has developed and streamlined proposal processes, created proposal libraries, trained corporate staff, built the infrastructure necessary to support high-volume business development functions for three companies, and has served as the management representative for the ISO 9001 certification. Mr. Broughton served honorably in the U.S. Navy and performs community outreach for Veteran-related charities. He is actively working to complete his MBA degree from the University of Maryland, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies from the University of Maryland, and is certified through the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP).