Meet Trident's Expert Evaluators

Jeff Everage

President and Founder

Jeff’s focus is expanding Trident’s client base and helping companies identify exactly which proposal services could help them rapidly expand their business. After a 15-year military career as a Navy SEAL Officer, Jeff went on to become a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton and PricewaterhouseCoopers where he leveraged his technical expertise in lifecycle IS, CISSP, and SOX design and compliance to provide strategic support for their information security efforts. After two decades working in the federal market, Jeff identified a need for better procurement processes and went on to build a successful proposal management company from the ground-up. Since 2008, he has worked on 60 proposals and has generated over $5B in contract value for his clients. Jeff also has extensive experience in professional training and coaching, including a successful career as a SEAL Team Training Officer and teaching several long-term RFP presentation courses. He is also certified as a technical trainer.

John Coe

Contract Strategist & Proposal Evaluation Consultant

John is an innovative, entrepreneurial business leader and management and technology consultant with more than 23 years of experience in the federal market, including extensive business operations, program management, marketing, business development, and staff leadership experience. John also has demonstrated experience managing senior client relationships; running large, complex programs; managing and motivating diverse teams; and building new business. John served as a leader of Booz Allen Hamilton’s government-wide contracts program for over 15 years, managing contracts, developing collaborative relationships with acquisition organizations, and leveraging a portfolio of contracts to develop new business. John holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Travis Hogan

Proposal Evaluation Consultant

Travis is an experienced Capture and Proposal Evaluation Consultant at Trident Proposal Management with extensive federal and DoD proposal expertise. He has supported 100+ government proposals totaling more than $1B in awarded value, serving as Proposal Manager, Writer, Color Team Evaluator, Technical Editor, and Compliance Reviewer. Drawing on both his proposal background and over 20 years as a U.S. Navy Submarine Officer, Travis brings an evaluator‑focused perspective on compliance, execution realism, and risk. Travis has a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion, and is a certified PMP.  His Color Team reviews emphasize clear alignment to requirements, strong win themes, and narrative cohesion that makes proposals easier for evaluators to score and harder to dismiss.

Tina Mangles, PMP

Proposal Evaluation Consultant

Tina Mangles, PMP, is a senior Capture and Proposal Evaluation Consultant with more than 36 years of military and federal consulting experience supporting National Agencies, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security. She has over 20 years of experience across the full capture and proposal lifecycle, leading and evaluating major IDIQs and single‑award procurements and contributing to more than $5B in contract ceiling captured. Tina brings deep expertise in proposal management, compliance, color team reviews, orals preparation, and classified proposal development, informed by her background in systems engineering, cybersecurity, operational testing, and training. As a Color Team Evaluator, she delivers disciplined, evaluator‑focused feedback that strengthens compliance, clarifies technical solutions, and improves proposal credibility and win probability.

Chris Pierce

Proposal Evaluation Consultant

Chris Pierce is an accomplished Senior Executive, Consultant, and Advisor with 30+ years of success across the military, civil, intelligence, commercial and international markets focused on management and technology consulting.  His broad areas of expertise include cybersecurity, network security, technology, global business, business development and proposal success, process improvement, change management, and strategic planning. Chris holds a key leadership position as the Principal Consultant and Advisor for his own consulting practice where he speaks to strategic cyber needs down to technical levels in various cyber disciplines. While at Booz Allen, Chris served in multiple roles across Defense, Civil, Intelligence, and Commercial clients for +23 years.  His last two roles at Booz Allen were leading the entire international business for the Firm, and then developing the strategy for the entirety of the Intelligence business.  Chris stood up the Cyber Security Functional Community across the Firm, leading the initial kick-off, identifying leadership and evangelists, aligning and defining initial roles, and instituting initial affiliation workstreams. Chris was also known for his competitive acumen in shaping, developing and then delivering on proposals (across government and commercial), in both the written format as well as oral presentations.  Prior to his roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, Chris was a Naval Flight Officer flying C-130 “Hercules" as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy.  Chris holds a M.S. in Business Organization and Systems Management from the University of LaVerne as well as a B.S. in Oceanography from the United States Naval Academy. He has received his CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional, MCSE (MS Cert Systems Engineering), MCT: MSFT (Certified Trainer), RHCT (Red Hat Cert Technician), and the Cisco Certified Network Analyst (CCNA) certifications.

Mike Schoep

Proposal Evaluation Consultant

Mike is a retired Naval Surface Warfare Limited Duty Officer (LDO) with Aegis, Amphibious, Undersea, and Battle Group staff experience. After retiring the U.S. Navy, he had a successful 22-year career in the Defense Industry in program management, market strategy, and all phases of the Business Development Lifecycle specializing in capturing new ‘white space’ business. He is an accomplished senior level business development executive who has spent years focusing on growing market share and winning new work. As a Senior Capture and Proposal Manager, he has a history of successfully developing market leads, shaping procurements, writing winning proposals, and leading teams to deliver professional, engineering, and technical services. Mike has a M.S. in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a B.S. in Business Administration from National University. 

Rebecca Wayland

Proposal Evaluation Consultant

Rebecca is a veteran U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer with 18 years of leadership and management experience. With nearly a decade of experience in managing and developing proposals, she has supported more than 300 Federal and DOD proposals. She is also Trident's lead for GWACs and MA-IDIQs, and is highly regarded as a trusted authority in her field. She has successfully led and delivered winning proposals for various contract vehicles including ASTRO, OASIS, SeaPort NxG, Alliant, SIA 3, RS3, and IAC MAC. Rebecca excels at managing complex projects, collaborating with diverse teams, and has a keen eye for technical editing that makes proposals more compliant and compelling. She is the co-author of Trident’s FastProp Process. Rebecca has a B.S. in English from the United States Naval Academy and brings experience with military operations in the FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, and SEVENTH Fleet AORs.

"The proposal support we received from Kristi and Trident was invaluable from start to finish. We couldn’t have turned this proposal around in 30 days without her coordination and expertise."

- CA-based Large Business