Constructive Insights - A Capable Consortium with Senior-Level DoD and Industry Experience and Expertise to help you
PLOT YOUR COURSE AND SHAPE YOUR FUTURETogether, we are a force multiplier—delivering winning solutions that maximize your strengths and mitigate your risks
PLAN
Beginning of the Business Cycle
Analyzing the marketplace and trends to identify opportunities and developing and implementing strategies to translate those opportunities into successful business capture efforts.
PREPARE
Transitioning from Opportunity to Firm Business
Ensure readiness to execute and to establish and maintain performance visibility by confirming adequacy of: financial, schedule, quality, and asset management systems; program management, contract administration, and systems engineering personnel, processes and tools.
PERFORM
Implementing the Performance Plan to Stay On Course
Performance Focus: Performance visibility enabled by management systems and practices drives early problem identification and resolution—before contract performance is adversely affected.
Constructive Insights Principal Members
Mike Gutermuth
President of Apparity Consulting LLC.
With 35 years’ in senior positions leading federal acquisition programs, Mike Gutermuth is well equipped to provide insight to help you pursue and execute federal contracts.
Phyllis Paris
President of Designautics
Phyllis Paris brings 25 years’ ship design and construction experience followed by 17 years’ demonstrated business capture success, evidenced by repeat clients, to help your company to create and implement the winning strategy and produce the winning proposal.
John Ingram
President of Ingram Maritime Solutions LLC
John Ingram brings over 40 years of expertise in technical management with more than 30 years of Major Acquisition Program experience across government and industry domains. His experience encompassing major acquisition, design, construction, test, delivery, and management best practices provides informed advice to help you plan for and execute major programs.
In Memory of
Don Perkins
1958-2021
Founding Member and Driving Force Behind Constructive Insights
Following a stellar 40-year career in the Defense industry specializing in complex shipbuilding and contract management issues, Don Perkins established his own consulting firm dedicated to the provision of first-rate expertise to support the business needs of a diverse clientele encompassing a broad range of government and industry entities. Don’s unequaled professional reputation, integrity, and work ethic also led him to initiate the creation and development of Constructive Insights. This small consortium of like-minded consulting firms seeks to cost-effectively leverage their exceptional business acumen to benefit a variety of companies.
Don’s life, professionally and personally, was typified by the words of his motto – “No act of kindness is ever wasted.” In addition to having huge positive impact to every community he was part of while living and working from Maine to the US Gulf Coast and several points in between, Don volunteered weekly with the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to mentor and help small businesses grow and achieve their goals. Donald J. Perkins will be forever remembered for his kindness and generosity. He continues to inspire us.
