The virtual conference for Strategic Response Management  |  On Demand

Agenda

Keynotes

8:00 - 8:15 am PT Winning more with AI-powered Strategic Response Management (SRM)

Bid and proposal teams are under more pressure than ever as they face rising buyer demands, fierce competition, and tight budgets. Ganesh Shankar, CEO and Co-founder of Responsive, shares how top teams are harnessing the power of Strategic Response Management (SRM) and Responsive AI to turn these challenges into opportunities, transforming the way teams grow revenue, reduce risks, and work smarter.

  • Ganesh Shankar

    CEO
    Responsive

8:15 - 8:35 am PT Activating and scaling SRM across your organization


Industry leaders Carrie Jordan (Microsoft) and Kristen Carloni (BlackRock) discuss how they used Strategic Response Management (SRM) to scale their teams for success, measure and socialize impact, and increase influence with commercial executives, all while championing the use of AI for sustained growth in the years to come.

  • Michael Londgren

    CMO
    Responsive
  • Carrie Jordan

    Global Dir of Proposals
    Microsoft Corporation
  • Kristen Carloni, CFA

    Global Head of Business Proposal Team
    Aladdin at BlackRock

8:35 - 8:55 am PT Past, present, and future: the evolution of Responsive AI

AJ Sunder, Chief Product Officer of Responsive, unveils the latest advancements in Responsive AI and the Responsive Platform and discusses how these advancements add insight, efficiency, and impact across the entire opportunity lifecycle while enhancing the value of an organization’s knowledge.
  • AJ Sunder

    CIO/CPO
    Responsive
  • Konnor Martin

    VP, Sales
    Responsive

8:55 - 9:15 am PT All eyes on AI: Leading women in tech tell all

Adopting AI is no longer a choice. But where do you start? Join a panel of leading women in technology as they share best practices for evaluating AI solutions, identifying core use cases, and reimagining work in the AI era. Learn how to champion AI and drive high-growth impact while preserving trust.
  • Jennifer Cannizzaro

    VP, Product Marketing
    Responsive
  • Eve Alexander

    VP, Product Marketing
    Seismic
  • Angela Yeung

    VP, Product Management
    Cerebras Systems

9:15 - 9:20 am PT Break

9:20 - 9:35 am PT The blueprint for customer success

Join Sankar Lagudu, COO of Responsive, along with other Responsive leaders, as they share the secrets Responsive customers use to unlock value and drive results. We'll share Responsive's customer success blueprint: a focus on people, proven methodology, and an extensive on-demand resource library.
  • Sankar Lagudu

    COO
    Responsive
  • Ariana Amplo

    VP, Professional Services
    Responsive
  • Michael Forney

    VP, Customer Success
    Responsive

9:35 - 9:55 am PT Winning a seat at the table: A response strategist’s playbook

Danelle Morrow, VP of the Proposal Development Center at Sodexo, will share how her team of “response strategists” is driving growth at Sodexo while enhancing their role within the company. Learn how you can boost your team’s visibility, secure a larger budget, amplify your impact, and gain influence and investment to raise the profile of your bid and proposal team.
  • Jeff Santelices

    CRO
    Responsive
  • Danelle Morrow

    VP, North America Creative Services & Proposal Development Center
    Sodexo

Breakout sessions

10:00 - 10:20 am PT
Explore AI in action
Uncovering the secrets to making more informed go/no-go decisions

See how Responsive AI empowers you to make more informed go/no-go decisions by quickly analyzing RFPs. You'll learn how to focus on the opportunities you're most likely to win using Responsive AI to extract key requirements, assess compliance, and advance your bid with confidence.

  • Shelby Nadler

    Sr Product Marketing Mgr
    Responsive

10:00 - 10:20 am PT
Engage with the community
AI in real life: the intersection of volume, complexity, and speed

When every moment matters with a bid/proposal, it’s imperative that strategic response teams make the best use of their time. But how can they meet increasing demands on even tighter deadlines? Learn from Maintel how their team is using AI to help optimize the bid management process to improve response speed and quality.
  • Erica Nelson

    Mgr, Customer Success Enterprise
    Responsive
  • Hannah Cook

    Head of Bids
    Maintel

10:20 - 10:40 am PT
Explore AI in action
Using Responsive AI to transform your team and bank bigger wins

 

Join us to explore how Responsive's latest AI innovations act as a game changer for bid and proposal teams, elevating the impact and reach of your company's underlying knowledge to win more opportunities in less time.
  • Joshua Hendrick

    Sr Product Marketing Mgr
    Responsive

10:20 - 10:40 am PT
Engage with the community
Small but mighty: Scaling success with limited headcount

Smaller companies face the same pressure and timelines of larger organizations— often with proposal teams of one. Join us as we explore how smaller teams are perfectly situated to take Strategic Response Management from an afterthought to a company-wide initiative that leads to far greater revenue generation.

  • Sasha Spektor

    Professional Services Consultant
    Responsive
  • Brian Astman

    Dir, Business Development
    ACRT
  • DeeAnn Powers

    Sr Mgr, Ops Services & Support
    Invicti Security

10:40 - 11 am PT
Explore AI in action
The A to Z of Responsive AI

Join Responsive's product leaders as they go under the hood of industry-leading Responsive AI to reveal its diverse applications that are streamlining complex processes, driving strategic decision-making, and writing the next chapter of bid and proposal management.
  • Neil Shah

    Dir of Product Marketing
    Responsive
  • Kunal Shrestha

    VP of Product Management
    Responsive

10:40 - 11 am PT
Engage with the community
The hidden keys to effective knowledge management

O.C. Tanner transformed their response process into a revenue and win-generating juggernaut by re-evaluating their content framework and streamlining their library. Learn from their experience to see how your bid and proposal teams can embrace being the stewards of organizational knowledge and empowering users with information at their fingertips.
  • Josh Neal

    Mgr, Customer Success
    Responsive
  • Jain Willis,

    Content Developer
    O.C. Tanner