The 2006 Rising Stars
George Bernard Shaw said youth is wasted on the young. But if the inaugural list of Federal Computer Week’s Rising Star Award winners is any indication, many young members of the government information technology community have plenty of wisdom to share.
The awards, which FCW created with the Young AFCEANs of AFCEA International’s Bethesda, Md., chapter, are important because they recognize the good work of younger people in the community who might otherwise go unrecognized. FCW will honor the winners in the Oct. 9 issue and during an awards ceremony Oct. 12 in Washington, D.C.
We modeled the Rising Star program on the Federal 100 awards program. A panel of expert judges chose the winners from a pool of more than 180 people, who were nominated by others in the government IT community. We congratulate the winners — and thank them for their work.
— Christopher J. Dorobek
The winners
| Ryan Altenbaugh Army |
Steven Krauss GTSI |
Jerry Russell Jr. Army |
| Amy Anda Perot Systems |
John LaGuardia Defense Department |
Tracy Ruszin National Security Agency |
| Eytan Apelberg Vienna, Va., government |
Kristy LaLonde Office of Management and Budget |
Jeff Shen Red Team Consulting |
| Rodney Austin VHA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System |
Craig Larscheid U.S. Postal Service |
Arvinder Singh CNSI |
| Stacie Boyd Office of Management and Budget |
Christopher Lukas State Department |
Cody Smith General Dynamics |
| Ann Bradbury Small Business Administration |
Nick Macchione San Diego County government |
Jon Smolenski Army |
| Christopher Carey Justice Department |
Jon Marshall NewVectors |
Brooke Spitzer Navy |
John Chiu Jr. |
Hamid Moinamin Inserso |
Aristides Staikos Army |
| Bradford Curry Airman 1st Class Air Force |
Rebecca Moore Interior Department |
Kathleen Straub |
| Ryan Dickover Navy |
Zachary Murray Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
Christopher Taylor National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Bridget Dongarra Office of Personnel Management |
Paul Nguyen Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency |
Kyle Tucker Jr. Army |
| Andrew Glaser IBM |
Corey Nickens General Services Administration |
Tatyana Vidrevich XSB |
| Randi Greenberg Homeland Security Department |
Adam Oline Justice Department |
Cory Wagner Environmental Protection Agency |
| Temujin Greer Social Security Administration |
Mandy Parmer BAE Systems |
Lynnette Williams General Services Administration |
| Christopher Hamm General Services Administration |
Megan Quinn Environmental Protection Agency |
Amy Witte Office of Management and Budget |
| Jamey Harvey District of Columbia government |
Andrew Reago Social Security Administration |
David Wyld Southeastern Louisiana University |
| Kristyn Jones Defense Department |
Steve Ressler Homeland Security Department |
Rodney Young Army |
| Lee Kair Transportation Security Administration |
Michael Russ Oklahoma Department of Human Services |