November 16
The Ritz-Carlton
Tysons Corner, 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
Music from the 2023 Pinnacle Awards
2023 Award Finalists
Public
Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year
John Larson
Booz Allen Hamilton
Michael Thieme
Accenture Federal Services
Ryan Gabriele
Parsons
Tifani O’Brien
Leidos
Todd Schroeder
UiPath
Private
Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year
Eric Brown
ManTech
Keith Rodgers
LMI
Michael Pansky
IntelliBridge
Richard Jacik
Brillient Corporation
Public
Business Development Executive of the Year
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Alex Lopez
ECS
Brian Hobbs
Accenture Federal Services
Mike House
Siemens Government Technologies
Mike Pullen
CGI Federal
Nathan Magestad
Parsons
Private
Business Development Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Greater Than $250M
Chris Holden
J&J Worldwide Services
James Yates
CAES
Mark Adams
Peraton
Mike DeMarco
Intelsat
Sean Mullen
Amentum
Private
Business Development Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Less Than $250M
Ashley Nichols
Highlight Technologies
Christina Seiden
Excella
Jeffrey Mujsce
BryceTech
Matt Candy
IntelliBridge
Sima Shahin
Rancher Government Solutions
Public
Climate Change Executive of the Year
Marian Van Pelt
ICF
Prachi Sukhatankar
Booz Allen Hamilton
Tristan Bannon
Leidos
Private
Climate Change Executive of the Year
Britt Harter
Guidehouse
Erwin Villiger
LMI
Paul Chinowsky
Stanley Consultants
Private & Public
Cloud Executive of the Year
Brian Barnes
General Dynamics Mission System
Brian Price
Kion
Kristin Cochran
Siemens Government Technologies
Max Peterson
Amazon Web Services
Paul Farmer
CASE
Ravi Raghava
SAIC
Government
Cloud Executive of the Year
Captain Kevin Mullaney, USN, Ph.D.
U.S. Naval Academy
Christopher Carrigan
U.S. Marine Corps
Sagar Samant
GSA
Private & Public
Contracts Executive of the Year
Dawn Tenia
DMI
Doug Humerick
Magellan Federal
Elaine Schlegel
Highlight Technologies
John Roman
ECS
Mandy Walter-Beam
Two Six Technologies
Sarah Bednarz
Arlo Solutions
Stephen Yuter
BrainGu
Government
Contracts Executive of the Year
Fatima Diallo
Army Contracting Command-APG
Jetur Conway
United States Postal Service
Mario Wilson
TSA
Public
Cybersecurity Executive of the Year
Amanda Satterwhite
Accenture Federal Services
Bill Geimer
ECS
Dan Rolph
Parsons
John DeSimone
Raytheon, an RTX Business
John Sahlin
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
John Nemoto
CGI Federal
Shawn Kingsberry
SAIC
Government
Cybersecurity Executive of the Year
Bo Berlas
GSA
Daniel Daly
TSA
Donna S. Bennett
U.S. Department of State
Jodi Kouts
U.S. Department of Energy
Mary Wijetunga
JOMIS
Shawn Brody
EIDS
Private
Cybersecurity Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Greater Than $250M
Alex Burkart
Koniag Government Services
Scott Smith
Ernst & Young
Sheryl Hanchar
CAES
Private
Cybersecurity Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Less Than $250M
Brandon Gulla
Rancher Government Solutions
Jack Wilmer
Core4ce
John Wood
Telos Corporation
John Ayers
REDLattice
Laks Prabhala
Alpha Omega
Robert Carey
Cloudera Government Solutions Inc.
Private & Public
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Executive of the Year
Combiz Abdolrahimi
Deloitte
Dawn-Marie Gray
Cadmus
Ebony Jones
Accenture Federal Services
Ellen Rice Chever
LMI
Winter Washington
Gainwell Technologies
Public
DoD Executive of the Year
Mary Pollard
CACI
Portia Crowe
Accenture Federal Services
Tamara Greenspan
Oracle
Vincent DiFronzo
SAIC
Private
DoD Executive of the Year
Dave Hathaway
ManTech
John Spencer-Taylor
BrainGu
Juvy McCarthy
Akima
Lonnie Williams
DMI
Ryan Abbott
MetroStar
Shawna Li
Ernst & Young
Steve Kelley
J&J Worldwide Services
Government
DoD Executive of the Year
Alvin Burse
U.S. Air Force
Doug Bush
U.S. Army
Eileen Vidrine
U.S. Air Force
Holly Joers
DHMS
Private & Public
Executive Assistant (EA) of the Year
Ann Tiller
Leidos
Brittany Masters
LMI
Jaimie Francois
BryceTech
Jen Dunn
Siemens Government Technologies
Nancy Logan
Arcfield
Natalie Robinson
Intelsat
Public
Healthcare Executive of the Year
Benjamin Cushing
Red Hat
Ilene Baylinson
Maximus
Jill Olmstead
Accenture Federal Services
Larry Schaefer
Leidos/QTC
Mark Valcich
Intel
Steven Sousa
CGI Federal
Private
Healthcare Executive of the Year
Cara Klansek
Guidehouse
Lia Melakou
Highlight Technologies
Richard “Chip” Terry
ASRC Federal
Government
Healthcare Executive of the Year
Anne Bailey
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Karl Mathias
HHS
Kathryn Wetherby
CMS
Mohammed Chaudhry
FDA
William Tinston
FERHM
Private & Public
HR Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Greater Than $250M
Angela Galyean
Intelsat
Donna Diederich
LMI
Jamila Taylor
Guidehouse
Rebecca Hannahs
Siemens Government Technologies
Private
HR Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Less Than $250M
Debbie Peterson
MetroStar
Denise Picarelli
Two Six Technologies
Kate McEnaney
CyberCore Technologies
Kerri Morehart
Cadmus
Lynn McElhaney
Core4ce
Mahreen Rashid
Excella
Mary Watson
IntelliBridge
Podcast
Humble Beginnings Podcast
Ed Swallow
The Aerospace Corporation
Kevin Kelly
Arcfield
Michael Jung
ICF
Rick Driggers
Accenture Federal Services
Stephanie Mango
CGI Federal
Public
Intelligence Executive of the Year
Donna Rhoads
Leidos
Errol McEachron
CGI Federal
Mike Kushin
Parsons
Stephen Carlon
Accenture Federal Services
Private
Intelligence Executive of the Year
Dan Smith
RenXTech, A Buchanan & Edwards Company
Tony Frazier
Maxar
Tricia Fitzmaurice
Rancher Government Solutions
Public
Marketing Executive of the Year
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Alan Hill
Serco, Inc.
Lindsay Streeper
Magellan Federal
Shab Nassirpour
ECS
Private
Marketing Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Greater Than $250M
Clay McConnell
Intelsat
Colleen Campbell
Maxar
Ethan Meurlin
Octo
Robin Milton
LMI
Private
Marketing Executive of the Year
Annual Revenue Less Than $250M
Alex Bender
Core4ce
Don Poole
Rancher Government Solutions
Ellen Bjork
Riverside Research
Helle Huxley
Cadmus
Tonia Patt
Two Six Technologies
Victoria Kruemmer
Highlight Technologies
Private & Public
National Security / DHS Executive of the Year
Greg Adams
ECS
Jonathan Pettus
Leidos/Dynetics Group
Matt Zimmerman
MetroStar
Scott Recinos
LMI
Private & Public
Pricing Executive of the Year
Eddie Morris
Excella
Kyle Andrews
MetroStar
Scott Widlake
Leidos
Private & Public
Space Executive of the Year
David Ray
SAIC
John “J.R.” Riordan
Sigmatech Inc
Michael Fry
Sev1Tech
Milton Carroll
Peraton
Scott “Scooter” Altman
ASRC Federal
Private & Public
Supply Chain Executive of the Year
Alex McGuire
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
Joe Niehaus
LMI
John Polowczyk
Ernst & Young
Neal Frick
CyberCore Technologies
Richard (Rick) Lisa
Intel
Private & Public
Systems Security Officer
April Johnson
BrainGu
Lemuel Higgins
Serco, Inc.
Sarah Barnhart
CAES
Government
TEAM Project of the Year
HealthCare.gov Website
CMS
Mobile App Vetting (MAV)
CISA
Next Generation Passport (NGP)
U.S. Department of State
Tempo Platform
U.S. Department of State
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A)
U.S. Army
Veterans Affairs Enterprise Cloud Fax (ECFax) program
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Table Sponsors
2023 Hall of Fame
Nazzic Keene, SAIC
2023 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.