Denise Fortner

Denise Fortner has a diverse range of work experience in project management and proposal management. Denise started their career as a Business Continuity Account Executive at Alltel Information Services in 1996, where they designed and documented resiliency and incident response manuals for various industries. Denise continued this role when Alltel Business Continuity became Fidelity National Financial, managing over 30 concurrent clients.

In 2006, Denise worked as a Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Service Leader at Acxiom, focusing on developing strategies and business cases to prevent downtime and managing BC/DR services proposals. Denise then joined DRI International in 2004 as a Certification Commissioner, where they reviewed and updated certification policies and test questions, and conducted grader training. Additionally, they served as a Recertification Manager, ensuring compliance with certification requirements.

From 2010 to 2014, Denise worked at HP as a Senior Proposal Manager, managing proposals and projects for multiple public/private sector proposals concurrently. Denise researched solutions, interviewed technical personnel, and responded to RFPs to pursue new business. In 2008, they started working as a freelancer, managing multiple proposal responses and projects simultaneously for multiple entities.

Currently, Denise works at SMA, Inc. as a Project Manager, Proposal Manager, and BC/DR and COO Subject Matter Expert. Their primary responsibility is rescuing projects with a high risk of failure or missing key deadlines by providing leadership and applying industry best practices. Denise is focused on delivering a superior customer experience and has strong leadership and team building skills.

Denise Fortner holds a BA degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with a focus on Business/Marketing and Technical Writing/English. No specific start or end years were mentioned.