Corissa Lickingteller Earns CPSM Designation

Corissa Lickingteller, CPSM, a Senior Marketing Coordinator at R&M, has earned her Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) designation.

”In an industry that values professional credentials, passing the CPSM places you on equal footing with other professionals at the firm. The CPSM exam rigorously tests knowledge of best practices for marketing in the professional services realm. I applaud Corissa for taking this step to advance her career, and celebrate that she is the third CPSM on R&M’s marketing team.”

Andrea Story, FSMPS, CPSM, R&M’s Chief Marketing & Administrative Officer

The CPSM certification is administered by the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), the only marketing organization dedicated engaging, inspiring and empowering architecture, engineering and construction professionals for leadership and lifelong learning. It is a voluntary certification designed to elevate the professional standards in marketing and business development and influence the future of this vital fields. The designation serves as a mark of distinction for professional services marketers and business developers, raising their standing with their employers, peers, and those within their profession.

“The CPSM validates my expertise from working more than two decades in the industry. The distinction also embodies continuous learning and growth to navigate developing changes in technological advancements and emerging market trends. This whole process has reinvigorated my perspective.”

Corissa Lickingteller, CPSM

Corissa has 25 years of experience working on proposals and project pursuits in Alaska’s A/E/C industry. Before joining in R&M in 2019, she worked with architects and general contractors on various design and design-build pursuits for private and public clients. Corissa enjoys the collaborative nature of proposal work and has a deep appreciation of technical expertise and creativity of professionals with whom she works – an asset in pulling out the why and how people and projects work to present for wider audiences. As a senior marketing coordinator, she prepares responses to Requests for Proposals and works on a variety of marketing collateral and events. 

Corissa has a B.S in Professional and Technical Communications from Montana Tech. She is a member of the Society for Marketing Professional Services and volunteers on the Pacific Regional Conference committee. On the weekends, Corissa is usually chauffeuring her kids around or forcing them on some trail, or sitting by the fire pit with friends. She enjoys skiing, camping and gardening.