
2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Amentum’s John Heller
John Heller, CEO of Amentum, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for CEO in the Private and Public Company (annual revenue greater than $500 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite.

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: IntelliBridge’s Rick Johnson
Rick Johnson, chief financial officer for IntelliBridge, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Financial Officer in the Private Company (annual revenue greater than $100 million and less than $500 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Integral Federal’s Manuel Mendez
Manuel Mendez, chief financial officer of Integral Federal Inc., has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Financial Officer in the Private Company (annual revenue greater than $20 million and less than $100 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Valiant Integrated Services’ Aileen Abragan
Aileen Abragan, director of security at Valiant Integrated Services, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Security Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite.

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: HII Mission Technologies’ Ashutosh Gokhale
Ashutosh Gokhale, chief financial officer and senior vice president of business management for HII Mission Technologies, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Financial Officer in the Public Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Air Force’s Aaron Bishop
Aaron Bishop, chief information security officer, Air Force, won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Security Officer in the Government category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite. The event took place

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Royce Geo’s Lee Bader
Lee Bader, chief growth officer at Royce Geo, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Growth Officer in the Private Company (annual revenue greater than $20 million and less than $100 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Aptive’s Rachele Cooper
Rachele Cooper, CEO of Aptive, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for CEO in the Private and Public Company (annual revenue greater than $100 million and less than $500 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Department of Veterans Affairs’ Charles Worthington
Charles Worthington, chief technology officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Technology Security Officer in the Government category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite.

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Two Six Technologies’ Amy Dalton
Amy Dalton, chief performance officer and executive vice president of operations at Two Six Technologies, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Operating Officer in the Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: DHS’ Eric Hysen
Eric Hysen, chief information officer and chief artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief AI Officer in the Government category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Intelsat’s Bruno Fromont
Bruno Fromont, chief technical officer at Intelsat, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Technology Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite. The event

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: V2X’s Roger Ouellette
Roger Ouellette, chief information security officer at V2X, won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Security Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite. The

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Acentra Health’s Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Loeffler, executive vice president and chief growth officer at Acentra Health, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Growth Officer in the Private and Public Company (annual revenue greater than $100 million and less than $500 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Koniag Government Services’ Carl Buffington
Carl Buffington, chief growth officer at Koniag Government Services, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Growth Officer in the Private Company (annual revenue greater than $500 million) category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: ManTech’s Mike Uster
Mike Uster, chief information officer and chief technology officer for ManTech, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: Systems Planning and Analysis’ Michelle Howell
Michelle Howell, chief human resources officer at Systems Planning and Analysis, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Human Resources Officer in the Public and Private Company category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winner: CIA’s La’Naia Jones
La’Naia Jones, chief information officer at the CIA, has won WashingtonExec’s 2024 Chief Officer Award for Chief Information Officer in the Government category. WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled the winners of the Chief Officer Awards, an annual program that celebrates influential and innovative executives in government and industry in the C-suite. The event took place

2024 Chief Officer Awards Winners Revealed
WashingtonExec CEO JD Kathuria stands with some of the winners of the 2024 Chief Officer Awards. (From left to right: Integral Federal’s Manuel Mendez, V2X’s Roger Ouellette, SPA’s Michelle Howell, Acentra Health’s Kelly Loeffler, Royce Geo’s Lee Bader, JD Kathuria, Two Six Technologies’ Amy Dalton and HII’s Ashutosh Gokhale.) WashingtonExec on May 10 unveiled

Richard Montoni Built a Career on Foundational Values, Teamwork & Integrity
Richard Montoni’s life, both at home and in the office, is built on hard work, education and family. These values shaped his upbringing and early decisions, leading to his C-suite success. Montoni is a director on Maximus’ board of directors and was the company’s CEO from 2006-2018, and chief financial officer and treasurer from 2002-2006.
Chief Officer Awards Finalist John Ustica: ‘Be Open to Challenges’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is John Ustica, CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, and finalist in the Private and Public CEO (annual revenue greater than $100 million and less than $500 million) category. Here, he shares
Chief Officer Awards Finalist Paul Michaels: ‘This Year Was All About Building the Right Teams and Coalitions’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is Paul Michaels, chief security officer at Fortinet Federal, and finalist in the Private and Public Chief Security Officer category. Here, he shares key achievements, focus areas going forward, career advice

Chief Officer Awards Finalist Mike Uster: ‘Pursue What Excites You and Aligns With Your Values’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is Mike Uster, chief information officer and chief technology officer of ManTech, and finalist in the Public & Private Company Chief Information Officer category. Here, he shares
Chief Officer Awards Finalist Roger Ouellette: ‘Thoroughly Learn Your Job’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Awards were announced March 28, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place live, in-person May 10. Next is Roger Ouellette, chief information security officer at V2X, and finalist in the Private and Public Chief Information Security Officer category. Here, he shares key achievements, focus
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