2023 Chief Officer Awards

May 10, 2023 @ The Ritz-Carlton

WHERE

The Ritz-Carlton in McLean, VA

WHEN

May 10, 2023
11:00 am -1:30 pm

CONTACT

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2023 Award Finalists

Chief Diversity Officer

Private & Public

Dana Rixter
BAE Systems, Inc.

Dr. Rob Smith
Amentum

Laila Salguero
Peraton

Terri Hatcher
NTT DATA

Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

Private & Public

Farah Shah
J&J Worldwide Services

Mark McNeely
BlueHalo

Suzan Cengiz
LMI

Stephen Kovac
Zscaler

Chief Executive Officer

Private

Annual Revenue less than $100M

Burton White
Excella

Gautam Ijoor
Alpha Omega Integration, LLC

Gilbert Dussek
Gunnison Consulting Group

Rachele Cooper
Aptive Resources

Robert Miller
SilverEdge Government Solutions

Chief Executive Officer

Private

Annual Revenue greater than $100M and less than $500M

Doug Wagoner
LMI

Larry Katzman
Applied Information Sciences

Matt Jones
Sigma Defense

Steve Kelley
J&J Worldwide Services

Sunny Singh
Aeyon

Chief Executive Officer

Private

Annual Revenue greater than $500M and less than $1Billion

Dan Corbett
Valiant Integrated Services

Kevin Kelly
Arcfield

Rene LaVigne
Iron Bow Technologies

Chief Executive Officer

Private

Annual Revenue greater than $1Billion

Bryan Palma
Trellix

David Wajsgras
Intelsat

Paul Saleh
Gainwell Technologies

Scott McIntyre
Guidehouse

Terry Ryan
Constellis

Chief Executive Officer

Public

Anna Sever
Magellan Federal

John Ustica
Siemens Government Technologies

Mike Loomis
Nokia

Tammer Olibah
Hexagon US Federal

Chief Financial Officer

Private

Annual Revenue less than $100M

Amy Wood
Intelligent Waves

Carter Wood
Buchanan & Edwards

Holly Aglio
NetCentrics

Josh Montgomery
IOMAXIS

Lesley Lambert
EM Key Solutions, Inc.

Chief Financial Officer

Private

Annual revenue greater than $100M

Bob Kwaja
Two Six Technologies

Cindy Shephard
Cadmus

Jeff Pagano
Aeyon

Mladen Brkic
Ultra Intelligence & Communications

Robert Richards
BlueHalo

Chief Financial Officer

Public

Becky Harris
Hexagon US Federal

Katy Nierman
Siemens Government Technologies

Robert Waffle
QinetiQ

Chief Growth Officer

Private

Annual Revenue less than $100M

Jeff Mujsce
BryceTech

Martha Mathers
OPEXUS

Mike Zembrzuski
NetCentrics

Tim Patterson
Intelligent Waves

Chief Growth Officer

Private

Annual Revenue greater than $100M and less than $500M

James Batt
BlueHalo

Pat Collins
Aeyon

Pete Pflugrath
LMI

Zhenia Klevitsky
Sev1Tech

Chief Growth Officer

Private

Annual Revenue greater than $500M

Darryle Conway
Constellis

Joseph Cubba
ManTech

Carl Buffington
Koniag Government Services

Larry Frazier
Iron Bow Technologies

Chief Growth Officer

Public

Greg Bowman
Siemens Government Technologies

Ronald Baham
QinetiQ

Sergio Ostria
ICF

Chief Human Resources Officer

Private

Dave Fink
CAES

Deborah Drake
Noblis, Inc.

Donna Diederich
LMI

Janet Brewer
Arcfield

Shaveta Joshi
ASRC Federal

Chief Human Resources Officer

Public

Angie Combs
CACI

Betty Thompson
Booz Allen Hamilton

Daniela Walrath
QinetiQ

Julie Van Leunen
Serco Inc.

Michelle Link
Maximus

Chief Information Officer

Private

Chas Shaffer
Guidehouse

Matthew Ramsey
BlueHalo

Mike Uster
ManTech

Chief Information Officer

Public

Chris Soong
HII Mission Technologies

James Hannah
GDIT

Steve Hittle
ECS

Chief Information Security Officer

Public

Derek Hardy
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Garrett Smiley
Serco Inc.

Nicole Dean
Accenture Federal Services

Chief Legal Counsel

Private

Bruce Almquist
CAES

Melissa Taylormoore
Constellis

Michael Garson
SOSi

Steve Costalas
Gainwell Technologies

Chief Legal Counsel

Public

Jim Lee
Maxar Technologies

Matthew Madalo
Siemens Government Technologies

Mike Kolloway
Parsons Corporation

Chief Marketing Officer

Private

Brad Mascho
Empower AI

Ellen Walsh
Attain Partners

Joy Jarrett
Guidehouse

Sarah Kim
Iron Bow Technologies

Chief Operating Officer

Private & Public

Eleanor Desai
Ad Hoc

Jerry Hogge
CALIBRE Systems

Rocky Thurston
DMI

Tina Dolph
CRDF Global

James Morgan
ICF

Chief Security Officer

Private & Public

James Kennedy
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Mary Rose McCaffrey
Northrop Grumman Corporation

Sharon Claridge
Booz Allen Hamilton

Chief Technology Officer

Private

Dan Hushon
Guidehouse

Dr. Dave Young
CAES

Dr. Joseph Norton
LMI

Jacob Sims
Gainwell Technologies

Karan Sondhi
Trellix

Vishwas Lele
Applied Information Sciences

Chief Technology Officer

Public

Doug Jones
Leidos

Marcus Moffett
Cisco

Ricardo Lorenzo
Parsons Corporation

Steve Orrin
Intel Federal

Susan Penfield
Booz Allen Hamilton

Chief Data Officer

Government

Allison Oelschlaeger
CMS

Clark Cully
U.S. Department of Defense

Lindsey Saul, Ph.D
Defense Logistics Agency

Mike Horton
US Department of Homeland Security

Randal Cole
US Department of Navy

Chief Information Officer

Government

Aaron Weis
U.S. Department of Navy

Ann Dunkin
U.S. Department of Energy

Beth Cappello
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Kelly Fletcher
U.S. Department of State

La’Naia Jones
CIA

Chief Information Security Officer

Government

Chris DeRusha
Executive Office of the President

Donna Bennett
U.S. Department of State

Ja’Nelle DeVore
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Kenneth Bible
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Rich Baich
CIA

Chief Technology Officer

Government

Alex Loehr
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

David Larrimore
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Heidi Shyu
U.S. Department of Defense

Nand Mulchandani
CIA

Sunil Madhugiri
U.S. Customers and Border

Givers of GovCon

Podcast

Employee-Led $2M Grass Roots Charitable Giving Initiative
Brian McHugh
ManTech

Supporting Wounded Veterans Through the Catch A Lift Fund
Chris Oliver
ID Technologies

Creating Community, Networking Opportunities for Young Leaders
Christine Cocrane
LMI

Giving back to communities where Maximus employees live and work
John Boyer – The Maximus Foundation
Maximus

Investing in Veteran Entrepreneurs
Julian Setian
SOSi

Master of Ceremonies

Bruce Caswell

CEO of Maximus

Judges

Judge

Tim Keenan - Founder, Keenan & Associates

Timothy C. Conway
President & Founder of Trusted Digital Consulting

Judge

Tim Keenan - Founder, Keenan & Associates

Cheryl Janey
Managing Partner of Morewood Partners, LLC

Judge

Deborah Dunie, Board Member of SAIC

Sumeet Shrivastava
Former Chairman and CEO of ARRAY

Lifetime Achievement

Sudahar Kesavan

Event Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

Deltek---Presenting-Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

J&J Worldwide Services---Gold-Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

Maximus---Silver-Sponsor
KippsDeSanto---Silver-Sponsor
Northern Virginia Science Center-Silver Sponsor
Koniag-Government-Services---Silver-Sponsor
LMI---Silver-Sponsor

Table Sponsors

ICF---Table-Sponsor
QINETIQ---Table-Sponsor
GMU-School-of-Business---Table-Sponsor
Cadmus---Table-Sponsor
Nokia---Table-Sponsor
Magellan-Federal---Table-Sponsor
Intelsat---Table-Sponsor
Excella---Table-Sponsor
gainwell---Table-Sponsor
ECS---Table-Sponsor
ASRC-Federal---Table-Sponsor
SOSI---Table-Sponsor
Simens-Government-Technologies---Table-Sponsor

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The Chief Officer Awards will find the chief data officers, chief information security officers, chief operating officers and so on, leading their organizations with innovation, expertise and thought leadership. This is a one-of-a-kind event on the Beltway, with focus on those demonstrating real, positive GovCon leadership.

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