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2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Bill Hoover
William “Bill” Hoover

William “Bill” Hoover will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at WashingtonExec’s annual Pinnacle Awards, celebrating his 40 years of leadership in the information systems and services market.

2021 Award Winners

Artificial Intelligence

Executive of the Year

Private
Edward Burrows, Brillient Corporation

Public
Dr. Michael Sean O’Brien, Northrop Grumman

Business Development

Executive of the Year

Private
Jeff Kerridge, Amentum

Public
Richard Crowe, Booz Allen Hamilton

Cloud

Executive of the Year

Private
John Sankovich, Smartronix

Public
Tom Keane, Microsoft

Government
Richard Husk, Enterprise Intelligence & Data Solutions PMO / Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)

Contracts

Executive of the Year

Private & Public

Jai Spivey, Parsons Corporation
Government

Monica Padron, United States Citizenship Immigration Services

Cybersecurity

Executive of the Year

Private
John Hammes, Intelligent Waves LLC

Public
Dan Voce, Leidos

Government
Chris DeRusha, Office of Management and Budget

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Executive of the Year

Private & Public
Dr. Kimberly Myers, Deloitte LLP

Government
Anselm Beach, Headquarters Department of the Army

DoD

Executive of the Year

Private
William Vantine, Systems Planning and Analysis

Public
Paul Decker, Parsons Corporation

Government
Holly S. Joers, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Healthcare Management Systems

Executive Assistant

EA of the Year

Private
Dawn Holbrook, Amentum

Public
Ruth-Ann Adam, CGI Federal

Healthcare

Executive of the Year

Private
Alicia Harkness, Guidehouse

Public
Jennifer Welham, ICF

Government
Dr. Clinton Greenstone, Office of Community Care, Veterans Health Administration

HR

Executive of the Year

Private & Public
Priscilla Lott-Price, Leidos

Intelligence

Executive of the Year

Private & Public
Tiffanny Gates, Accenture Federal Services

Government
Christine Abizaid, National Counterterrorism Center

Marketing

Executive of the Year

Private
Christine Fuentes, Amentum

Public
Milo Speranzo of Dell Technologies

National Security / DHS

Executive of the Year

Private & Public
Jim Moos, Leidos

Supply

Executive of the Year

Private & Public
Nisa Moore, General Dynamics Information Technology

Space

Executive of the Year

Private & Public
Clint Crosier, Amazon Web Services

Government
Andrew D. Cox, Headquarters Air Force Space Command

Government

TEAM Project of the Year

Community Care Referral and Authorization (CCRA) Program

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Government

TEAM Project of the Year

Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence Solutions Project – Joint Service Provider (JSP)

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

2021 Award Finalists

Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year

Private

Ashley Mehta
Nolij Consulting LLC

Thiag Loganathan
Cardinality.ai

Edward Burrows
Brillient Corporation

Willie Hicks
Dynatrace Federal

Barry Smallwood
Akima

Public

Dr. Ian McCulloh
Accenture Federal Services

Dr. Michael Sean O’Brien
Northrop Grumman

Marshall Thames
ECS

Michael Scruggs
SAIC

Lloyd Greenwald
CACI International Inc.

Steve Escaravage
Booz Allen Hamilton

Business Development Executive of the Year

Private

Jeff Kerridge
Amentum

Bridget Medeiros
NCI Information Systems, Inc.

Mohamed Elansary
Buchanan & Edwards

Pete Pflugrath
LMI

Dave Hearding
Systems Planning and Analysis

Public

Richard Crowe
Booz Allen Hamilton

Ray McDuffie
Dell Technologies

Steve Rubley
Thomson Reuters

Rick Rosenburg
Rackspace Technology

Robert Miller
Parsons Corporation

Cloud Executive of the Year

Government

Richard Husk
Enterprise Intelligence & Data Solutions PMO / Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)

Tammy Whitcomb
Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service

Subramanian (Subi) Muniasamy
Maryland Department of Human Services

Hamaad Syed
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Robert Cole
United States Citizenship Immigration Services

Private

Jackie Ackerman
Cognosante

Vinay Manne
Dovel Technologies

Seth Moore
T-Rex Solutions, LLC

Vishwas Lele
AIS (Applied Information Sciences)

John Sankovich
Smartronix

Dan Naselius
CORAS and Plasticity

Public

Bob Ritchie
SAIC

Ravi Raghava
General Dynamics Information Technology

Dave Levy
Amazon Web Services

Tom Keane
Microsoft

Sandeep Shilawat
ManTech

Dan Tucker
Booz Allen Hamilton

Contracts Executive of the Year

Government

Monica Padron
United States Citizenship Immigration Services

Paul Coutney
Department of Homeland Security

Jill Wood
Director of National Intelligence

Mike Derrios
Department of State

Private & Public

Howard Porter
CACI International Inc.

Jeff Coe
Attain Partners

Melissa Cossentino
Leidos

Jai Spivey
Parsons Corporation

Patricia Bahr
Hexagon US Federal

Cybersecurity Executive of the Year

Government

Nickolous Ward
Department of Justice

Shawn Brody
Enterprise Intelligence & Data Solutions PMO / Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)

Chris DeRusha
Office of Management and Budget

Private

Douglas Neff
Cognosante

Amanda Kane
Guidehouse

John Hammes
Intelligent Waves LLC

Marlin McFate
Riverbed Technology

Kevin Youngquist
Veritas Technologies LLC

Tony  D’Angelo
Lookout

Public

John Mandell
Maximus

Kevin Coggins
Booz Allen Hamilton

Aaron Faulkner
Accenture Federal Services

Dan Voce
Leidos

Kevin McNeill
CACI International Inc.

Jonathan Sholtis
ICF

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Executive of the Year

Government

Sonya Johnson
UCOR

Anselm Beach
Headquarters Department of the Army

Nicole Nelson-Jean
U. S. Department of Energy

Paul Huang
U.S. Department of Homeland Security – FEMA

Private & Public

Bridget Chatman
SAIC

Dr. Arvenita Washington Cherry
Maximus

Dr. Kimberly Myers
Deloitte

Jon Moore
Salesforce

Leslie Harlien
Dell Technologies

Marie Sylla-Dixon
Raytheon Technologies

Shelli Green
Vectrus

Tashi Carper
Leidos

DoD Executive of the Year

Government

Raj Iyer
U.S. Department of the Army

Holly S. Joers
U.S. Department of Defense Defense Healthcare Management Systems

Dr. Will Roper
United States Air Force

Private

Michael Nelson
Riverside Research

Earl G. Matthews
Veeam Government Solutions

William Vantine
Systems Planning and Analysis

Jason Nichols
ASRC Federal

Public

Jim Kelly
Dell Technologies

Leigh Palmer
General Dynamics Information Technology

Paul Decker
Parsons Corporation

Executive Assistant (EA) of the Year

Private

Dawn Holbrook
Amentum

Leslie Suddueth
Constellis

Lauren Baker
McKinsey & Company

Public

Ruth-Ann Adam
CGI Federal

Susie Ponzoo-Lasri
Parsons Corporation

Melissa Unverferth
Hexagon US Federal

Government TEAM Program/Project of the Year

Community Care Referral and Authorization (CCRA) Program

Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence Solutions Project – Joint Service Provider (JSP)

COVID-19 Vaccination Reporting Project

Redstone Facilities Unit

COVID-19 Communication & Vaccination Response Project

Moonshot Labs

CIO Council Interagency Collaboration Tool

Saltstone Disposal Unit 7 Project

Healthcare Executive of the Year

Government

Chris Martin
CMS

William Tinston
Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program

Clinton Greenstone, MD
Office of Community Care, Veterans Health Administration

Dr. Thomas Osborne
US Department of Veterans Affairs

Private

Jerry Hogge
The MITRE Corporation

Antonina Shtilkind
Brillient Corporation

Alicia Harkness
Guidehouse

Public

Brian Sandager
Cerner Government Services

Jennifer Welham
ICF

Liz Porter
Leidos

Kamal Narang
General Dynamics Information Technology

Phoebe Yang
Amazon Web Services

Lisa Slaughter
Maximus

HR Executive of the Year

Private & Public

Jennifer Bailey
Cognosante

Ray Khuo
BlueHalo

Priscilla Lott-Price
Leidos

Intelligence Executive of the Year

Government

Phil Chudoba
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Juliane Gallina
CIA

Christine Abizaid
National Counterterrorism Center

Public & Private

Tara Davey
Buchanan & Edwards

George Zoulias
Perfecta

Tiffanny Gates
Accenture Federal Services

Chris Bellios
Hexagon US Federal

Marketing Executive of the Year

Private

Christine Fuentes
Amentum

Jessica Lindberg
Dovel Technologies

Lisa D’Aromando
Constellis

Public

Brian Chidester
OpenText

Andre Kearns
Amazon Web Services

Matt Maurer
ICF

Jennifer Fleisher
Splunk

Oliver Nutt
General Dynamics Information Technology

Milo Speranzo
Dell Technologies

National Security / DHS Executive of the Year

Private & Public

M. John Saad
Guidehouse

Dylan Conner
ID Technologies

Jim Moos
Leidos

Space Executive of the Year

Public

Clint Crosier
Amazon Web Services

Derick Trask
Hexagon US Federal

Rich Aves
Parsons Federal Solutions

Government

Ron Thompson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Shawn J. Barners
United States Air Force

Andrew D. Cox
Headquarters Air Force Space Command

Supply Chain Exec of the Year

Michael Beck
Leidos

Michael Croll
Sonatype

Nisa Moore
General Dynamics Information Technology

Tim Nicklas
SUSE Rancher Government Solutions

Judges

Judge

Pamela Drew, VP and General Manager Integrated Defense & Security Solutions

Pamela Drew
Corporate Director

Judge

Sid Fuchs, Independent Board Director and Advisor

Sid Fuchs
Independent Board Director and Advisor

Judge

Sid Fuchs, Independent Board Director and Advisor

Mac Curtis

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