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The original American Indian rainmakers danced and performed magic rituals to grow their crops.  Today’s rainmakers generate new business and influence decision makers to help companies grow. 


Rainmakerz Consulting delivers business development solutions that consistently yield tangible results and exceed client expectations. 


What We Do: Provide business development solutions primarily focused on proposal development, proposal review, orals coaching, training, and business planning.


How We Do It: Deliver 'outstanding' services to 46 customers resulting in over $57billion in new contracts and break-through improvements in business development efficiency and effectiveness.


Clients:  Our clients incude some of the largest and most recognized companies in the world.  We have supported their pursuit of 18 Federal Agencies, 16 States/Municipalities, and numerous other public and private organizations.

  • Accenture
  • ACS
  • Aspen Systems Corporation
  • AT&T Government Solutions
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • CGI-AMS
  • Citigroup
  • EDS
  • General Dynamics
  • IFC (Worldbank)
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co
  • Keane Government Solutions
  • L-3 Communications
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Pearson NCS
  • Perot Systems
  • Raytheon
  • STG
  • QinetiQ North America

Services:  We provide a broad array of strategic and tactical business development services across the entire business development lifecycle.

  • Capture-> Business Planning; Market Analysis; Capture/Bid Management; Target Account Pursuits; Competitive Studies
  • Propose-> Proposal Management; Proposal Development and Support; Compliance Reviews; Orals Preparation and Coaching
  • Deliver-> RFP Development; Vendor Evaluation and Selection; Contract Negotiation; Requirements Analysis; Transition Planning; Risk Analysis; Quality Assurance
  • Enhance-> BD Process Analysis and Implementation; Training Assessment, Development, and Delivery;  Website Design and Implementation; Compensation Studies; Executive Search; Staff Augmentation

Each service area includes tools and templates designed to save our clients time and money.  Many of these tools are adapted by our clients for improved business development efficiency and effectiveness on future projects.


Strategic Partners: We have established formalized relationships with a number of  specialized business development consulting companies to bring value-added services to our clients. This network of virtual employees represents literally thousands of capture, proposal, training, business communication, coaching, and other subject matter experts to support your business development needs.


Tangible Results with Superior Value: We consistently deliver tangible results that exceed client expectations.

  • Successfully completed over 160 projects
  • Supported the successful sale of products and services at ACS, EDS, Keane, NCS Pearson, Perot Systems, Raytheon and other clients
  • Received 'Outstanding' ratings on all evaluated projects across 12 rated skill categories
  • 'Overall Value' rating score of 4.8 out of 5.0

News Highlights:  We help put our clients and business partners 'in the news' with contract wins, awards, and featured articles.

2007-2008

  • Rainmakerz Manages Perot Systems $2B VistA BPA Win at the VA
  • Rainmakerz Helps 2020 Company Manage $3.4B ESD Win at CMS
  • Lockheed Martin Gets Rainmakerz Help to Win DOJs MEGA3 Recompete
  • Rainmakerz Helps QinetiQ win $40M Project for the US Army
  • Rainmakerz Wins 11th Project with Perot Systems Governemnt Services
  • Chris Simmons Elected to APMP Local Chapter Board of Directors

2005-2006

  • Rainmakerz Helps Perot Systems Win Fourth Department of Education Contract in 2006
  • Another Perot Systems Win at DHS EAGLE With Help From Rainmakerz
  • BizConnex and Rainmakerz Team to Win Second USDA Bid in Twelve Months
  • Virtual Contract Manager 'makes rain' with Rainmakerz

2002-2004

  • Rainmakerz Manages Team to Win $2.3B ED Contract for ACS
  • Rainmakerz 'Captures' ITSS Recompete for Keane at DOJ
  • Rainmakerz Helps Save the Day for Raytheon's CMS Win at HHS
  • BizConnex Names Rainmakerz 'Outstanding Business Partner'
  • BizConnex and Rainmakerz Team Successfully for BuyIT.gov at the VA
  • Pearson Wins S-CAT Bid in UK with Rainmakerz Support
  • Rainmakerz Consulting LLC Opens in DC (May, 2002)

Client Accolades: We continually exceed the expectations of our clients and partners.

"The Rainmakerz team has helped us win hundreds of millions in new business"..."worth their weight in gold"                                                       -- Donnie Blanks, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Perot Systems

"Outstanding business development skills"..."exceeded our expectations"..."one of the best"..."we couldn't have done it without him"    -- Mark Blevins, Chief Information Officer, ACS

"The best proposal doctor I've ever worked with"                                       -- Cindy Brockwell, President & CEO, BizConnex Inc.


Chris Simmons is the founder and principal member of Rainmakerz Consulting.  He is a seasoned executive and entrepreneur with over 23 years of business development and consulting experience and success including $57 billion in new business products and services.

Let's Make Rain:  To find out more about what customers say about Rainmakerz services, or how we can help you grow your business, contact Chris Simmons at (202)255-2355 or chris@rainmakerz.biz.