Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: CACI’s James Norcross
James Norcross Executive Vice President, Digital and Enterprise Solutions, CACI James Norcross is a proven executive with over two decades of experience driving modernization across defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies. He recently took on the role of executive vice president of digital and enterprise solutions at CACI, where he oversees a team that supports
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: Leidos’ Blake Nelson
Blake Nelson Vice President, Secure Cloud & Data Center, Leidos Blake Nelson’s biggest recent achievement was scaling the Leidos Secure Cloud & Data Center Practice into a mission-ready, enterprise capability delivering measurable outcomes for federal customers. Over the past year, he moved the practice from foundational cloud adoption to a repeatable, operationalized portfolio of multicloud
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: GAO’s Dave Hinchman
Dave Hinchman Director of IT & Cybersecurity, Government Accountability Office For the past several years, Dave Hinchman’s team has focused on reviewing the dramatic growth of cloud across the federal government and how it’s shaping efforts to improve and streamline government services, while identifying areas where those services can be strengthened. In GAO’s role as
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: ICF’s Patrick McConnell
Patrick McConnell Senior Vice President, Health Engineering Solutions, ICF Patrick McConnell’s biggest recent achievement was leading ICF’s nearly 450-person health engineering team through a transformation that reshaped how the company uses AI to design, build and deliver systems for federal clients. By embedding AI across client delivery, the team is building software faster, more accurately
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: CGI’s John Nemoto
John Nemoto Vice President, CGI John Nemoto put much of his attention in 2025 on continuing the expansion of the shared services offering of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The multiyear project now extends cloud-based cybersecurity services to over 70 federal agencies. The CDM rogram, one of the
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: Air Force’s George Forbes
George Forbes Director, Digital Operations Directorate, Headquarters Air Force A3X Last year saw the successful development and launch of the Air Resource Tool Enterprise Mission Information System, replacing legacy aviation resource management systems with a secure, scalable, cloud-native platform that consolidates fragmented data into a single source of truth for aviation readiness. By tracking medical
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: Oracle’s Renzo Rodriguez
Renzo Rodriguez Senior Director, Partner and DIB Sales & Solutions Engineering, Oracle – Government, Defense, and Intelligence Renzo Rodriguez’s biggest recent achievement has been scaling two core organizations: the partnerships team supporting Oracle Government, Defense and Intelligence and Marketplace solutions for Oracle’s government business, while also leading the Defense Industrial Base solutions engineering team. Under
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: Koniag Government Services’ Paul Williams
Paul Williams Vice President of Solutions, Koniag Government Services Paul Williams’ biggest achievement in 2025 was securing the AWS Migration and Modernization Competency in March 2025 and the AI Competency in December 2025 for Koniag Government Services, making KGS the only Alaska Native Corporation to hold both designations and the only U.S.-based 8(a)-certified contractor approved
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: Invisible Technologies’ Sharon Woods
Sharon Woods Senior Vice President of Enterprise Accounts, Public Sector, Invisible Technologies After 20 years at the Defense Department, Sharon Woods transitioned to the private sector to join Invisible Technologies, an AI software company that partners with governments, leading model builders and enterprises to put AI to work in real-world environments. During her government tenure,
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: IBM Federal’s Sandeep Shilawat
Sandeep Shilawat Cloud CTO Lead, IBM Federal Sandeep Shilawat is a well-established leader and a prominent and trusted authority for agencies modernizing with AI-driven infrastructure and advanced cloud-based capabilities. In 2025, he played a critical role in guiding agencies to adopt integrated, mission-aligned AI capabilities built on secure hybrid cloud foundations. His leadership helped federal
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026
Once a buzzword, now the norm, cloud has become the standard for digital environments everywhere. As government agencies use this technology to modernize and transform, IT leaders drive the push to integrate and maintain secure, cloud-based enterprises. We’ve identified those in industry and government who are helping ensure the nation is equipped with the tools
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