Announcing the 2017 FedScoop 50 Award Winners

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scoop News Group today announced the recipients of the 2017 FedScoop 50 Awards. Each year, the FedScoop 50 Awards honor the outstanding achievements of leaders from the government tech community and acknowledge their tireless efforts to make a significant impact in their departments, organizations and the country.

"The FedScoop 50 Awards celebrate the significant achievements of the top leaders in the federal IT community," said Goldy Kamali, FedScoop founder and CEO. "The FedScoop 50 awards were created as an opportunity to recognize the extraordinary achievements of the leaders in our community who are doing big things that impact us all."

FedScoop received more than 400,000 votes between August and October 2017, narrowing down the top 50 leaders from the thousands of nominees in eight categories. All individuals selected during the public nomination process had outstanding achievements that occurred between September 2016 and June 2017. Programs nominated for these awards are current government programs.

This year's recipients, alphabetically by each category, are:

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year

• Rob Cook, Deputy Commissioner, TTS, GSA
• Mary Davie, Deputy Commissioner, FAS, GSA 
• Lesley Field, Acting Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy, OMB
• Sue Gordon, Principal Deputy, Office of the Director of National Intelligence & Deputy Director, NGA
• Margie Graves, Acting U.S. CIO, Executive Office of the President
• Congressman Will Hurd, R-TX, U.S. House of Representatives
• Robert Joyce, Cybersecurity Coordinator, Executive Office of the President
• General Alan Lynn, Director & Commander, DISA/DODIN 
• Bill Marion, CIO & Deputy Director, Plans & Integration, U.S. Air Force
• Essye Miller, Deputy CIO, Cybersecurity, Department of Defense
• Adm. Mike Rogers, Director of NSA, Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command & Chief of Central Security Service, NSA
• Grant Schneider, Acting U.S. CISO, Executive Office of the President & Senior Director for Cybersecurity, NSC
• David Shulkin, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Gary Wang, Deputy CIO, U.S. Army

Federal Leadership

• Jonathan Alboum, Senior Procurement Official, USDA
• Christine Calvosa, Acting CIO, Technology & Resiliency, FCC
• Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, DHS    
• Matt Cutts, Acting Administrator, USDS
• Adrian Gardner, CIO, FEMA
• Sanjay Gupta, CTO, Small Business Administration
• Frank Koneiczny, CTO, U.S. Air Force
• Matt Lira, Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy & Initiatives, Executive Office of the President
• Rajive Mathur, CIO, Social Security Administration
• Paul Morris, CISO, Executive Director, TSA
• Tracie Owens, CISO, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, U.S. Air Force
• Keith Rineaman, Branch Chief, FAS, GSA
• Bobby Saxon, CTO, CMS
• David Shive, CIO, GSA
• Alan Thomas, Commissioner, FAS, GSA
• Robin Thottungul, Chief Data Scientist & Director of Analytics, EPA
• Frontis Wiggins, CIO, Department of State
• Renee Wynn, CIO, NASA
• Bill Zielinski, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Category Management, GSA

Industry Leadership

• Kimberly Baker, SVP & GM, Public Sector, Red Seal
• Steve Harris, SVP & GM, Federal, Dell EMC
• Karina Homme, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Government, Microsoft
• Ken Kartsen, VP of Federal Sales, McAfee
• Mike Maiorana, SVP, Public Sector Markets, Verizon
• Johnny Overcast, Senior Director, Government Sales, Samsung Electronics America
• Dave Rey, EVP, Salesforce
• Anthony Robbins, VP of Global Defense, AT&T
• Dave Ryan, Senior Director, Business Development & System Integrators, Government Education & Healthcare, VMware
• Brian Strosser, President, DLT Solutions
• Chris Townsend, VP, Federal, Symantec

Disruptor of the Year

• Neil Bonner, Branch Manager, Agile & Mobile Services, TSA

Cybersecurity Leader of the Year

• Greg Crabb, CISO, USPS    
• Karen Evans, National Director, U.S. Cyber Challenge
• Melinda Rogers, CISO, Department of Justice

Tech Champion of the Year

• Kristen Honey, Senior Adviser, Office of the CIO, Executive Office of the President, OMB

Most Inspiring Up & Comers to Watch

• Capt. Brandon Pye, Product Manager, PEO EIS, U.S. Army

Innovation of the Year

• Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation, DHS

To learn more about the FedScoop 50 Awards, please visit http://www.fedscoop.com/events/fedscoop50. 

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