November 21, 2024
The Hilton
McLean, VA
Attendance:
Single Finalists, Corporate Event Sponsors & Others.
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Networking
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Lunch & Award Presentation
Our Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Award Sponsor
Table Sponsors
2024 Award Finalists
Public
Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year
Denise Zheng
Accenture Federal Services
Jay Meil
SAIC
Kyle Tuberson
ICF
Marshall Thames
ECS
Ron Keesing
Leidos
Sujey Edward
IBM Federal
Private
Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year
Alex Adamczyk
LMI
Amy Jones
EY
Matthew McKnight
Seerist
Michael Pansky
IntelliBridge
Reha Malik
Alpha Omega
Sean Harrison
Acentra Health
Public
Business Development Executive of the Year
Alex Lopez
ECS
Brent Cunningham
Red Hat
Brian Fogg
GDIT
David Weber
CACI
Jason Albanese
Leidos
Joao Granja
Thomson Reuters Special Services
Pam Carpenter
Adobe
Private
Business Development Executive of the Year
Emily Roston
BryceTech
Fiona Barshow
Koniag Government Services
Jenna Young
Arlo Solutions
John Hart
Agile Defense
Ronald “Fog” Hahn
Astrion
Tom Branstetter
DroneShield
Public
Cloud Executive of the Year
Allison Levine
Accenture Federal Services
Jess Borrevik
ICF
Joe Sangiuliano
Palo Alto Networks
Lakshmi Ashok
Leidos
Ravi Raghava
SAIC
Sandeep Shilawat
IBM Federal
Private
Cloud Executive of the Year
Chuck Greene
World Wide Technology
Nitin Vartak
Alpha Omega
Wesley Daniels
Clarity Innovations
Government
Cloud Executive of the Year
Ashley Mahan
OMB
Dave Larrimore
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Justin Fanelli
U.S. Deptment of Navy
Paula Wagner
U.S. Department of State
Public
Contracts Executive of the Year
John Roman
ECS
Kevin Wheelock
Serco Inc.
Rich Fisne
HII Mission Technologies
Private
Contracts Executive of the Year
Meredith Bussey
BlueHalo
Ruta Haile
ABSG Consulting
Ryan Litrakis
B&A
Government
Contracts Executive of the Year
John M. Tenaglia
U.S. Department of Defense
Niki Lane
CISA
Paul Courtney
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Steven R. Brand
U.S. Department of Energy
Public
Cybersecurity Executive of the Year
Eric Trexler
Palo Alto Networks
Ron Moore
GDMS
Steve Hoffman
Fortinet Federal
Sumedh Thakar
Qualys
Private
Cybersecurity Executive of the Year
Greg Rudy
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
John DeSimone
Nightwing
Razwan Raja
Agile Defense
Steven O’Dell, Jr.
ASRC Federal
Vinit Duggal
Intelsat
Government
Cybersecurity Executive of the Year
Amber Pearson
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Donna Bennett
U.S. Department of State
Parimala Rao
GSA
Shila Cooch
U.S. Department of Energy
Public
DHS Executive of the Year
Joanna Dempsey
ECS
Mike Diggins
Leidos
Thomas “T.J.” O’Neill
Thomson Reuters Special Services
Private
DHS Executive of the Year
Alexandra Gurney
EY
Jeffrey Kramer
Karsun Solutions
Jessica Maloney
Sev1Tech
Madhu Beriwal
IEM International
Navi Samra
MetroStar
Rik Ebbesen
Amivero
Private & Public
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Executive of the Year
Jana Smyth
ICF
Lynetta Cheatham
Acentra Health
Stephanie Turner
MITRE
Winter Washington
Gainwell Technologies
Private & Public
Executive Assistant (EA) of the Year
Alana Perkins
Two Six Technologies
Jaimie Francois
BryceTech
Jenifer Montiel
Booz Allen Hamilton
Lisa DeRaymond
Koniag Government Services
Tonie Powell
Magellan Federal
Public
DoD Executive of the Year
Barbara Supplee
SAIC
Charles Buechel III
Leidos
Horace Blackman
CGI Federal
James Kennedy
Boeing
Todd Gentry
HII Mission Technologies
Private
DoD Executive of the Year
Bryon Kroger
Rise8
Dr. Karl Spinnenweber
Amentum
Jimmy Jenkins
BlueHalo
Jon Baba
LMI
Ryan Abbott
MetroStar
Government
DoD Executive of the Year
Bill Tinston
FEHRM
Cody Ferguson
CDAO
Leonel Garciga
U.S. Department of Army
Nicholas Martin
DMEA
Public
Healthcare Executive of the Year
Dina Elshazly
Booz Allen Hamilton
Kevin Kaiser
Leidos
Kimberly Nettles
Johnson & Johnson
Steven Sousa
CGI Federal
Private
Healthcare Executive of the Year
Chris Katkocin
Tria Federal
Chrissy Cocrane
LMI
Mark Poe
Core4ce
Rachel Murphy
Iron Bow Technologies
Stephen Deitz
ManTech
Government
Healthcare Executive of the Year
Dr. Anne Bailey
VHA
Dr. Gary L. Disbrow
BARDA
Michael (Mike) Azar
HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Robert Orifici
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Public
HR Executive of the Year
Kristin Paul
Maximus
Melanie Anderson
HII Mission Technologies
Soo Lagasse
Parsons Corporation
Private
HR Executive of the Year
Amy Orzechowski
RealmOne
Danielle Cole
Agile Defense
Rebecca McMinn
B&A
Tanja Guerra
Alpha Omega
Tracy Currry
Fearless
Private
Intelligence Executive of the Year
KC Wilberg
Acuity
Michael Sellers
Spectro Cloud
Nick Andersen
Invictus International Consulting
Public
Marketing Executive of the Year
Caitlin Lambert
RingCentral
Ethan Meurlin
IBM Federal
Jaime Orlando
HII Mission Technologies
Melanie Holmes
Adobe
Oliver Nutt
GDIT
Shab Nassirpour
ECS
Private
Marketing Executive of the Year
Alex Bender
Core4ce
Amanda Rudolph
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
Brian Wagner
Tria Federal
Julia Moosakhanian Martin
EY
Paul Frommelt
BlueHalo
Public
Space Executive of the Year
Alex Gross
Parsons Corporation
Chris Bogdan
Booz Allen Hamilton
Travis Dawson
GDIT
Private
Space Executive of the Year
Alberto Reynoso
Two Six Technologies
Mary Clum
BlueHalo
Shiloh Dockstader
Riverside Research
Government
Space Executive of the Year
Jay Drye
SCO
Maj. Gen. Gregory J. Gagnon
U.S. Space Force
Robyn Gatens
NASA
Timothy Grayson
U.S. Department of Air Force
Government
Healthcare Project of the Year
Data Workbench
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ECFax Program
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal EHR
FEHRM, DOD, VA, and Lovell FHCC
MACPRO
CMMS
Smart Search
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Government
Information Technology Project of the Year
Charge Card Management
GSA
COSMOS
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
DMAF
IRS
ODOS III
USCIS
TSA Secure Flight Zero Trust
TSA
2024 Lifetime Achievement
George Schindler, President & CEO of CGI
2024 Judges
FAQs
Attending the Pinnacle Awards is free for all finalists. If you are not a finalist and would like to attend the event, we offer varying levels of sponsorships at https://pinnacle-awards.com/sponsors/.
The 2024 nomination deadline is September 5, 2024.
Yes, you can.  You must submit a separate individual nomination for each person that you would like to nominate.  You can submit multiple nominations per category.
Yes, these are two separate events.
There are 2 questions per category with a maximum of 350-word responses per question.
Please refer to the blank nomination form that you can download here.
Yes, all award categories listed from public, private, and Government will have one individual award recipient
Yes, please download a blank nomination form here.