Angela “AK” Kowalewski, CSM, DASM

Angela "AK" Kowalewski has extensive work experience in business development and proposal management, having worked in various roles in different companies since 2008. Angela “AK” founded and served as the principal consultant of Lighthouse Bid & Proposal Consulting, where they successfully led consultancy projects resulting in over $2.5B in bid wins. Angela “AK” also worked as Executive Director of Strategic Growth at Aretec, where they tripled the annual revenue of the company in 12 months. Angela has a reputation for developing and applying automation for internal business process improvement, improving bid preparation, and translating it into proposal scoreability. She's also experienced in maintaining strong client relationships with Government clients resulting in over $10M in directed awards in 12 months. Their skills in proposal management and bid strategy led their to roles such as Vice President of Bid Strategy at SilverEdge Government Solutions and Sr. Proposal Manager at Agile Defense, Inc.

Angela "AK" Kowalewski earned an AS degree in Business from American InterContinental University, which they attended from 2002 to 2004. Angela “AK” also took courses in Business at University of Maryland Global Campus in 2004 and 2005. In addition, they hold several certifications, including Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) from Project Management Institute and Scrum Master Certified (SMC) from Scrum Alliance. Angela “AK” also obtained certifications in APMP Foundations and ITIL v3 2011 Foundations, though the specific time of their completion is not provided.