2023 Pinnacle Awards
November 16, 2023
The Ritz-Carlton | McLean, VA
Nominations Open July 17
Meet the 2022 Award Winners
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2022 Award Finalists
Artificial Intelligence
Executive of the Year
Private
Theresa Cauble
ASRC Federal
Thiag Loganathan
Cardinality.ai
Kristen Cheman
LMI
Artificial Intelligence
Executive of the Year
Public
Ian McCulloh
Accenture Federal Services
Ryan Legge
BigBear.ai
Thomas Siebel
C3 AI
Joseph Zirilli
Parsons Corporation
Jason Meil
SAIC
Business Development
Executive of the Year
Private
John Steckel
AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Darryle Conway
Constellis
Christina Seiden
Excella
Tim Patterson
Intelligent Waves
Sima Shahin
Rancher Government Solutions
David Hearding
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
Business Development
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Nick Michaelides
Cisco
Stephen Marker
General Dynamics Mission Systems
Chris Reichert
Hexagon US Federal
Michelle Rudnicki
NetApp
Gil Smith
Philips
Climate Change
Executive of the Year
Government
Dee Siegel
Executive Office of the President
Kevin Kampschroer
GSA
David Herring
NOAA
Lidia Berger
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Richard G. Kidd IV
U.S. DoD
Joseph Bryan
U.S. DoD
Climate Change
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Nathan Smith
Cadmus
Climate Change
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Darby Chellis Bade
GDIT
Marian Van Pelt
ICF
Bill Johnson
Leidos
Cloud
Executive of the Year
Government
Sharon Woods
DISA
Wanda Jones Heath
U.S. Air Force
Dr. Raj Iyer
U.S. Army
Sonny Bhagowalia
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
Danielle Metz
U.S. DoD
Dawei Jiang
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Cloud
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Joseph Flynn
Boomi
Matthew Shaver
BrainGu
Enrique Oti
Second Front Systems
Cloud
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Amy Giovannucci
Accenture Federal Services
Max Peterson
Amazon Web Services
Lynn Martin
Google
Cameron Chehreh
Intel
Peter O’Donoghue
Leidos
Teresa Carlson
KnightSwan Acquisition Corporation
Ravi Raghava
SAIC
Contracts
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Miyanda Hanson
Buchanan & Edwards
Corionna Canada
Criterion Systems, Inc.
Szu Yang
Peraton
Kimberly Parker
SOSi
Peter Gaaserud
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
Contracts
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Patricia Bahr
Hexagon US Federal
Kim Denver
Leidos
Cristina Smolkin
QinetiQ Inc
Cybersecurity
Executive of the Year
Government
Daniel Ritz
DHS CISA
Kosta Kalpos
Executive Office of the President
Monica Farah-Stapleton
Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office
Brian Conrad
GSA
Morgan Adamski
NSA
Aaron Bishop
U.S. Air Force
Cybersecurity
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Amanda Kane
Guidehouse
Wen Masters
MITRE
Ted Ross
SpyCloud
Bill Rucker
Trustwave Government Solutions
Joe Logue
Two Six Technologies
Cybersecurity
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Amanda Satterwhite
Accenture Federal Services
Shawn Henry
CrowdStrike
Brian Morrison
General Dynamics Mission Systems
Steve Faehl
Microsoft
Dan Rolph
Parsons Corporation
John DeSimone
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Michael Epley
Red Hat
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Rob Smith
Amentum
Dawn-Marie Gray
Cadmus
Ellen Rice Chever
LMI
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Kary James
ICF
Dr. Arvenita Washington Cherry, Ph.D.
Maximus
Cheryl Wade
Teladoc Health
DoD
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Anita Carleton
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Instiute
Keoki Jackson
MITRE
Tom Portlock
Odyssey Systems
Bill Vantine
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
DoD
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Bill Marion
Accenture Federal Services
Meisha Lutsey
CACI
Wes Anderson
Microsoft
Tamara Greenspan
Oracle
Shawn Purvis
QinetiQ Inc
Josh Jackson
SAIC
Executive Assistant
EA of the Year
Private Company
Gloria Bradley
Arcfield
Erin Miles
DMI
Keon Burton
The Asia Group, LLC
Audrey Bird
ViaPath Technologies
Executive Assistant
EA of the Year
Public Company
Esin Sarioglu
CGI Federal
MeeRan Anderson
Leidos
Susie Ponzoo-Lasri
Parsons Corporation
Wendy Choate
Salesforce
Carol Ford
Serco Inc.
Givers of GovCon
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Terrianne Lord
Accenture Federal Services
Trish Manghelli
Arcfield
Nancy Laben
Booz Allen Hamilton
Seán Morris
Deloitte
Tim Solms
Dun & Bradstreet
Mark Lee
ICF
Melissa Dueñas
Leidos
Tammy McChain
NTT Data
David Egts
Mulesoft
Healthcare
Executive of the Year
Government
Lyndsay Bottichio
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Quentin Tyson
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Elizabeth McNamara
FDA CDRH
Dr. Christian Hassell
Health and Human Services
Matt Eisenberg
NIH
Pamela Smith
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Aaron Drew, PhD
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Healthcare
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Antonina Shtilkind
Brillient Corporation
Healthcare
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Roman Salasznyk
Booz Allen Hamilton
Jennifer Welham
ICF
Liz Porter
Leidos
Lisa Slaughter
Maximus
HR
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Tani Moore
Aeyon LLC
Chris Braccio
AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Janet Brewer
Arcfield
Kerri Morehart
Cadmus
John Reing
Peraton
Jessica Artz
ViaPath Technologies
HR
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Caryn McGarry
ICF
Rebecca Kenawell
Maximus
Tammy Brown
Optum Serve
Daniela Walrath
QinetiQ Inc
Intelligence
Executive of the Year
Private Company
David Cerne
Acclaim Technical Services
Intelligence
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Kelly Ferrell
GDIT
Chris Bellios
Hexagon US Federal
Roy Stevens
Leidos
John McNiff
Microsoft
Neil Sims
Parsons Corporation
Marketing
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Jesse Humphrey
DMI
Brad Mascho
Empower AI
Joy Jarrett
Guidehouse
Kelly Harris
ID Technologies
Matt McQueen
Peraton
Don Poole
Rancher Government Solutions
Marketing
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Andre Kearns
Amazon Web Services
Shab Nassirpour
ECS
Eva Skidmore
Salesforce
National Security / DHS
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Jacqueline Marsteller
Brillient Corporation
Shannon White
Guidehouse
Ashley Brush
MetroStar Systems, LLC
James Kennedy
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
National Security / DHS
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Clay Goldwein
CGI Federal
Maurine Fanguy
Accenture Federal Services
Space
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Steve Hyde
Arcfield
Space
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Clint Crosier
Amazon Web Services
Linda Braun
CACI
Steve Cook
Leidos – Dynetics
Supply Chain
Executive of the Year
Private Company
Lumi Noah
Groundswell
Jennifer Bisceglie
Interos, Inc.
Michael Croll
Sonatype
Supply Chain
Executive of the Year
Public Company
Christopher Hetman
CGI Federal
Eddie Cedeno
Parsons Corporation
Government
TEAM Project of the Year
Center for Medicare/Medicare Plan Payment Group
Retiree Drug Subsidy Program
Department of State
Public Diplomacy Staffing Initiative
NIH
Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Transition Assistance Program
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Cloud Operations and Migration Services Project
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Personal Pronoun Technical Solution