Announcing the 2021 Federal 100 Award winners
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Meet the women and men being honored for their exceptional contributions to federal IT.
Hundreds of nominations were submitted, and our panel of government and industry judges debated for hours. The result? A list of 100 women and men who personify what's possible in federal IT.
Every year, it's a tremendous privilege to be able to sift through all these stories. The pool of nominations shows the vast range of important work being done throughout the community, and there are always far more outstanding individuals than even a list of 100 can accomodate. That was certainly the case this time around.
You'll have the chance to learn more about each of this year's winners in the coming months -- via the profiles we will publish in FCW magazine and on FCW.com, and (we hope!) in person at the Aug. 27 Fed 100 gala. For now, though, you'll have to make do with the list of names, which you can find below.
Congratulations to each and every one of the 2021 Federal 100:
- Craig Abod
President
Carahsoft Technology Corp. - Eric Adolphe
CEO
Forward Edge-AI - Kevin Allen
Program Manager, Enterprise Systems and Services (PMW 250)
U.S. Navy - Taka Ariga
Chief Data Scientist and Innovation Lab Director
Government Accountability Office - Katie Arrington
Chief Information Security Officer for Acquisition and Sustainment
Department of Defense - Alan Balutis
Senior Director and Distinguished Fellow
Cisco - Ron Bewtra
Chief Technology Officer
Department of Justice - Branko Bokan
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Department of Homeland Security - Beth Cappello
Deputy CIO
Department of Homeland Security - Nicole Carey
Vice President, Strategic Communications and Integrated Marketing
Dynamic Integrated Services - Sandy Carter
Vice President, Global Public Sector Partners and Programs
Amazon Web Services - Nicolas Chaillan
Chief Software Officer
Department of the Air Force - Mignon Clyburn
Principal
MLC Strategies - Darlene Coen
Director of Strategy and Acquisition
NASA - Miranda A. Coleman
Product Lead, Army Vantage, Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems
Army PEO EIS - Suzi Connor
Chief Information Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Shila Cooch
Director of Federal IT Policy
Office of Management and Budget - Matthew T. Cornelius
Executive Director
Alliance for Digital Innovation - Maj. Ryan Costantino
Data Innovation Chief, Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solution program, Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Department of Defense - Dr. Pamela Crawford
Senior Advisor
Social Security Advisory Board - Maj. Gen. Kimberly Crider
Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations
U.S. Space Force - Portia Crowe, Ph.D
Chief Data Officer, Network Cross-Functional Team
Army Futures Command - Emery Csulak
Principal Deputy CIO
Department of Energy - Irving Dennis
Chief Financial Officer
Department of Housing and Urban Development - Ed DeSeve
Coordinator, Agile Government Center
National Academy of Public Administration - Anil Dewan
Digital Service Expert and Product Manager, Defense Digital Service
Department of Defense - Frank Dimina
Vice President, Americas & Public Sector
Splunk - Brian Drake
Director of Artificial Intelligence, Future Capabilities and Innovation Office
Defense Intelligence Agency - Siobhan Dullea
Chief Executive Officer
MassChallenge - Matt Eanes
Director, Performance Accountability Council Program Management Office
Office of Management and Budget - Thomas (Pat) Flanders
Defense Health Agency Deputy Assistant Director for Information Operations and Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Defense Health Agency - Emily Frye
Director for Cyber Integration
MITRE - Rebecca Gevalt
Managing Director
Dcode - Joe Gioeli
Chief Information Officer and Assistant Commissioner for Information & Security Services, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Department of Treasury - Venice Goodwine
Chief Information Security Officer
Department of Agriculture - Zach Graves
Head of Policy
Lincoln Network - Roger Greenwell
CIO & Risk Management Executive
Defense Information Systems Agency - James Gregory
Director, Robotic Process Automation Program
General Services Administration - Todd Hager
Vice President
Macro Solutions - Lt.Gen. Tim Haugh
Commander, 16th Air Force
U.S. Air Force - Shawn Henry
President, Services Division, and Chief Security Officer
CrowdStrike - Derek Herbert
Deputy Director, Office of Transition and Economic Development
Department of Veterans Affairs - Steven Hernandez
Chief Information Security Officer
Department of Education - Casey Hurt
Technical Director, Cloud Computing Program Office, Defense Information Systems Agency
Department of Defense - Matt Huston
Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Platform One
Department of the Air Force - Pamela Isom
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Architecture, Engineering, Technology & Innovation
Department of Energy - Nathan Jones
Vice President, Federal
Red Hat - Wanda Jones Heath
Principal Cyber Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer
Department of the Air Force - Dr. Meredith Josephs
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, FEHRM Program Office
Department of Veterans Affairs - Brandon Jubar
Branch Chief, Quality Management, and Section 508 Program Manager
Department of Labor - Tina Kang
Senior Director, Federal Civil
Brillient Corporation - Nazzic Keene
Chief Executive Officer
SAIC - Kamran Khaliq
Senior Cyber Advisor
Department of Health and Human Services - Donna Klecka
Vice President & General Manager, IS&T Division
ASRC Federal - Frank Konieczny
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Air Force - Clair Koroma
Bureaucracy Hacker, Defense Digital Service
Department of Defense - Christopher Krebs
Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Department of Homeland Security - Rick Kryger
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Department of Labor - Samuel Leitner
Data Scientist, AI Program Manager
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau - Eric Markow
Director, Web Applications PMO
Internal Revenue Service - Brad Medairy
Executive Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton - Travis Methvin
Project Manager, Naval Commercial Cloud Services (NCCS)
Naval Commercial Cloud Services, PMW 270 - Col. Robert Mikesh
Information Technology Lead, Operation Warp Speed
Department of Defense - Christina Monaco
Former Chief Ventures Officer
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Mark F. Newsome
Partner, U.S. Federal Healthcare
IBM Global Business Services - Laurence (Larry) Nichols III
Digital Forensics Investigator/Cyber Security Engineer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Andrea Norris
Director, Center for Information Technology, and Chief Information Officer
National Institutes of Health - Col. Marc Packler
Commander, Cyberspace Capabilities Center
U.S. Air Force - Victoria Yan Pillitteri
Computer Scientist, FISMA Project Leader
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Laura Prietula
Deputy Director, Veterans Experience Office, Multi-Channel Technologies Directorate
Department of Veterans Affairs - G. Nagesh Rao
Chief Information Officer (Acting), Bureau of Industry and Security
Department of Commerce - Jim Richberg
Public Sector Field CISO
Fortinet Federal - Geo Saba
Chief of Staff
Congressman Ro Khanna - Mark Santaw
Chief Information Officer/G-6, Criminal Investigation Command
U.S. Army - Gissa Sateri
Director
REI Systems, Inc. - James Saunders
Chief Information Security Officer
Small Business Administration - Andrew Schnabel
Vice President
Zscaler - Cristy Scott
Contracts Director
Department of Health and Human Services - Sonal Shah
Executive Director
Georgetown Beeck Center - Robert Shea
National Managing Principal, Public Policy
Grant Thornton - Nancy Sieger
Chief Information Officer
Internal Revenue Service - Harrison Smith
Deputy Chief Procurement Officer
Internal Revenue Service - Nicholas Speece
Chief Federal Technologist
Snowflake - David Spirk
Department of Defense, Chief Data Officer
Department of Defense - Robert Stein
Senior Vice President, North America Public Sector
Salesforce - Elham Tabassi
Chief of Staff, Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Theresa Terry
Brach Chief, Contracting
U.S. Air Force - Michael Thieme
Assistant Director for Decennial Census Programs, Systems and Contracts at the United States Census Bureau
Census Bureau - Kiersten Todt
Managing Director
Cyber Readiness Institute - Nick Totten
Associate Chief Information Officer
Department of Treasury - Zachary Trojak
Area Vice President
Medallia - Ryan Vega
Chief Officer, Healthcare Innovation and Learning
Department of Veterans Affairs - Eileen Vidrine
Chief Data Officer
U.S. Air Force - Rick Wagner
President
Microsoft Federal - Trevor Wagner
Testing & Sharing Lead, Procurement Innovation Lab
Department of Homeland Security - Stephen (Steve) Wallace
Emerging Technology Director / Systems Innovation Scientist
Defense Information Systems Agency - Lt. Gen. Chris Weggeman
Vice Commander Air Combat Command (Lead Command for Cyber)
U.S. Air Force - Lloyd (Colt) Whittal
Chief Experience Officer
Department of the Air Force - Sharon Woods
Executive Director, Cloud Computing Program Office
Department of Defense - Eliana Zavala
Management Analyst, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Office of Management and Budget