Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Leidos’ Kevin Fogarty
Kevin Fogarty has spent 18 years developing a career at Leidos, and now focuses on creating scaled-agile approaches to cyber mission management application development and implementing a companywide cyber R&D lab to provide for rapid prototyping and testing of cyber capabilities. He serves as chief technology officer of Leidos’ Cyber and SIGINT Solutions Operation. Differentiated
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Guidehouse’s Marianne Bailey
Marianne Bailey joined Guidehouse in October 2019, bringing to the role three decades of experience protecting the nation’s critical security systems, including as deputy national manager for U.S. national security systems at the National Security Agency. While leading the NSA cybersecurity program, Bailey drove the largest cybersecurity and cryptographic modernization program in the last two
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Alion’s Katie Selbe
In July 2019, Alion reorganized to establish the Cyber Network Solutions Group to exclusively focus on cyber and network solutions. Katie Selbe was tapped to lead that organization, given her track record of operational excellence and background in cyber and C5ISR domains. Selbe now leads a diverse portfolio of programs and capabilities delivering full-spectrum cyber operations;
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: ManTech’s Srini Iyer
As senior vice president and chief technology officer of ManTech’s Mission Solutions and Services Group, Srini Iyer said one of the many achievements he was proud to help lead in 2019 was the unit’s work on the Secured Tactical Edge Platform. This platform provides the capability to deliver vital intelligence to warfighters at the tactical
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: AppGate Federal Group’s Greg Touhill
Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Greg Touhill currently serves as president of AppGate’s Federal Division, supporting agencies across the federal government with secure infrastructure solutions delivered from data centers. Appointed by President Barack Obama as the nation’s first federal chief information security officer in 2016, Touhill was tasked with ensuring proper digital security policies,
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: ICF’s Randy James
Since 2017, Randy James has overseen ICF’s Mission Services & Technology Solutions’ mission of providing transformative, integrated and adaptive risk management, IT and resiliency solutions for federal, state and commercial customers. This includes identifying, prioritizing and mitigating threats to missions across critical infrastructure, networks and systems. In 2019, James recognizes the hiring of a mission-driven
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: OMB’s Suzette Kent
Suzette Kent was appointed federal chief information officer in January 2018, and has already helped turn visions and early ideas into reality Those achievements include updating key policies, such as shared services, identity, credential and access management, the Cloud Smart strategy and Trusted Internet Connection. In 2019, Kent’s office also launched a first-of-its-kind Federal Data
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: DHS’ Garth White
As the chief information security officer for the Science and Technology Directorate at Department of Homeland Security, Garth White is responsible for information security for all research and development programs and oversees the cybersecurity activity of a network of nationwide employees leveraging classified and unclassified systems and hundreds of R&D programs annually. “I spearhead the
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: SAIC’s Alicia Lynch
Alicia Lynch joined the Science Applications International Corp. team in April 2018, bringing more than 30 years of experience with the Defense Department, the defense contracting community and the private sector. She retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army in 2012, where she served as both an intelligence officer and a cybersecurity specialist. Over
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: HHS’ Janet Vogel
Janet Vogel joined the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Secretary in 2018 with more than 25 years of experience, and has been instrumental in spearheading the department’s adoption of a cybersecurity risk management philosophy. Under her leadership, HHS has implemented more comprehensive toolsets that facilitate risk-based decision-making. Vogel, who serves as
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Peraton’s Jim Schifalacqua
Joining Peraton in 2018, Jim Schifalacqua has worked to integrate an entirely new infrastructure and cybersecurity architecture using a cloud-first approach. This architecture proved critical during the COVID-19 crisis, when employees were able to quickly pivot to a remote working environment, having the same secure capabilities as they had in their offices. The Peraton approach
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: SAP National Security Services’ Ted Wagner
Ted Wagner joined SAP National Security Services in 2015, tasked with the security and compliance of the corporate network, sharing best practice with customers and security oversight of NS2’s FedRAMP and commercial cloud offerings. Today, he’s the organization’s vice president and chief information security officer. In 2019, SAP NS2 spent a significant amount of time
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Novetta’s Amanda Satterwhite
At Novetta, Amanda Satterwhite leads a team in developing progressive and resilient tools and infrastructures in support of full-spectrum cyber missions. A software developer in her early career, Satterwhite has risen through the ranks of federal contracting, taking on increasing responsibility along the way. She has a history of delivering critical mission systems and leading
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: CACI’s Kevin McNeill
Following CACI’s acquisition of LGS Innovations last year, Kevin McNeill helped lead the successful integration of LGS’ cyber research and development capabilities into CACI. Additionally, CACI opened a new office in Port San Antonio, Texas, to further collaborate with the U.S. Air Force and other government customers in the region, and to provide research and development
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Northrop Grumman’s Jennifer Walsmith
Transitioning from nearly 30 years in the intelligence community to private industry, Jennifer Walsmith brings to Northrop Grumman Corp. an expert ability to build collaborative and agile teams as she is tasked with growing the cyber and intelligence mission solutions business portfolio. Walsmith leverages her deep knowledge from her former U.S. government experience to guide
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Booz Allen Hamilton’s Mark Gamis
Building on a 27-plus-year career, Mark Gamis has served as a senior leader with Booz Allen Hamilton for nearly 16 years. As senior vice president, he leads the firm’s civil cybersecurity business, integrating leading cyber and engineering capabilities to defend against increasingly complex cyberthreats. Gamis drives mission-centric, modernized cyberdefense solutions for federal clients that deliver
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: ECS’ Josh Salmanson
Josh Salmanson joined ECS in July 2019, making his first and most significant effort solidifying critical partnerships in advance of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework. His work ensures ECS will be level 5 compliant and able to provide compliance-as-a-service for other companies. What stands out to Salmanson so far is how ECS hires the
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Splunk’s Juliana Vida
In the spring of 2019, Juliana Vida became Splunk’s first-ever chief technical adviser, a position created to leverage her extensive military and government career and skills as a communicator and storyteller. Splunk has long been a key player in helping public sector agencies turn their data into doing, and Vida proved the perfect person to
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Coalfire Federal’s Bill Malone
Under President Bill Malone’s leadership, Coalfire Federal in 2019 completed the successful transition from an 8(a)/small business to a large cybersecurity services provider. Coalfire Federal grew 20%, achieved its ISO 20000 certification to go along with its IS0 9001/27001 and CMMI III and was named to the Top Workplaces for 2019 by The Washington Post.
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: EY’s Kris Lovejoy
Named EY global advisory cybersecurity leader in 2019, Kris Lovejoy leads more than 7,000 EY employees across the globe to help organizations protect and grow their businesses through proactive cybersecurity initiatives. Lovejoy launched the EY Security by Design initiative — driving a new mindset toward business and security alignment by building in cybersecurity into every
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: USDA’s Venice Goodwine
Just a few weeks after Venice Goodwine became the Agriculture Department’s chief information security officer in December 2018, she successfully led the department’s Information Security Center through the 35-day partial government shutdown. During that time, she continued to secure USDA’s mission leading a team of essential staff, who operate the 24/7 security operations center, or
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner
As chief technology officer for HP Federal, Tommy Gardner overseas technology leadership, strategic technology plans, product strategies and customer and partner relationships. His portfolio spans federal agencies, educational institutions and state and local government segments. In 2019, Gardner was one of the key architects of HP Federal’s proposal for the end-user hardware portion of the
Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020: Parsons’ Paul Decker
Paul Decker joined Parsons Corp. in 2018, bringing 20 years of professional experience with more than half concentrated in cyberspace operations. He’s a skilled cyber operations strategist focused on innovative leadership, vision and sound financial drivers, currently serving as executive vice president. In 2019, Decker helped Parsons reach a number of milestones. The company’s cyber
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