Category 4:
Using Innovative Technologies to Deliver Simple, Seamless, and Secure Services
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U.S. Department of Defense
Chief Information Officer, Air Force Research Laboratory
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Proactive Performance Monitoring
Director of Enterprise Engineering
CIV DISA OE (US), Deputy, Enterprise Engineering
Chief Project Management, Enterprise Engineering CIV DISA OE (USA)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Former HHS HSPD-12 Sr. IT Program Manager, Program Management Office
Federal Lead – NextGen XMS and AMS Systems
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Executive Director, Capability Management &
Innovation
U.S. Department of Labor
National Contact Center (DOL-NCC)
Tanya Lowe
Director
Andy Huynh
Deputy Director
Renisha Smith
Program Specialist
U.S. Department of State
Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE)
Micah Watson
CARE Case Management Coordinator
Scott Tomson
Program Manager, Great Hill Solutions
Petrus Reyes
Deputy Program Manager, Great Hill Solutions
Derric Duesenberg
CARE Contact Center Program Manager
Vicky White
CARE Contract Deputy Program Manager, Maximus Federal Services
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
LISW-S
VHA Innovation Fellow
Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Section Chief, Podiatry, Atlanta VA Health Care System;
National Deputy Podiatric Medical Director, Podiatry
Services
Northeast Ohio VA Medical Center
RD/RDN, CDCES
Quality Manager VA/DOD Diabetes Self- Management Training National Program
Northern California Health Care System
Ph.D. 2024 Entrepreneur in Residence Fellow Clinical Neuropsychologist
MN, APRN, FNP-BC
State Government
Sasan Poureetezadi
Chief Technology Officer
Eugene Mejia
Chief AI Strategy & Digital Transformation Officer
Sarah VanSlyke
Deputy CTO, Enterprise Application
Tony Bryson
Chief Information Security Officer
Jason Thompson
IT Desktop Manager
Alan Eubanks
Enterprise Operations and Infrastructure Manager
Andrew Dean
IT Applications Manager, Public Safety Support Services
Jasmine Anderson
Application Supervisor
Jon Powell
GIS Supervisor
GK Lawson
Project Manager
Digital Outreach & Enrollment Chatbot
Alissa Bazsali
Targeted Outreach Project Manager
Adam VanSpankeren
Navigator Program Manager
Allison Espeseth
Director
Stephanie Severs
Insurance Literacy & Communications Manager
Industry
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Marketplace Assister Technical Support (MATS) Program
Salesforce Enterprise Architect
Joint Industry & Government
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
Derek Herbert
Executive Director of Office of Business
Integration (OBI), VBA
John Clark
Chief of Intake and Delivery Services, OBI, VBA
Paul Simon
Program Sr. Director
Shelly Butler
Program Director
Alyona Sharzman
Sr. Manager
Scott Bennet
Solutions Architect
Jeanette Cantrell
Program Director
Praveena Gopalakrishna Menon
Sr. Software Developer
Rebecca DeAngelis
Program Sr. Manager
Stephanie Powers
Human Factors Engineer
Nanette Steinbach
Sr. Functional Analyst