The 2023 Disruptive Tech Awards: Programs and Change Agents Shifting the Landscape recognizes disruptors and trailblazers leading the transformation of Federal information technology.
Nominated by their peers, the 2023 Disruptive Tech Change Agent Award recognizes Federal IT and Consulting leaders from industry and Government who are working every day to take calculated risks and positively disrupt the Federal market, while having a measurable impact on the culture and the critical missions of the organizations they serve.
Congratulations to the 2023 Change Agent Awardees:
Gil Alterovitz, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA
Director
National Artificial Intelligence Institute, Department of Veterans Affairs
Capt. Ivonne Arena
Deputy Chief Information Officer & Deputy Chief of Staff
Defense Centers of Excellence for PH & TBI, Defense Health Agency
Sanja Basaric
Artificial Intelligence Program Lead
Department of Health and Human Services
Jessica Berrellez
Executive Officer
Food and Drug Administration
Dan Berrigan
Worldwide Research Collaboration Lead
Air Force Research Lab
Kathleen Berst
Acting Deputy Assistant Director, Acquisition & Sustainment
Defense Health Agency
Tim Brown
CISO and VP, Security
SolarWinds
Mohammed Sohail Chaudhry
Chief Technology Officer
Food and Drug Administration
Mahesh Choksi
Director, Acquisition Strategy and Partnership
Office of Digital Transformation, Food and Drug Administration
Candis M. Connell, Psy.D.
Health Behavior Coordinator, THRIVE National Coordinator,
Whole Health Psychologist
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and Clinics
Katie Cook
Senior Director, Operational Excellence
Salesforce
Kenyon Crowley
Health Analytics Lead
Accenture Federal Services
Ben Duan, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Precise Software Solutions, Inc.
Bonnie Evangelista
Tradewind Execution Lead
Department of Defense
Rod Fontecilla, PhD
Partner and Chief Innovation Officer
Guidehouse
Mike Gifford
Senior Strategist
CivicActions
Jaime Gracia
Director, Strategic Enterprise Programs
Department of State
Polly Hall
Senior Advisor to Chief Procurement Officer
Department of Homeland Security
Randy Hayes
Vice President, Public Sector
Vast Data Federal
Derek Herbert
Executive Director (Acting)
Office of Business Integrations, Veteran Benefits Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs
Krista Kinnard
Brand Chief, Emerging Technology
Department of Labor
Sanjay J. Koyani
Chief Technology Officer
Department of Labor
Joshua Lehman
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Office of Digital Transformation, Food and Drug Administration
Nasr Majid
Senior Technical Advisor
Custodial Accounting Branch, Internal Management Domain, Internal Revenue Service
Oki Mek
Chief Information Security Officer (Federal Civilian)
Microsoft
Susan Coller Monarez
Deputy Director, Advanced Research Projects
Agency for Health, National Institutes of Health
Joseph Montgomery
Chief Enterprise Portfolio Management Officer
Office of Digital Transformation, Food and Drug Administration
Thomas Osborne, MD
Director
National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation,
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Michael Parrish
Chief Acquisition Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
Reuven Pasternak, MD
Senior Advisor
National Risk Management Center, CISA,
Department of Health and Human Services
Jacquelyn M. Paykel, MD
Chief, Whole Health Service, National Director, THRIVE
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Dan Pelman
Aviation Technical Specialist
Federal Aviation Administration
Kegan Saajasto
Director of Technology
National Government Services
Darren J. Sommer, DO
CEO
Innovator Health, LLC
Mandy Sweeney
Federal Health Technology Architect
KPMG
Melissa Tran, LMFT, PMH-C
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator
Orlando VA Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs
Kyle Tuberson
Chief Technology Officer
ICF
Jennifer Tucker, PhD
Deputy Administrator
National Organic Program, Agricultural Marketing Service,
Department of Agriculture
Carrie Wibben
President
Exiger Government Solutions
Logan Wilks
Manager of Data Engineering
National Government Services
