2024 Chief Officer Awards2024-05-13T17:25:37-04:00

2024 Award Winners

May 10, 2024
The Hilton
McLean, VA
Attendance:
Single Finalists, Corporate Event Sponsors & Others.
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Networking
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Lunch & Award Presentation

Gold Sponsor

Maximus

Silver Sponsors

  • KippsDeSanto
  • ICF
  • RSM US
  • Sagewind

Table Sponsors

  • SAIC
  • RoyceGeo
  • Valiant
  • LMI
  • Ironbow
  • Integral Federal
  • Mantech
  • SOSi
  • CAES
  • Agile Defense
  • Casepoint
  • Arcfield
  • CASE
  • Two Six Technologies
  • Metrostar
  • J&J Worldwide
  • Aptive
  • Core4ce
  • Fortinet Federal
  • George Mason University
  • Acentra Health
  • HII
  • SPA
  • Ultra Intelligence & Communications
  • DMI
  • Magellan Federal
  • Koniag Government Services
  • Intelsat
  • Excella
  • Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc
  • B&A
  • Fearless
  • ANALYGENCE

2024 Award Finalists

Private

Chief Executive Officer

Annual Revenue Greater than $20M and Less than $100M

  • Burton White

    Excella

  • David Sterling

    Royce Geo

  • John Ayers

    REDLattice

  • Jonathan Evans

    B&A

  • Paul Farmer

    CASE

Private & Public

Chief Executive Officer

Annual Revenue Greater than $100M and Less than $500M

  • Bill Webner

    Capgemini Government Solutions

  • David Yockman

    Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.

  • Delali Dzirasa

    Fearless

  • John Ustica

    Siemens Government Technologies

  • Mark Drever

    Xcelerate Solutions

  • Rachele Cooper

    Aptive

  • Steve Kelley

    J&J Worldwide Services

  • Tim Borchert

    Tria Federal

Private & Public

Chief Executive Officer

Annual Revenue Over $500M

  • Horacio Rozanski

    Booz Allen Hamilton

  • John Cuomo

    VSE Corporation

  • John Heller

    Amentum

  • John Wasson

    ICF

  • Matt Desch

    Iridium Communications

Private

Chief Financial Officer

Annual Revenue Greater than $20M and Less than $100M

  • Dave Bromberg

    CASE

  • Josh Montgomery

    MAXISIQ

  • Manuel Mendez

    Integral Federal, Inc.

Private

Chief Financial Officer

Annual Revenue Greater than $100M and Less than $500M

  • Amy Wood

    Intelligent Waves

  • Craig College

    CALIBRE

  • Norman Bishop

    J&J Worldwide Services

  • Rick Johnson

    IntelliBridge

  • Tracy Nguyen

    Highlight Technologies, Inc.

Public

Chief Financial Officer

  • Ashutosh Gokhale

    HII Mission Technologies

  • David Mutryn

    Maximus

  • Prabu Natarajan

    SAIC

  • Shawn Mural

    V2X

  • Steve Griffin

    VSE CORPORATION

Private

Chief Growth Officer

Annual Revenue Greater than $20M and Less than $100M

  • Bryan Walter

    CASE

  • Lee Bader

    Royce Geo

  • Marc Zoellner

    The Building People

  • Martha Mathers

    OPEXUS

  • Ram Ravi

    FedTec

Public & Private

Chief Growth Officer

Annual Revenue Greater than $100M and Less than $500M

  • Chris Bishop

    Ultra Intelligence & Communications

  • Daniel Riggs

    Dine Development Corporation

  • Kelly Loeffler

    Acentra Health

  • Sean Thompson

    J&J Worldwide Services

  • Shannon Kelley

    Magellan Federal

  • Tim Patterson

    Intelligent Waves

  • Trey Theimer

    DMI

Private

Chief Growth Officer

Annual Revenue greater than $500M

  • Carl Buffington

    Koniag Government Services

  • Laura Braksator

    SMX Technologies

  • Sean Robertson

    Iron Bow Technologies

Private & Public

Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Catalina Murillo

    Intelligent Waves

  • Danielle Cole

    Agile Defense

  • Jo Ann Bjornson

    V2X

  • Julie Anna Barker

    ManTech

  • Marion Ticknor

    DMI

  • Melissa Marousek

    J&J Worldwide Services

  • Michelle Howell

    Systems Planning and Analysis

Private & Public

Chief Information Officer

  • Jeff Zack

    LMI

  • Mike Uster

    ManTech

  • Myles Weber

    Appian

  • Nathan Rogers

    SAIC

  • Shane Breland

    Core4ce

Private & Public

Chief Information Security Officer

  • Kevin Thomas

    LMI

  • Raj Badhwar

    Jacobs Engineering

  • Roger Ouellette

    V2X

  • Sundhar Rajan

    Casepoint

Private

Chief Operating Officer

  • Amy Dalton

    Two Six Technologies

  • Angela Leno

    Amivero

  • Bonnye Hart

    OPEXUS

  • Dave Young

    CAES

  • John Avalos

    Arcfield

  • Mo Hessabi

    MetroStar

  • Tom Peitler

    ANALYGENCE

Private & Public

Chief Security Officer

  • Aileen Abragan

    Valiant Integrated Services

  • Michael Smith

    Arcfield

  • Paul Michaels

    Fortinet Federal

  • Tim Potier

    Parsons Corporation

Private & Public

Chief Technology Officer

  • Adam Estrada

    Royce Geo

  • Ben Gianni

    GDIT

  • Bruno Fromont

    Intelsat

  • Corey Hulen

    Mattermost

  • Joanie Barr

    IntelliBridge

  • Kyle Fox

    SOSi

  • Steve Orrin

    Intel Federal

Government

Chief AI Officer

  • Eric Hysen

    DHS

  • Helena Fu

    DoE

  • Matthew Graviss

    Department of State

  • Ramesh Menon

    DIA

  • Randy Soper

    IRS

Government

Chief Information Officer

  • Guy Cavallo

    Office of Personnel Management

  • Kristin Ruiz

    Transportation Security Administration

  • La’Naia Jones

    CIA

  • Mittal Desai

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

  • Sonny Bhagowalia

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection

  • Venice Goodwine

    Air Force

Government

Chief Information Security Officer

  • Aaron Bishop

    Department of the Air Force

  • Dave McKeown

    DoD

  • James Saunders

    Office of Personnel Management

  • Luis Estrada

    VA

  • Rob Wood

    CMS

Government

Chief Technology Officer

  • Charles Worthington

    VA

  • David Larrimore

    DHS

  • Lance Scott

    Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) Office

  • Lisa Belter

    JOMIS

Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in sponsoring the Chief Officer Awards?

2024 Lifetime Achievement

2024 Lifetime Achievement - Richard Montoni Vice Chairman Of The Board at MAXIMUS

Richard Montoni

MAXIMUS Board of Directors

Presented by Bruce Caswell

2024 Judges

Judge

Tim Keenan - Founder, Keenan & Associates

Paul Leslie

Judge

Tiffany Gates

Tiffanny Gates

Judge

Sumeet Shrivastava

Sumeet Shrivastava

FAQs

Do I need to be a member of WashingtonExec?2024-01-11T21:03:56-05:00

You do not need to be a member of WashingtonExec to participate – this event is open to the public.

Does it cost money to participate?2024-01-11T21:03:18-05:00

There is no cost to participate.

Do all of the award categories for Public, Private, and Government represent one individual award?2020-02-27T16:53:21-05:00

Yes, all award categories listed from public, private, and Government will have one individual award recipient

What is the word count for each nominating question?2020-02-25T15:42:49-05:00

350 words.

What are the nomination questions / criteria?2020-02-25T15:37:55-05:00
  1. Please provide a brief description of why this chief officer is a leader in the selected nomination area(s).
  2. Describe how this particular executive or project solved a challenge for the customer, mission or organization.
How many nominating questions / criteria are there?2020-02-25T15:42:49-05:00

There are two questions

If my nominee previously won a Pinnacle Award, may I submit a nomination for a Chief Award?2020-02-25T15:42:49-05:00

Yes, these are two separate events.

Can I submit more than one nomination?2020-02-25T15:42:49-05:00

Yes, you can.  You must submit a separate individual nomination for each person that you would like to nominate.  You can submit multiple nominations per category.

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