For over 35 years, FCW and now Nextgov\/FCW has recognized those people in the federal government, industry and academia who have made an outstanding impact on the technology landscape in the last year. Rising from the ranks of a record number of nominations, this year\u2019s 100 winners have demonstrated exceptional dedication and ingenuity in achieving the mission of public service through technology.<\/p>\n
Selected by an\u00a0all-volunteer, independent panel of judges comprised of senior leaders in government and industry, these winners represent action, accomplishment and truly getting things across the government technology landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is an honor to hear their stories of dedication and vision, which you will get to glimpse yourselves via the profiles we will publish in the Nextgov\/FCW magazine and on Nextgov.com, as well as in person at our Evening of Honors on April 30 to celebrate the Fed 100 winners and Government Hall of Fame inductees.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For now, the list of names below represent some of the best and brightest our community has to offer. The titles and organizations listed reflect the roles these individuals held in 2025 when doing the work that earned this recognition \u2014 although some may have moved on to other positions or even retired since then.<\/p>\n
Ron Ash
\nCEO
\nAccenture Federal Services<\/p>\n
Scott Atchley\u00a0
\nCTO
\nOak Ridge National Laboratory<\/p>\n
Srinivas \u201cSrini\u201d Attili\u00a0
\nExecutive VP of Civilian Business Group
\nScience Applications International Corporation (SAIC)<\/p>\n
Alisa Bearfield\u00a0
\nSenior VP of Civilian Government
\nCGI Federal<\/p>\n
Steven Brand\u00a0
\nDeputy CIO for Resource Management
\nDepartment of Energy<\/p>\n
Lesley Briante\u00a0
\nAssociate CIO of Digital Management
\nGeneral Services Administration<\/p>\n
Jordan Burris\u00a0
\nVP and Head of Public Sector
\nSocure<\/p>\n
Christopher (Chris) P. Butera
\nActing Deputy Executive Assistant Director for the Cybersecurity Division
\nCybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<\/p>\n
Michael Butler\u00a0
\nChief Engineer of DODNet
\nDefense Information Systems Agency<\/p>\n
Bridget Carper Arnone\u00a0
\nDeputy CIO
\nDepartment of Energy<\/p>\n
Julius Chang
\nProgram Manager for the Grants.gov PMO\u00a0
\nDepartment of Health and Human Services<\/p>\n
Carl Coe
\nChief of Staff
\nDepartment of Energy<\/p>\n
Shila R. Cooch\u00a0
\nDirector and CIO
\nDepartment of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Information Management<\/p>\n
Dr. Darren Death\u00a0
\nActing Deputy CIO, CISO, Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy CAIO
\nExport-Import Bank of the United States<\/p>\n
Chandra Donelson
\nCDAO and Director of Data, AI, and Software for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data
\nU.S.\u00a0Space Force<\/p>\n
Danny J. DuBois\u00a0
\nSenior Director of Public Sector Integrators and Channels
\nHewlett Packard Enterprise<\/p>\n
Mike Duffy
\nActing Federal CISO
\nOMB<\/p>\n
Suri Durvasula
\nVP
\nDell Technologies<\/p>\n
Collin Estes
\nCIO
\nMRI Technologies<\/p>\n
Bonnie Evangelista\u00a0
\nSenior Advisor, Practitioner Workstream for the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
\nGeneral Services Administration<\/p>\n
Dr. Kelly Fletcher\u00a0
\nCIO
\nDepartment of State<\/p>\n
Ozie Foster\u00a0
\nData Director
\nOffice of Personnel Management<\/p>\n
Rep. Andrew Garbarino\u00a0\u00a0
\nRepresentative of New York\u2019s 2nd Congressional District
\nHouse of Representatives<\/p>\n
Dustin Goetz\u00a0
\nCIO
\nImmigration and Customs Enforcement<\/p>\n
Tamara Greenspan
\nSenior VP of Government, Defense and Intelligence
\nOracle<\/p>\n
Lawrence Hale\u00a0
\nActing Assistant Commissioner, GSA Information Technology Category
\nGeneral Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service<\/p>\n
Polly Hall\u00a0
\nExecutive Sponsor and Practitioner Workstream lead for the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
\nGeneral Services Administration<\/p>\n
Mauri Hampton
\nTechnical Director, Cyber Security Office
\nNational Reconnaissance Office<\/p>\n
Keith Hardiman\u00a0
\nActing CIO
\nDepartment of the Air Force<\/p>\n
Maria Harr\u00a0
\nBranch Chief of Information Technology and Cybersecurity
\nU.S. Coast Guard Headquarters<\/p>\n
Steven Hintze
\nChief Data and Product Officer
\nArizona Department of Child Safety<\/p>\n
Dr. Kristen Honey\u00a0
\nChief Data Officer
\nDepartment of Health and Human Services<\/p>\n
Joseph Hoyt\u00a0
\nActing CISO
\nGeneral Services Administration<\/p>\n
Erika Hozeski
\nData Scientist,\u00a0Food Safety Inspection Service, OPARM-DAIS
\nDepartment of Agriculture<\/p>\n
Mike Hurt\u00a0
\nGroup VP of U.S. Public Sector
\nServiceNow<\/p>\n
David Jin
\nDeputy Director of the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell
\nOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering<\/p>\n
Jylinda Johnson\u00a0
\nSenior VP of Federal and Civilian
\nGDIT<\/p>\n
George Jungbluth
\nDirector of Central Processing and Director of Dissemination
\nNational Weather Service – NOAA<\/p>\n
Dean Koester
\nVP of Public Sector\u00a0
\nNVIDIA<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Koses\u00a0
\nSenior Procurement Executive
\nGeneral Services Administration<\/p>\n
Ann Lewis\u00a0
\nFellow
\nFederation of American Scientists<\/p>\n
Erik Liederbach\u00a0
\nSenior Operations Management Officer
\nDepartment of State<\/p>\n
Rep. Ted W. Lieu\u00a0
\nRepresentative of California\u2019s 36th Congressional District
\nHouse of Representatives<\/p>\n
Joel Lundy
\nActing Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Category Management for GSA Information Technology Category
\nGeneral Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service<\/p>\n
Sunil Madhugiri\u00a0
\nCTO
\nCustoms and Border Protection<\/p>\n
James Mahoney\u00a0
\nFacility-Related Control Systems Program Manager
\nU.S. Marine Corps<\/p>\n
Natesh Manikoth\u00a0
\nCIO
\nFederal Aviation Administration<\/p>\n
Lynn Martin\u00a0
\nGeneral Manager
\nWorkday Government<\/p>\n
Steven McAndrews\u00a0
\nDeputy CIO
\nNational Nuclear Security Administration<\/p>\n
Michael McCalip
\nVP of Government Programs and Strategy
\nCarahsoft Technology Corp.<\/p>\n
Antoine McCord
\nCIO
\nDepartment of Homeland Security<\/p>\n
Sandra McIntyre
\nProgram Manager for Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems
\nDefense Healthcare Management Systems<\/p>\n
Meagan Metzger\u00a0
\nCEO
\nDcode<\/p>\n
Bradley Miller
\nActing CIO
\nDepartment of State<\/p>\n
Katrina Mulligan
\nHead of National Security Partnerships
\nOpenAI<\/p>\n
Marco Munoz
\nDirector of USDANet\/Enterprise Network Services
\nDepartment of Agriculture<\/p>\n
Carlos Mu\u00f1oz
\nCommand Information Officer, NAVFAC
\nU.S. Navy<\/p>\n
Patrick Newbold
\nCIO and Director of the Office of Information Technology
\nCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services<\/p>\n
Vu Nguyen
\nCISO and Director of Cybersecurity Services Staff
\nDepartment of Justice<\/p>\n
James ‘Jimmy’ Norcross
\nSenior VP of Digital Solutions
\nCACI International Inc<\/p>\n
Rasheedat Osei-Acheampong
\nVP, Senior Partner and Federal Cloud Transformation Leader
\nIBM<\/p>\n
Leigh Palmer
\nVP of Technology Delivery and Operations
\nGoogle Public Sector<\/p>\n
Julia Pan
\nProfessional Staff Member for the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
\nU.S. Senate<\/p>\n
Kaschit Pandya
\nCIO
\nInternal Revenue Service<\/p>\n
Matheus Passos
\nCTO
\nDepartment of Commerce<\/p>\n
Christina Peach
\nDeputy Assistant Administrator for Requirements and Capabilities Analysis
\nTransportation Security Administration<\/p>\n
Dr. Toni Phillips
\nExecutive Director of Deployment
\nDepartment of Veterans Affairs<\/p>\n
Colonel (retired) Jesse Phillips
\nDirector of Operations
\nUnited States Army Reserve Command<\/p>\n
Pavan Pidugu
\nChief Digital and Information Officer
\nDepartment of Transportation<\/p>\n
Sean Plankey
\nSenior Assistant to the Secretary
\nU.S. Coast Guard<\/p>\n
Derrick Pledger
\nChief Digital and Information Officer
\nMaximus<\/p>\n
Jessie Posilkin
\nActing Executive Director of the Technology Modernization Fund
\nGeneral Services Administration<\/p>\n
Michael Post
\nCISO
\nSmall Business Administration<\/p>\n
Aprajita Rathore
\nPrincipal
\nDeloitte<\/p>\n
Tarik Reyes
\nPresident, National Aerospace Solutions
\nPeraton<\/p>\n
Ryan Riccucci
\nSenior Advisor for Lawn Enforcement Technology Integration
\nCustoms and Border Protection<\/p>\n
Amy Ritualo
\nActing Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer
\nDepartment of State<\/p>\n
Adarryl Roberts
\nCIO and Director of the Information Operations J-6
\nDefense Logistics Agency<\/p>\n
Alton Robinson
\nProgram Manager of the DOD Fire and Emergency Services Certification Program
\nAir Force Civil Engineer Center<\/p>\n
Liliana Roman
\nDeputy Director of Enterprise Information Systems
\nU.S. Special Operations Command<\/p>\n
Major Jonathan Roman\u00a0
\nChief of the Cyberspace Operations Division
\nU.S. Air Force<\/p>\n
Matthew Albert-Lewis Rose
\nHead of Corporate and Government Affairs
\nSnowflake<\/p>\n
Travis Rosiek
\nPublic Sector CTO
\nRubrik<\/p>\n
Jaclyn Rubino
\nExecutive Director of the One Big Beautiful Bill Principal Executive Office
\nDepartment of Homeland Security<\/p>\n
Cathleen Rush
\nDeputy Director of the Office of ARSOF Autonomy
\nU.S. Army Special Operations Command<\/p>\n
Nael Samha
\nExecutive Director, Targeting and Analysis Program Directorate
\nCustoms and Border Protection<\/p>\n
Drew Schnabel
\nPresident and General Manager of U.S. Government Solutions
\nZscaler<\/p>\n
Major General Christopher Schneider
\nDeputy for Acquisition and Systems Management
\nU.S. Army<\/p>\n
Alla Seiffert\u00a0
\nSenior Manager of Regulated Industries and Public Sector Policy
\nAmazon Web Services<\/p>\n
Brigadier General Michael Smith
\nDirector for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Cyber
\nJ-6 United States Indo-Pacific Command<\/p>\n
Param Soni
\nCIO and Chief AI Officer
\nBureau of Economic Analysis<\/p>\n
Craig Stacey
\nStrategic Initiatives Technical Director
\nArgonne National Laboratory<\/p>\n
Geoff Stevens
\nAll Domain Common Platform Focus Lead Area – Platform, Kessel Run
\nU.S. Air Force<\/p>\n
Nicolas Totten
\nDeputy CIO
\nTreasury Department<\/p>\n
Zach Whitman
\nChief AI Officer and Chief Data Scientist
\nGeneral Services Administration<\/p>\n
Lynn Williams
\nProfessional Staff Member for the Committee on Armed Services
\nHouse of Representatives<\/p>\n
Deborah Youmans
\nCIO and VP
\nMITRE<\/p>\n
Michelle Zebrowski
\nChief Data Officer
\nCustoms and Border Protection<\/p>\n
Adam Zeimet
\nActing Deputy CISO for Operations
\nDepartment of Agriculture<\/p>\n
Dawn Zimmer
\nCIO
\nDepartment of Energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For over 35 years, FCW and now Nextgov\/FCW has recognized those people in the federal government, industry and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,246,111,139,69,244,245],"class_list":{"0":"post-279834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-personal-finance","14":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}