FedScoop 50 Awards

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED
Click on each nominee below to learn more about them.

The FedScoop 50 Awards honor the best and the brightest who make the federal government more efficient and effective. These awards allow us to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our peers and acknowledge their tireless efforts to make a positive impact in the government community and in public service.

IMPORTANT DATES
Nominations Open: Thursday, July 18, 2019
Nominations Close: Friday, September 6, 2019
Voting Opens: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Voting Closes: Friday, October 11, 2019

2019 RECEPTION PHOTOS

2019 FedScoop 50 Awards Reception

AWARD CATEGORIES

Click on a photo to learn more about the achievements of each nominee and to vote.

GOLDEN GOV
For the visionary leader who implements innovative ideas, inspires others to get on board and has impact on not only their agency, but also the greater federal technology community and the country.
Michael
Brown
Director, DIU,
DOD
Anil
Cheriyan
Director of the Technology Transformation Services & Deputy Commissioner, FAS,
GSA
Maj. Gen. Dennis
Crall
Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor, OSD,
DOD
Lt. Gen. Bruce
Crawford
CIO/G-6,
U.S. Army
Dana
Deasy
CIO,
DOD
Sue
Gordon
Fmr. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence,
ODNI
Margie
Graves
Deputy Federal CIO,
Executive Office of the President
Rep. Will
Hurd
Congressman,
R-Tx
Suzette
Kent
Federal CIO,
Executive Office of the President
Chris
Krebs
Director, CISA,
DHS
Ellen
Lord
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment,
DOD
Thomas
Modly
Under Secretary of the Navy, Chief Management Officer & CIO,
Dept. of Navy
Gen. Paul
Nakasone
Director, NSA & Commander, U.S. Cyber Command,
NSA
Vice Adm. Nancy
Norton
Director, DISA & Commander,
JFHQ-DODIN
Grant
Schneider
Federal CISO,
Executive Office of the President
Lt. Gen. Jack
Shanahan
Director, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center,
DOD
Sen. Mark
Warner
Senator,
D-Va.
Margaret
Weichert
Deputy Director,
OMB
FEDERAL LEADERSHIP
For the federal leader helping their agency implement new technologies, strategies and IT programs to lower the cost of government while making it more innovative, agile and effective.
Gundeep
Ahluwalia
CIO,
Dept. of Labor
Dorothy
Aronson
CIO,
NSF
Jose
Arrieta
CIO,
HHS
Dave
Bennett
CIO & Director of Operations,
DISA
Benjamin
Bergersen
CIO,
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
David
Chow
CIO,
HUD
Ryan
Cote
CIO,
DOT
John
Felker
Assistant Director for Integrated Operations, CISA,
DHS
Gregory
Garcia
Deputy CIO/G-6,
U.S. Army
James
Gfrerer
Assistant Secretary for IT & CIO,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Hilmar
Hamann, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Business Informatics, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research,
FDA
Carlene
Ileto
Executive Director, Infrastructure Services Office,
DHS
Mia
Jordan
CIO, Office of Rural Development,
USDA
Joe
Klimavicz
CIO,
DOJ
Frank
Konieczny
CTO,
U.S. Air Force
Phil
Landfried
Assistant Commissioner & CIO,
CBP
Matt
Lira
Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy & Initiatives,
Executive Office of the President
Mike
Madsen
Deputy Director, DIU,
DOD
Ashley
Mahan
Acting Director, FedRAMP,
GSA
Brig. Gen. Lorna
Mahlock
CIO,
U.S. Marine Corps
Bill
Marion
Acting Chief, Information Dominance & Deputy CIO,
U.S. Air Force
Clare
Martorana
CIO,
OPM
Rajive
Mathur
Deputy Commissioner for Systems and CIO,
SSA
Stuart
McGuigan
CIO,
Dept. of State
Essye
Miller
Acting Principal Deputy CIO,
DOD
Ram
Murthy
CIO,
Railroad Retirement Board
Vaughn
Noga
CIO,
EPA
Eric
Olson
CIO,
Dept. of Treasury
Kaschit
Pandya
Acting Deputy CIO, Tax Reform,
IRS
Dennis
Papula
Chief Business Technology Officer at Program Support Center,
HHS
Douglas
Perry
Deputy CIO,
NOAA
Maria
Roat
CIO,
SBA
Col. Bobby
Saxon
Acting Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response Operations (EPRO); Acting CMS Continuity Manager,
CMS
John
Sherman
CIO,
Intelligence Community
David
Shive
CIO,
GSA
Ed
Simcox
CTO,
HHS
John
Skudlarek
Acting CIO,
FCC
Kevin
Smith
CIO,
Census Bureau
Bill
Vajda
CIO,
Dept. of Interior
Roy
Varghese
CIO, National Marine Fisheries Service,
NOAA
Gary
Washington
CIO,
USDA
Renee
Wynn
CIO,
NASA
Maj. Gen. Garrett
Yee
Assistant to the Director,
DISA
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
For the private sector leader driving change by being a valued partner to government and leading teams that help agencies work smarter and lower costs.
Shaun
Bierweiler
VP & GM, Public Sector,
Cloudera
Bob
Carter
VP, Public Sector,
Apptio
Alexander
Chapin
Executive Director, DOD/IC,
McAfee
Cameron
Chehreh
CTO & VP, Federal Pre-Sales Engineering,
Dell Technologies
Casey
Coleman
SVP, Global Government Industry,
Salesforce
Laurie
Cook
VP, Public Sector Sales & Alliances,
Blue Prism
Mac
Curtis
President & CEO,
Perspecta
Dominic
Delmolino
CTO,
Accenture Federal Services
Rick
Herrmann
Director, Americas Public Sector Region,
Intel Federal
Coby
Holloway
VP for IT Modernization,
SAIC
Chris
Howard
VP, Public Sector Sales,
Nutanix
David
Levy
VP, U.S. Government, Nonprofit & Healthcare, Worldwide Public Sector,
Amazon Web Services
Wayne
Lloyd
CTO,
RedSeal
Paul
Nedzbala
SVP, Federal Civilian,
GDIT
Jeff
Puffenberger
VP, Public Sector,
Riverbed
Anthony
Robbins
VP, North America Public Sector,
NVIDIA
Chris
Rose
Principal,
Deloitte Consulting
Shamlan
Siddiqi
CTO,
NTT DATA
Paul
Smith
SVP & GM,
Red Hat
Ellen
Sundra
VP, Americas Systems Engineering,
Forescout
Craig
Swanson
VP,
Booz Allen Hamilton
Bryan
Thomas
SVP, Public Sector,
World Wide Technology
Eric
Trexler
VP, Global Governments & Critical Infrastructure,
Forcepoint
David
Young
SVP, Strategic Government,
CenturyLink
DISRUPTOR OF THE YEAR
Leading innovators not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom and shake up the status quo.
Surafeal
Asgedom
Chief Modernization Officer,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Nelson
Colón
Presidential Innovation Fellow, Office of Information & Technology,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Daniel
Commons
Director IT Risk Management / CISO, Federal Student Aid,
Dept. of Education
Sylviane
Haldiman
Associate Deputy Commissioner, Office of Systems,
SSA
Tamieca
Hamlin
USDA Co-Lead, Customer Experience Center of Excellence,
USDA
Mark
Jacobsen
Founder, Rogue Squadron, DIU,
DOD
Theodore (Ted)
Kaouk
Chief Data Officer,
USDA
Michael
Kratsios
CTO of the United States,
The White House
Brig. Gen. Rob
Lyman
CIO/ Director of Command, Control, Communications and Cyber Systems, USTRANSCOM/J6,
DOD
Joshua
Marcuse
Executive Director of the Defense Innovation Board & Innovation Advisor to the CTO,
DOD
Dr. Karl
Mathias
CIO,
U.S. Marshals Service
Col. (Ret) Edward J
Mays
Executive Director, Enterprise Data Management & Engineering Directorate,
CBP
Harry
Pfeffer
Deputy Director, Technology Foundations,
DLA
Camala
Price
Chief of Staff, DOD/VA Interagency Program Office,
DOD
Charles
Worthington
CTO,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
CYBERSECURITY LEADER OF THE YEAR
For the Cybersecurity leader paving the way in Cybersecurity innovation and constantly looking for the best ways to keep our information safe.
Tammy
Barbour
Deputy Director, IT Security,
DHS
Donna
Bennett
Deputy CISO,
Dept. of Commerce
Paul
Blahusch
CISO,
Dept. of Labor
Conrad
Bovell
Director, Division of Information System Security,
CMS
Robert
Cox
Deputy ACIO, Cybersecurity,
IRS
Joseph
Cronin
CISO,
USTRANSCOM/J6-X,
DOD
Emery
Csulak
CISO & Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity,
Dept. of Energy
Karen
Evans
Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response,
Dept. of Energy
Venice
Goodwine
CISO,
USDA
David
Hogue
Technical Director, NSA Cybersecurity Threat Operations Center, (NCTOC),
NSA
Wanda
Jones-Heath
CISO & Chief, Cybersecurity Division,
U.S. Air Force
Nancy
Kreidler
Director, Cybersecurity & Information Assurance & CISO, CIO/G-6,
U.S. Army
Oki
Mek
CTO, Division of Acquisition,
HHS
Rich
Naylor
Sr. Cyber Advisor & Deputy Director, Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency,
DOD
Anne
Neuberger
Director, Cybersecurity,
NSA
Lt. Col. Ben
Quimby
Program Manager, DIU,
DOD
Dr. Jay
Ribeiro
Chief Cybersecurity Officer,
ATF
Greg
Sisson
Deputy CISO,
Dept. of Energy
Janet
Vogel
CISO,
HHS
Jack
Wilmer
CISO & Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity,
DOD
Ron
Wyden
Senator,
U.S. Senate
TECH CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
For the leaders whose passion for tech made us all think outside of the box.
Chester (Chuck)
Alexander
Branch Chief, Business, Information and Technology Management (IM/IT), Armed Services Blood Program,
DHA
Paul
Beckham
Director of Architecture, Strategy and Design,
Dept. of Labor
Sean
Brune
Assistant Deputy Commissioner/Deputy CIO, IT Modernization,
SSA
Lt. Col. Travis
Burton
Program Manager, DIU,
DOD
Matt
Cutts
Administrator,
USDS
Joshua
Di Frances
Executive Director, Presidential Innovation Fellowship Program,
GSA
Laura
Downey, Ph.D.
Chief of Applied Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Division,
TSA
Christine
Finnelle
CTO, United States Marshals Service,
DOJ
Kitty
Lee
Chief Technical Advisor, IT,
TSA
Calvin
Lin
IT Specialist/Technical Lead,
FDA
Dr. Mark
Lucas
Director, Data Center and Cloud Migration,
DHS
Thomas
McCarty
Director, Platforms and Solutions,
DHS
Daniel
McCune
Executive Director, Enterprise Portfolio Management Division,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Brian
Ogle
Sr. Technical Engineer,
DHS
Sokwoo
Rhee
Associate Director, Cyber-Physical Systems Program,
NIST
Chezian
Sivagnanam
Chief Enterprise Architect,
NSF
Phani
Tangirala
IT Technical Lead,
Dept. of Labor
Samson
Teffera
Director of Application & Platform Governance & Standards,
Dept. of Labor
Joseph E.
Werle
CSSP Security Engineer, USTRANSCOM/J6-Y,
DOD
MOST INSPIRING UP & COMER
Young leaders who did exceptional IT work this year and made you think, "They'll be running the show someday."
Elena
Charnetzki
Sr. Intelligence Officer,
DIA
Spencer
Cummings
Branch Chief, Division of Analytics and Surveillance,
FERC
Amy
Frederick
Director, Compliance,
IRS
Zach
Goldfine
Presidential Innovation Fellow,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Captain Patrick
Gould
Program Manager, DIU,
DOD
Adela
Gresham
Director, IT Applications Development Corporate Data,
IRS
Darrin L.
Hawkins
Deputy Director, 375th Communications Group, 375th Communications Group,
U.S. Air Force
Ryan
Hendricks
USA Performance Product Development Supervisor,
OPM
Reginia
Hinrickson
FITARA Team Lead, OCIO,
USDA
Ryan
Hoesing
FedRAMP Customer Success Manager,
GSA
Sairah
Ijaz
Acting Chief Data Officer,
HUD
Christa
James
IT Specialist, USTRANSCOM/J6-RC,
DOD
Tonya
Judkins
Chief of Staff,
USDA
Jennifer
Kuk
IT Category Management Specialist, OFPP,
OMB
Greg
Maloney
Cyber Information Systems Flight Director, 26th Network Operations Squadron, Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex,
U.S. Air Force
Atash
Mehta
Director of Client Engagement,
Dept. of Labor
Margaret
Moon
Financial Analyst,
NSF
Samuel
Navarro
Program Manager, Wireless Mobility Program, FAS, ITC,
GSA
John
Petz
Director of 0365 Migration,
CBP
Omar
Saeb
Program Manager, Alliant 2,
GSA
Raju
Shah
Deputy CIO, FSIS,
USDA
Maj. Kelley
Truax
Branch Chief, CSSP Protect & Sustainment, USTRANSCOM/J6-YP,
DOD
Brian
Whittaker
Executive Director, Centers of Excellence,
GSA
Brian
Zingler
Deputy Director, CBP Hiring Center,
CBP
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
The innovative approach to cross-agency or intra-agency technology that may have been unfathomable until recently.
10x
Biometric Entry/Exit Program
Centers of Excellence (CoE)
Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
DHA SDD Health IT Modernization
DreamPort
Enterprise Blood Management System (EBMS)
HHS BUYSMARTER
login.gov
NOAA's Big Data Project
Project Portfolio Management Module
USA Performance
USDA Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Services Management Office
Veteran's Benefits Administration Modern Claims Processing

AWARD CRITERIA

Individuals: Accomplishments should have occurred between September 2018-present
Programs: Nominated programs must be current government programs

Each year we receive thousands of nominations and we must limit the number of nominees that move forward to final voting. The final nominee list is a selection of those with the most individual nominations received and for those who best met the criteria for each award. Each year, over 500,000 votes are received from the government and public service community to select our final list of winners.

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