Lunch & Learn Webinar Featuring Dawn Tucker

Lunch & Learn Webinar Featuring Dawn Tucker

Paula Watts is a Federal Procurement Strategist and a Certified Contracts Specialist and the founder and CEO, of the Government Procurement Innovators, LLC (GPI).

Early in her career, Ms. Watts owned and operated a successful business which under her leadership was awarded approximately $15 million in contracts through SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program. Ms. Watts exited the business in 2005 and joined the SBA in 2008.

During her tenure as a SBA Business Opportunity Specialist, Ms. Watts successfully assisted multiple 8a firms in their quest to obtain multi-million-dollar federal contracts. Her unique mix of private sector and SBA experience has given her a 360-degree vantage point and an in-depth understanding of the government contracting arena which she uses to her clients’ advantage.

Ms. Watts is passionate about sharing her knowledge and has conducted over 800 seminars and counseled more than 10,000 businesses on topics such as small business start-up, business expansions, and developing winning strategies when marketing to the Federal government.

Since establishing GPI in September 2015, Ms. Watts and her team have trained over 500 individuals through GPI’s 8-week Boot Camp Classes to become Business Ready, Government Ready, or Contract Ready.

Among the many resources that Ms. Watts makes available to her students is a strategically assembled team of subject matter experts who provide step-by-step guidance in areas such as responding to Requests for Proposals (RFP’s), bidding on products and supplies and setting up your accounting system for government contracting.

Ms. Watts’s motto is “Each One Has to Teach One”, and believes that to be successful at the “Game”, you must understand the rules of the Game.