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 event took place at The Hilton in McLean, Virginia, where hundreds of attendees came together for a memorable in-person luncheon.
Along with the government and industry winners, Richard Montoni, a director on Maximus’ board of directors who was the company’s CEO from 2006-2018, was honored with the 2024 Chief Officer Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes the career of a longtime, influential, impactful CEO who continues to share his perspective and expertise within and outside the GovCon industry. Montoni was introduced and honored by his successor, current Maximus CEO Bruce Caswell.
Ouellette noted in his finalist Q+A with WashingtonExec that the CISO function was established in 2023 and was driven out of M&A activity in 2022 forming the V2X company.
“Additionally, I achieved the integration of cybersecurity and risk management through the office of General Council with the publishing of cybersecurity within the ESG report for the company,” Ouellette said. “In addition, I crafted the incident response plan to include the new SEC cybersecurity reporting rule, establishing a methodology for determining materiality impacts for any future incidents.”
