The virtual conference for Strategic Response Management  |  On Demand

Featured speakers

Ganesh Shankar

CEO
Responsive

Danelle Morrow

VP, North America Creative Services & Proposal Development Center
Sodexo

AJ Sunder

CPO
Responsive

Kristen Carloni, CFA

Global Head of Business Proposal Strategy Team
Aladdin at BlackRock

Ariana Amplo

VP, Professional Services
Responsive

Carrie Jordan

Global Dir of Proposals
Microsoft Corporation

Jennifer Cannizzaro

VP, Product Marketing
Responsive

Sankar Lagudu

COO
Responsive

Eve Alexander

VP, Product Marketing
Seismic

Jain Willis

Content Developer
O.C. Tanner

Michael Londgren

CMO
Responsive

DeeAnn Powers

Sr Mgr, Ops Services & Support Invicti Security

Jeff Santelices

CRO
Responsive

Sasha Spektor

Professional Services Consultant
Responsive

Brian Astman

Dir, Business Development
ACRT Services

Kunal Shrestha

VP, Product Management,
Responsive

Hannah Cook

Head of Bids,
Maintel

Michael Forney

VP, Customer Success,
Responsive

Konnor Martin 

VP, Sales,
Responsive

Angela Yeung

VP, Product Management, Cerebras Systems

Erica Nelson

Mgr, Customer Success ,
Responsive

Neil Shah

Dir, Product Marketing,
Responsive

Shelby Nadler

Sr Product Marketing Mgr,
Responsive

Josh Hendrick

Sr Product Marketing Mgr,
Responsive

Josh Neal

Mgr, Customer Success,
Responsive

Ganesh Shankar

CEO
Responsive

An accomplished product manager and subject matter expert, Ganesh has successfully leveraged best-in-class technologies to transform response business operations for enterprise, small and medium-sized organizations.

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.

Danelle Morrow

VP, North America Creative Services & Proposal Development Center
Sodexo

Danelle Morrow, CF APMP, is an award-winning proposal executive with 15 years’ experience leveraging compelling proposals and presentations to achieve new business growth and retention while elevating proposal departments to new heights.

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” are 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.

AJ Sunder

CPO
Responsive

A highly experienced Information Security Analyst, Sunder oversees development of advanced SaaS technologies and AI to improve the response process and increase business close rates.

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.

Kristen Carloni, CFA

Global Head of Business Proposal Strategy Team
Aladdin at BlackRock

As an experienced response leader, Kristen is focused on holistically improving business processes and increasing their scalability. She has extensive experience implementing innovative technologies such as third-party proposal management tools and AI capabilities in order to create winning proposals.

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.

Ariana Amplo

VP, Professional Services
Responsive

A successful entrepreneur, Ariana has a background in financial services, consulting and investment management. She has helped countless corporations, nonprofits and municipalities complete successful RFPs and proposals.

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.

Carrie Jordan

Global Dir of Proposals
Microsoft Corporation

Carrie has over 15 years of experience in proposal management, coordination, writing, editing, content curation, and desktop publishing and was awarded APMP 40 Under 40 award in 2021.

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.

Jennifer Cannizzaro

VP, Product Marketing
Responsive

Jennifer brings more than 15 years of commercial strategy, product marketing, and marketing leadership in B2B/B2B2C and has worked across diverse industries, geographies, and operating environments. She is passionate about transforming response processes from a dreaded “painful necessity” to a “necessary to win.”

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.

Sankar Lagudu

COO
Responsive

Entrepreneur with 20+ years of cross-functional IT experience. Sankar is passionate about delivering organizational excellence and high-value solutions with superior user experience for responders.

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.

Eve Alexander

VP, Product Marketing
Seismic

Eve Alexander is the Vice President of Product Marketing at Seismic, a leading revenue enablement platform. A B2B marketer for nearly 20 years, she’s led global teams for SaaS startups and public companies, and has been recognized as a Pavilion Top 50 Marchitects and Product Marketing Alliance Top 100 Product Marketing Influencer

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.

Jain Willis

Content Developer
O.C. Tanner

Jain found her way to the proposal industry via grant writing at a non-profit. With ten years in the industry, she is focused on reducing response time, documenting and improving processes, and creating strong content.

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.

Michael Londgren

CMO
Responsive

Strategic, passionate, high-impact leader with a strong record of helping companies scale rapidly. Michael drives marketing for SaaS businesses ranging from startups to enterprise organizations.

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.

DeeAnn Powers

Sr Manager, Operations, Services & Support
Invicti Security

DeeAnn brings clarity, consistency, and charisma to the RFP process at Invicti. Like the Invicti platform, DeeAnn has taken 20+ years in Financial Services and Information Security and built an RFx program that is fast, accurate, and covers every form of request from formal RFPs, RFI's, Third Party Assessments, Vendor Onboarding, DDQ's and more.

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.

Jeff Santelices

CRO
Responsive

With more than two decades of experience in finance and tech, Jeff has successfully steered multiple leading enterprise organizations toward strategic accelerated and scaled growth.

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” are 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.

Sasha Spektor

Professional Services Consultant
Responsive

As an RFx Professional Services Consultant at Responsive, Sasha empowers proposal teams to craft standout proposals and develop data-driven process improvements. Her approach blends industry insights with expertise in AI-driven automation, driving efficiency and impact.

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.

Brian Astman

Dir, Business Development
ACRT Services

Brian’s background spans both the consumer product goods sector and the consulting industry. His expertise lies in the areas of Utility Vegetation Management, Smart Meter solutions, and Underground Utility Asset Protection.

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.

Kunal Shrestha

VP, Product Management,
Responsive

Accomplished product management executive with a track record of launching and improving SaaS and enterprise products, driving growth, and enhancing customer satisfaction by solving market problems

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.

Hannah Cook

Head of Bids
Maintel

Hannah has almost a decade of experience in bid and proposal management, coordination, writing, and editing. Based in the U.K., her focus is on supporting organizations with their public / private sector bids and helping them realize the true value of these bids for the organization.

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.

Michael Forney

VP, Customer Success
Responsive

Michael, a seasoned Customer Success executive, excels in guiding teams through high-growth transformations. His strategic vision and curation of customer journeys drives best-in-class value and outcomes.

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.

Konnor Martin 

VP, Sales,
Responsive

As Vice President of Sales, Konnor is responsible for New Business Sales, Business Development and PreSales effort focusing on North America. He has successfully led sales initiatives at Responsive since 2016 and has more than 10 years of experience in software sales leadership, territory management, and sales training. 

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.

Angela Yeung

VP, Product Management
Cerebras Systems

Angela is VP of Product Management at Cerebras Systems. Before joining Cerebras, she was Director of Product at Hinge Health, leading the company's computer vision strategies. Angela also served as a Product Manager at Google, where she developed AI applications for Search, YouTube, Ads, and Healthcare. Angela holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University.

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.

Erica Nelson

Mgr, Customer Success,
Responsive

Erica is a leader in the Customer Success organization at Responsive. With over 10 years of global Customer Success experience she is passionate about building partnerships, sharing best practices and helping customers create efficiencies in their processes.

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.

Neil Shah

Dir, Product Marketing,
Responsive

Neil Shah is a strategic and results driven product marketing leader with 15+ years of experience in scaling high-growth B2B SaaS companies within the tech industry

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.

Shelby Nadler

Sr Product Marketing Manager,
Responsive

Shelby is a seasoned B2B Product Marketing leader with a decade of success in driving results, leading strategic growth initiatives, and fostering innovation in global organizations. Her product marketing experience spans eCommerce, technology, and strategic response management platforms, with a strong focus on delivering customer value.

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.

Josh Hendrick

Sr Product Marketing Manager,
Responsive

Josh loves focusing on the customer - with over a decade of experience in Product Marketing in EdTech and SaaS, he builds understanding and product alignment through customer-centric strategies and collaboration.

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.

Josh Neal

Mgr, Customer Success,
Responsive

Josh is a leader within Responsive’s Customer Success organization. With his two decades of experience across direct brand and SaaS technology, he approaches customer relationships with a keen focus on growth and scale.

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.