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    Here are the 2023 Chief Officer Awards Finalists

    By Staff WriterMarch 20, 2023
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    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

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