Introducing the 2023 FedHealthIT100
The FedHealthIT100 honors those individuals recognized for driving change and advancement in the Federal Health Information Technology and Consulting Market. Nominated and chosen by their peers, some common themes among those who were selected include the desire and willingness to challenge conventional wisdom, to go above and beyond, to drive innovation, and to give back to the larger Federal Health IT and Consulting community.
Check out the 2023 Honorees below.
Kevin Abraham
Chief, Adoption Integration, DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM), Defense Health Management Systems
Andy Acuna
Chief Information Officer, Planned Systems International, Inc.
Terry Adirim, MD
Program Executive Director, EHRM Integration, Department of Veterans Affairs
David Affeldt
President & Chief Executive Officer, GRSi
Lauren Alexanderson
Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Health Delivery, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Jerry Ambrosh
Vice President, SAIC
Doug Barton
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Engineer, Leidos
Tammy Beckham
Associate Director, Resilient Supply Chain & Shortages Program, Office of the Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
Jessica Berrellez
Executive Officer, Office of Digital Transformation, Food and Drug Administration
Joan Bishop
Vice President, HighPoint
Robert Bohn
Deputy Director, Office of Financial Information Systems (OFIS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tim Borchert
Chief Executive Officer, Federal Advisory Partners
George Brittingham
IT Project Manager and Technical Director, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Susan Burke
Sr. Program Director, Cognosante
Julie Bush
Senior Vice President, Federal, Strategic Initiatives, Palantir
Gerald Caron III
Chief Information Officer, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services
Jesus Caban, PhD
Chief, Clinical & Research Informatics, NICoE, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Department of Defense
Mohammed Sohail Chaudhry
Chief Technology Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Gary Cobb
Program Manager, Enterprise Service Desk, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Rachele Cooper
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Aptive Resources
Robert Cunningham
Acting Executive Director, Enterprise Command Operations, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Ben Cushing
Chief Architect, Federal Health and Life Sciences, North America Public Sector, Red Hat Consulting
Kurt DelBene
Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Vid Desai
Chief Information Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Danita Dixon
Senior Technical Advisor, Food and Drug Administration
COL (Ret.) Francisco Dominicci
Senior Vice President, B.E.A.T. LLC
Mike Eddings
President & Chief Executive Officer, Optum Serve Technology & Consulting Solutions
Shereef Elnahal, MD
Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs
Rafael Fagundo
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sierra7, Inc.
Elena Fenton
HHS Account Relationship Director, KPMG
Blaine Fitzgerald
Diffusion Specialist, Community Manager, Department of Veterans Affairs
Allen Fredrickson
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Signature Performance
Maria Gaboury
Account Executive, Intersystems
Matthew Garvey
Executive Vice President, Digital Services, Octo
Eric Gonzales
Vice President, Growth and Client Development, Aptive Resources
Ronald Graham
Director, Division of Marketplace IT Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jeff Grant
Deputy Director of Operations, Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Rhonda Greene-Bruce
Special Assistant, Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Macon Hardy
Senior Vice President Business Development, Unissant, Inc.
Derrick Heard
Director, Office of Acquisition & Grants Management, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Claude Hines
Chief Operating Officer, MicroHealth
Jane Hite-Syed
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, National Government Services
Ray Holder
Executive Strategist, US Federal, AWS
Karen Holloway
Senior Vice President, Chief Market Innovation and Strategy Officer – Public Sector, ICF
Ram Iyer
Chief Data Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Holly Joers
Program Executive Officer, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Atchut Kanthamani
Chief Executive Officer, Softrams
Michael Kennedy, PhD
Chief Data Officer, SoftDev Incorporated
Anthony Kerlavage, PhD
Director, Center of Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology, National Cancer Institute
Prashanthi Kuchikulla
Director, Service Management Platforms & Tools, Department of Veterans Affairs
Joshua Lashbrook
Digital GI Bill (DGIB) Program Management Officer (PMO), Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration
Jake Lewis
Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Director – DHA Contracting Activity (DHACA), Defense Health Agency
Manish Malhotra
Chief Executive Officer, Unissant, Inc.
Chris Martin
Director, Financial Management Systems Group (FMSG), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jason McCarthy
Senior Vice President, Military & Veterans Health Solutions, Leidos
Sandra Mcintyre
Acting Program Manager, Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS), Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Patrick McLoughlin
Vice President, Maximus
Elizabeth McNamara
Associate Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
Shane McNamee, MD
Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth, Smile Digital Health
Charlie McQuillan
General Manager, Health, Octo
Oki Mek
Chief Information Security Officer, Microsoft Federal Civilian
Ray Mierwald
Senior Data Scientist, Visual Connections
Sophia Myers
Director of Veteran Experiences Services Portfolio, Department of Veterans Affairs
Chris Nichols
Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions (EIDS) Program Manager, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Mark Niemi
Project Controller, Data Quality & Integration, Defense Health Agency
Wendy Nilsen, PhD
Deputy Division Director, Information and Intelligent Systems, NSF
David Norley
Program Manager, Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS), Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Jenna Norton, PhD
Program Director, social determinants of health & health data standards, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Nicole Oxley, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Oxley Enterprises, Inc.
Michael Parrish
Chief Acquisition Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Melinda Pitchford
Executive Director, National Government Services
Liz Porter
President, Health Group, Leidos
Laura Prietula
Deputy Chief Information Officer, EHRM-IO, Department of Veterans Affairs
Yuri Radams, PhD
Chief Transformation Officer & Executive Vice President of Growth, Chags Health Information Technology, LLC (C-HIT)
Max Ramirez
Assistant Program Manager for Healthcare Delivery to Roles 1 and 2, Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS), Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Rachel Rayfield
Project Manager, Visual Connections
Marc Richardson
Director, Marketplace IT Group, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Edwin Rosas
President, EM Key Solutions, Inc.
Lewis Runnion
Managing Partner, Eleven09 and King Street Technology Partners
COL (Ret.) Bobby Saxon
Deputy Director (Deputy CIO), Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Takisha Schulterbrandt, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, BCOMPLEX
Amit Sharma
Director, Division of Technical Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Lynette Sherrill
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Information Security and Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Sean Smith
Medical Information Delivery Lead, Naval Information Warfare Center – Atlantic, Department of Defense
Travis Sorensen
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Oddball
Steven Sousa
Senior Vice President, Health and Social Services, CGI
Sumesh Sundareswaran
Vice President, Health and Human Services , GDIT
Craig Taylor
Chief Information Security Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Theresa Kim Thomas
Chief Executive Officer, Resolution Think, LLC
Mitchell Thornbrugh
Chief Information Officer, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services
Augie Turano, PhD
Director, Data Migration and Data Syndication, EHR Modernization, Department of Veterans Affairs
Quentin Tyson
Chief Technology Officer, Information Systems Group, CCSQ, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Chris Van Berkel
Managing Director and Military Health Lead, Accenture Federal Services
Tanisha Williams
Deputy Director, Division of End User Support/CMS Connect 2.0 Platform Owner, Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jason Windsor
Vice President, Health IT, GDIT
Robert Wood
Chief Information Security Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jacklyn Wynn
Vice President, Strategic Programs, GDIT
Krista Yager
Chief Digital Officer, National Government Services
Jane Zentmyer
Director, Architecture and Transformation Division, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services
Matthew Zullo
Director, Agile Center of Excellence, Office of Information Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
