Book Krystn Macomber — GovCon + AEC Speaker
Krystn doesn't lecture. She challenges. Every session is built around how work is actually won — and leaves your audience with something they can act on before they leave the room.
Krystn Macomber
CP APMP Fellow, LEED AP
Founder + Chief Executive Officer
The practitioner on the stage who has actually done the work.
Krystn Macomber is a BD, marketing, and proposal expert — and the creator of the Summit Win System™, a growth framework built after 23 years of working inside GovCon, AEC, and professional services pursuits. As founder + CEO of Summit Strategy, she helps government contractors and AEC firms compete smarter and win consistently across federal, SLED, and commercial markets.
A sought-after speaker at APMP, SMPS, SBA, VA, National 8(a) Association, Entrepreneurs' Organization, and Deltek events, Krystn has trained 50,000+ BD, capture, proposal, and marketing professionals.
She created the Win Academy™ to give teams a repeatable system for winning — not just better writing tips. Her sessions are known for radical candor, zero recycled content, and takeaways people use Monday morning.
A former Division I athlete, Krystn brings the same competitive drive to every stage and client engagement. She will challenge your team's assumptions, push their thinking, and leave them with something they can act on immediately.
50,000
250+
AEC + professional services
23
marketing, + proposals
Most Popular Topics
Sessions built around how work is actually won — not how people wish it were won.
- Business development + capture fundamentals
Building a pipeline that wins before the RFP drops — BD strategy, opportunity qualification, and capture planning for GovCon and AEC teams. - Proposal strategy + persuasive storytelling
Writing proposals that evaluators actually want to read — differentiation, win themes, and narrative structure for government and commercial pursuits. - Orals coaching + high-impact presentation skills
Preparing your team to walk into the room confident, credible, and ready to close — from message development to live delivery coaching. - Pre-RFP positioning + customer engagement
Getting known, trusted, and on the shortlist before the solicitation drops — account strategy, customer intimacy, and pre-RFP influence. - Key account management + growth planning
Turning your best clients into your most reliable pipeline — retention strategy, expansion planning, and relationship-driven growth. - BD for PMs: shifting from delivery to growth
Activating your project managers as growth contributors — without pulling them off the work that pays the bills. - Building scalable pursuit systems
Moving from reactive proposal production to a repeatable, integrated pursuit process — the foundation of the Summit Win System™.
Podcasts
Hear Krystn on the topics moving GovCon forward... pursuit strategy, winning proposals, acquisition reform, storytelling, and what's next.
Results
“This training by Summit Strategy gave us expertise we started using immediately, and it’s still paying off for us today.”
Top Notch
“After 10 years as a contracting officer, I can confidently say Krystn is the best proposal writer + speaker I've ever met. Her approach and training produce the kind of proposals I actually wanted to read as a KO — strategic, clear, and written with the evaluator in mind. She teaches teams how to communicate the way the government thinks, not just how to fill out a compliant response.”
Former DoD Contracting Officer
Engaging
“Thank you for delivering such incredible content at the National 8(a) Small Business Conference.”
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