Today, GTRA announced the final nominees and categories for Government and Solution Providers for their GOVTek Awards Gala taking place on February 2, 2012 at the Newseum.
The Annual GOVTek Awards honors Government and Industry leaders and their contributions to the IT community, their country and the ever-evolving cyber world around us.
“Due to the overwhelming response and requests for involvement in voting, we are excited to announce the new judging process allowing the community to vote!” said Kelly Yocum, CEO and founder of GOVTek LLC. “We are looking forward to recognizing the accomplishments achieved through the collaboration and innovation of both government executives and the solutions the industry provides.”
Judges will make up 50 percent of the vote, the community will represent the remaining 50 percent vote that takes place now until December 31, 2011.
The GOVTek Awards Gala at the Newseum, ‘Washington D.C.’s most interactive museum,’ is a black tie gala and will begin with a networking reception, awards ceremony with a full dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck Catering and a Monte Carlo Casino Night after party with raffle prizes and casino games.
Final Government categories and nominees include:
Excellence in Government Leadership:
Benjamin Bergersen, Commerce
Scott Bernard, OMB
Michael Boller, BTA
Richard Brenner, USDA
Robert Brese, Energy
Neal Denion, CMS
Patsy Garnett, HUD
Casey Kelley, GSA
Mary Lewin, GSA
Lt. Gen. William Lord, USAF
Ron Ross, NIST
Tim Schmidt, DOT
Wolf Tombe, CBP
Dennis Wisnosky, DoD
Michael Wood, RATB
Leadership in State/Local IT Modernization:
Shakir Awan, County of Joaquin
Jerry Becker, County of San Joaquin
Deborah Lindell, State of Delaware
Dan Lohrman, State of Michigan
Molly Perry, State of Georgia
Ben Sanchez, Broward County, Florida
Government Innovator of the Year:
Michael Boller, Director of the Enterprise Planning & Investment , BTA
Brett Brunk, Chief Enterprise Architect, GSA
Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer, OMB
Vivek Kundra, Fmr Federal Chief Information Officer & Administrator for E-Gov & IT, OMB
Rich Kutter, Sr. Electronics Engineer, DoD
Richard Spires, Chief Information Officer, DHS
Teri Takai, Chief Information Officer, DoD
George Thomas, Technical Architect, HHS
Peter Tseronis, Senior Technical Advisor, Energy
Excellence in Project Management:
Johnny Burton, BTA
Michael Frenchik, DOT
Dan Gahafer, DISA
Michael Johnson, Interior
Roderick Toms, FDIC
Paul Tibbits, VA
Women in Government Technology:
Monica Belisle Petring, BTA
Colleen Coggins, DOT
Doreen Cox, CBP
Lien Dinh, BTA
Deborah Lafky, HHS
Melissa Naroski, BTA
Holly Ridgeway, DOJ
Donna Roy, DHS
Merrelyn Spinks, USDA
Anna Tarrant, BTA
Patricia Van Belle, BTA
Excellence in Telework and Workforce Modernization:
Vashon Citizen, BTA
Todd Cox, NIH
Jirka Danek, Shared Services of Canada
Martha Johnson, GSA
Rich Kutter, DoD
Excellence in Transparency and Social Media:
Michael Boller, BTA
Johnny Burton, BTA
Giovanni Carnaroli, DOT
Doug Fridsma, ONC
Michael Krieger, Army
Caird Rexroad, USDA
Wolf Tombe, CBP
Jonathan Underly, BTA
Chris Vein, City of San Francisco
Excellence in Cyber Security:
Brian Allen, Nasa
Lt. Col. Gary Bartlet, USAF
Kevin Charest, HHS
Ned Goldberg, FDIC
Rich Kutter, DoD
Peter Mell, NIST
Holly Ridgeway, DOJ
Wolf Tombe, CBP
Roderick Toms, FDIC
Infrastructure Modernization and Cloud Achievement:
Kirit Amin, State
Benjamin Bergersen, Commerce
Dave Dwyer, USMC
Wayne Farmer, DISA
Ken Griffey, NASA
Mike Krieger, USAF
Dave McClure, GSA
Wolf Tombe, CBP
Government Mobile App of the Year:
IRS2GO App (IRS)
MeAnderthal App (Smithsonian)
Most Wanted App (FBI)
MyTSA App (TSA)
Recovery.GOV App (White House)
White House App (White House)
Excellence in OMB’s 25-point Federal IT Management Reform:
Darren Ash, NRC
Casey Coleman, GSA
Bernie Mazer, DOI
Ken Moore, OMB
Nitin Pradhan, DOT
Chris Smith, Chief Information Security Officer, USDA
Enterprise Architect Leader of the Year:
Scott Bernard, Chief Architect, OMB
Colleen Coggins, Chief Information Officer, DOT
Doreen Cox, CBP
Patricia Craighill, Assistant Director, Defense NextGen, JPDO SAF/XC NextGen, USAF
Mary Forbes, Chief Enterprise Architect, HHS
Kshemendra Paul, Program Manager, PM-ISE
Best of GTRA:
Marian Cody, Chief Information Security Officer, HUD
Frank Cipolloni, Director, Enterprise Databases Group, HHS
Chris Garcia, Acting Chief Information Security Officer, FAA
Ira Grossman, Chief Enterprise Architect, FEMA
Pat Howard, Chief Information Security Officer, NRC
Lori Pettebone-Maatta, Director, Division of Enterprise Architecture Program Management, CMS
Ron Ross, Senior Fellow, NIST
Michael Schievelbein, Lead Technologist, FBMS Implementation Office, Interior
Cindy Stowe, GSA FAS/ITS Customer Engagement Lead, GSA
John Sullivan, Enterprise Architecture Advisor, Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA
John Teeter, Deputy Chief Information Officer, HHS
Rocky Young, Director, Outreach and Communication for Cyber Security, DoD
Final Industry award categories and nominees include:
Best Security Solution:
911 Enable
Access Data
Agiliance
Archer eGRC
ArcSight ESM
Authernative
Beyond Trust
Bit9
Corero Network Security
Security Strategies
Damballa
Fortinet
Google
Invincea
LexisNexis
Lunarline
NESSUS
Q1 Labs
RSA NetWitness
Science Applications
International
Corporation
Skybox Security
SonicWALL
Sourcefire
Stonesoft
Women in Technology:
Fiona Barshow, Citizant
Mary Alice Donceel, National Government Services, Inc.
Adel Harris, Citizant
Linda Harris, SGIS
Sonya Jain, eGlobalTech
Julie Mehan, Lunarline
Debra Ruh, TecAccess
Kay Sears, Intelsat General
Brooke Stevenson, Spry
Jaci Vilardo, RSA NetWitness
Top Solution Providers to Watch for in 2012:
911 Enable
Access
Actuate
AT&T
A-T Solutions
Bit9
Centrify
Dell
Deltek
Enlightened, Inc.
Fireeye
Fortinet
Google
HP
Invincea
Microsoft
Qwest
Revelytix
RSA
Science Applications International Corporation
SGIS
SourceFire
Strategi Consulting
Stonesoft
TecAccess
Troux Technologies
Xceedium
Best Transparency Solution:
Agiliance
Archer eGRC
Science Applications International Corporation
Troux Technologies
Excellence in Government Service:
A-T Solutions
eGlobalTech
iSIGHT Partners, Inc.
Science Applications International Corporation
SGIS
Strategi Consulting
Best Green IT and Sustainability:
BOSS
Zyrion
Best Cloud Solution:
Actuate
Apptis
AT&T
Collabnet
Confident Governance
Intel
Best Mobile Solution:
Agilex
Authernative
ExteNet Systems
Koolspan
MaaS360 by Fiberlink
Fortress Technologies
About GTRA: GTRA brings together executive-level government technology security, enterprise architecture, green IT and health IT leaders to collaborate, strategize and create innovative solutions. The semi-annual GTRA SecureGOV Council Meeting addresses the security topics identified through research with the government GTRA Council members and industry experts. By sharing best practices and lessons learned, knowledge is exchanged in a peer-to-peer forum, resulting in actionable government-wide strategic plans and cutting-edge solutions. Through a unique collaborative methodology, GTRA is revolutionizing the way government does business.
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