Denise Reimer - Guest Speaker January 23 2008
Manager, Business Procurement Assistance Center

Denise is Program Manager for the Business Procurement Assistance Center.   She joined the Center as a Government Contract Specialist in 1997 with 16 years of business experience in manufacturing, aerospace engineering, government contracting and management.  Her private sector experience also includes positions with United Technologies, Hamilton Sunstrand located in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.  Denise was responsible for proposal preparation, manufacturing systems design, government contract compliance.  She was involved in numerous government projects, including NASA’s Waste Collection System, Space Station Freedom and Department of Defense classified programs. 

Education

Denise graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering in 1986, receiving an academic scholarship from the Institute of Industrial Engineers.  She is currently working toward her Masters in Business Administration.

Denise is successful in winning a competitive grant from the Department of Defense to assist Wisconsin businesses.  She leads the Business Procurement Assistance Center, which provides free technical and marketing assistance to Wisconsin businesses interested in selling their products and services to the government.  The Center’s mission is to provide businesses with the necessary tools to compete in the government market.  Denise is responsible for serving 1,000 Wisconsin businesses annually and was responsible for assisting Wisconsin businesses win $205.5 million last year alone. 

Denise has developed a series of business training sessions, offered through out the State of Wisconsin, geared to business expansion and produces a quarterly newsletter, distributed on a national level, which highlights current trends and initiatives in government contracting.