Congratulations to all the Chief Officer Awards finalists and nominees across industry and government!
Join us May 10, 11 a.m. at The Ritz-Carlton in McLean, Virginia, for an in-person event and luncheon. In the coming weeks, we will be posting Q&As with some of the finalists, so keep your eye out for that.
Below are the industry finalists.
Private & Public Company
Chief Diversity Officer
Dana Rixter, BAE Systems, Inc.
Dr. Rob Smith, Amentum
Laila Salguero, Peraton
Terri Hatcher, NTT DATA
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Farah Shah, J&J Worldwide Services
Mark McNeely, BlueHalo
Suzan Cengiz, LMI
Stephen Kovac, Zscaler
Public Company
Chief Executive Officer
Anna Sever, Magellan Federal
John Ustica, Siemens Government Technologies
Mike Loomis, Nokia
Tammer Olibah, Hexagon US Federal
Chief Financial Officer
Becky Harris, Hexagon US Federal
Katy Nierman, Siemens Government Technologies
Robert Waffle, QinetiQ
Chief Growth Officer
Greg Bowman, Siemens Government Technologies
Ronald Baham, QinetiQ
Sergio Ostria, ICF
Chief Human Resources Officer
Angie Combs, CACI
Betty Thompson, Booz Allen Hamilton
Daniela Walrath, QinetiQ
Julie Van Leunen, Serco Inc.
Michelle Link, Maximus
Chief Information Officer
Chris Soong, HII Mission Technologies
James Hannah, GDIT
Steve Hittle, ECS
Chief Information Security Officer
Derek Hardy, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Garrett Smiley, Serco Inc.
Nicole Dean, Accenture Federal Services
Chief Legal Counsel
Jim Lee, Maxar Technologies
Matthew Madalo, Siemens Government Technologies
Mike Kolloway, Parsons Corp.
Chief Technology Officer
Doug Jones, Leidos
Marcus Moffett, Cisco
Ricardo Lorenzo, Parsons Corp.
Steve Orrin, Intel Federal
Susan Penfield, Booz Allen Hamilton
Private Company: Annual Revenue <$100M
Chief Executive Officer
Burton White, Excella
Gautam Ijoor, Alpha Omega Integration, LLC
Gilbert Dussek, Gunnison Consulting Group
Rachele Cooper, Aptive Resources
Robert Miller, SilverEdge Government Solutions
Private Company: Annual Revenue >$100M & <$500M
Chief Executive Officer
Doug Wagoner, LMI
Larry Katzman, Applied Information Sciences
Matt Jones, Sigma Defense
Steve Kelley, J&J Worldwide Services
Sunny Singh, Aeyon
Private Company: Annual Revenue >$500M & <$1B
Chief Executive Officer
Dan Corbett, Valiant Integrated Services
Kevin Kelly, Arcfield
Rene LaVigne, Iron Bow Technologies
Private Company: Annual Revenue >$1B
Chief Executive Officer
Bryan Palma, Trellix
David Wajsgras, Intelsat
Paul Saleh, Gainwell Technologies
Scott McIntyre, Guidehouse
Terry Ryan, Constellis
Private Company: Annual Revenue <$100M
Chief Financial Officer
Amy Wood, Intelligent Waves
Carter Wood, Buchanan & Edwards
Holly Aglio, NetCentrics
Josh Montgomery, MAXISIQ
Lesley Lambert, EM Key Solutions, Inc.
Private Company: Annual Revenue >$100M
Chief Financial Officer
Bob Kwaja, Two Six Technologies
Cindy Shephard, Cadmus
Jeff Pagano, Aeyon
Mladen Brkic, Ultra Intelligence & Communications
Robert Richards, BlueHalo
Private Company: <$100M
Chief Growth Officer
Jeff Mujsce, BryceTech
Martha Mathers, OPEXUS
Mike Zembrzuski, NetCentrics
Tim Patterson, Intelligent Waves
Private Company: >$100M & <500M
Chief Growth Officer
James Batt, BlueHalo
Pat Collins, Aeyon
Pete Pflugrath, LMI
Zhenia Klevitsky, Sev1Tech
Private Company: >$500M
Chief Growth Officer
Darryle Conway, Constellis
Joseph Cubba, ManTech
Carl Buffington, Koniag Government Services
Larry Frazier, Iron Bow Technologies
Private Company
Chief Human Resources Officer
Dave Fink, CAES
Deborah Drake, Noblis, Inc.
Donna Diederich, LMI
Janet Brewer, Arcfield
Shaveta Joshi, ASRC Federal
Chief Information Officer
Chas Shaffer, Guidehouse
Matthew Ramsey, BlueHalo
Mike Uster, ManTech
Chief Legal Counsel
Bruce Almquist, CAES
Melissa Taylormoore, Constellis
Michael Garson, SOSi
Steve Costalas, Gainwell Technologies
Chief Marketing Officer
Brad Mascho, Empower AI
Ellen Walsh, Attain Partners
Joy Jarrett, Guidehouse
Sarah Kim, Iron Bow Technologies
Chief Technology Officer
Dan Hushon, Guidehouse
Dr. Dave Young, CAES
Dr. Joseph Norton, LMI
Jacob Sims, Gainwell Technologies
Karan Sondhi, Trellix
Vishwas Lele, Applied Information Sciences
Public & Private Company
Chief Operating Officer
Eleanor Desai, Ad Hoc
Jerry Hogge, CALIBRE Systems
Rocky Thurston, DMI
Tina Dolph, CRDF Global
James Morgan, ICF
Chief Security Officer
James Kennedy, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Mary Rose McCaffrey, Northrop Grumman Corp.
Sharon Claridge, Booz Allen Hamilton
Government
Chief Data Officer
Allison Oelschlaeger, CMS
Clark Cully, Defense Department
Dr. Lindsey Saul, Defense Logistics Agency
Mike Horton, Department of Homeland Security
Randal Cole, Department of Navy
Chief Information Officer
Aaron Weis, Department of Navy
Ann Dunkin, Energy Department
Beth Cappello, Department of Homeland Security
Kelly Fletcher, State Department
La’Naia Jones, CIA
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Loehr, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
David Larrimore, Department of Homeland Security
Heidi Shyu, Defense Department
Nand Mulchandani, CIA
Sunil Madhugiri, U.S. Customers and Border Protection
Chief Information Security Officer
Chris DeRusha, Executive Office of the President
Donna Bennett, State Department
Ja’Nelle DeVore, Agriculture Department
Kenneth Bible, Department of Homeland Security
Rich Baich, CIA
Podcast Episodes
Givers of GovCon
“Employee-Led $2M Grass Roots Charitable Giving Initiative”
Brian McHugh, ManTech
“Supporting Wounded Veterans Through the Catch A Lift Fund”
Chris Oliver, ID Technologies, A CACI Company
“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