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Linda Gooden — The Pitch — The Decision | OurVaya

Internal Credibility35

Capital50

Security Alert Level15

Market Timing80

1993

Run State

Internal Credibility35

Capital50

Security Alert Level15

Market Timing80

Game

Linda Gooden — The Pitch

Context

Bethesda, 1993. You are Linda Gooden — contract manager at what was Martin Marietta, now Lockheed Martin. Your team just won a $43.9 million contract with the Social Security Administration. It is nothing like the Depart…