Today, Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) announced the current nominees and categories for Government and Solution Providers for their GOVTek Awards Gala on December 8, 2011 at the Newseum. Nominations are being accepted through GTRA’s GOVTek Awards website until October 15, 2011.
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.
“This evening celebration commemorates the accomplishments of the nominees and award winners in their areas of expertise for solving the challenges facing the Government IT community,” said Kelly Yocum, Co-Founder GTRA & CEO GOVTek.
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 an after party with raffle prizes and games.
GOVTek Awards is calling for nominations in the Government and Industry Award Categories listed. Current Government award categories and nominations include:
Excellence in Government Leadership:
Scott Bernard, Chief Architect, OMB
Michael Boller, Director of the Enterprise Planning & Investment, BTA
Richard Brenner, Assistant Administrator for Technology Transfer, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Robert Brese, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Energy
Neal Denion, Director, Call Center Operations Group, CMS
Casey Kelley, Director, Enterprise Acquisition Division, GSA
Mary Lewin, Program Manager, Federal Cloud Computing. Initiative, GSA
Lt. General William Lord, Chief of Warfighting Integration and Chief Technology Officer, USAF
Tim Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, DOT
Wolf Tombe, Chief Technology Officer, CBP
Dennis Wisnosky, Chief Architect, Chief Technical Officer, Business Mission Area, DoD
Michael Wood, Director, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
Leadership in State/Local IT Modernization:
Shakir Awan, Project Manager, County of San Joaquin, Information Systems Division (ISD)
Jerry Becker, Information Systems Director, County of San Joaquin, Information Systems Division (ISD)
Deborah Lindell, Chief Information Officer, State of Delaware
Dan Lohrman, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Director, Infrastructure Services Administration, State of Michigan
Molly Perry, Director at Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, State of Georgia
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, 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, Chief of Information Technology, BTA
Michael Frenchik, Senior Information Technology Manager, DOT
Roderick Toms, Chief of Security Protection Engineering, FDIC
Paul Tibbits, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Architecture, Strategy and Design, VA
Women in Technology:
Monica Belisle Petring, Management Analyst, BTA
Colleen Coggins, Chief Information Officer, DOT
Doreen Cox, Chief Architect, Director, Enterprise Architecture Branch, Office of Information Technology, CBP
Lien Dinh, Chief Engineer, BTA
Deborah Lafky, Program Officer, HHS
Melissa Naroski, Management Analyst, BTA
Holly Ridgeway, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, DOJ
Donna Roy, Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer, DHS
Merrelyn Spinks, Information Technology Specialist, Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, USDA
Anna Tarrant, Management Analyst, BTA
Patricia Van Belle, Chief Operations Officer of the Enterprise Planning and Investment Directorate (EP&I), BTA
Excellence in Telework and Workforce Modernization:
Vashon Citizen, External Government Liaison, BTA
Jirka Danek, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Government of Canada
Martha Johnson, Acting Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, GSA
Rich Kutter, Sr. Electronics Engineer, DoD
Excellence in Transparency:
Michael Boller, Director of the Enterprise Planning & Investment, BTA
Giovanni Carnaroli, Associate Chief Information Officer for Business Technology, DOT
Wolf Tombe, Chief Technology Officer, CBP
Excellence in Social Media:
Michael Boller, Director of the Enterprise Planning & Investment, BTA
Johnny Burton, Chief of Information Technology, BTA
Giovanni Carnaroli, Associate Chief Information Officer for Business Technology, DOT
Caird Rexroad, Director and Research Leader, USDA
Wolf Tombe, Chief Technology Officer, CBP
Jonathan Underly, Program Manager for Enterprise Information Web, BTA
Chris Vein, City CIO and Executive Director, City of San Francisco
Excellence in Cyber Security:
Lt. Col. Gary Bartlet, Chief Information Officer, USAF
Kevin Charest, Program Manager, DHS
Ned Goldberg, Deputy Director/Chief Information Security Officer, FDIC
Rich Kutter, Sr. Electronics Engineer, DoD
Peter Mell, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST
Holly Ridgeway, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, DOJ
Wolf Tombe, Chief Technology Officer, CBP
Roderick Toms, Chief of Security Protection Engineering, FDIC
Infrastructure Modernization and Cloud Achievement:
Kirit Amin, Chief Information Officer, State
Benjamin Bergersen, Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Daniel Corbin, Program Manager, Global Combat Support System, USMC
Wayne Farmer, Program Manager, Rapid Access Computing Environment, DISA
Ken Griffey, NCCIPS Transition Manager, NASA
Mike Krieger, Deputy Chief Information Officer, USAF
Dave McClure, Associate Administrator, GSA
Wolf Tombe, Chief Technology Officer, 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, Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management and Chief Information Officer, NRC
Casey Coleman, Chief Information Officer, GSA
Bernie Mazer, Chief Information Officer, DOI
Ken Moore, Office of the Chief Information Officer, OMB
Nitin Pradhan, Chief Information Officer, 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
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
Industry Award categories and nominations include:
Best Security Solution:
911 Enable
ArchSmart
ArcSight ESM
Authernative
Bit9
Corero Network Security
Cyber Security Strategies
Dumbala
Fortinet
LexisNexis
Lightweight PortableSecurity (LPS)
Lunarline
NESSUS
Q1 Labs
RSA NetWitness
Science Applications International Corporation
SonicWALL
Stonesoft
Women in Technology:
Andrea Cummings, Director, Federal Channels, Fortinet
Mary Alice Donceel, Database Administrator Senior Advisor, National Government Services, Inc
Linda Harris, Sr. Vice President, SGIS
Sonya Jain, President, eGlobalTech
Julie Mehan, Vice President of Cyber Security, Lunarline
Debra Ruh, CEO, TecAccess
Kay Sears, President, Intelsat General
Brooke Stevenson, President and CEO, Spry
Jaci Vilardo, VP Federal Sales, RSA NetWitness
Top Solution Providers to Watch for 2012:
911 Enable
Air Force Research Laboratory
AT&T
Bit9
Dell
Enlightened, Inc
Fireeye
Fortinet
HP
Lightweight Portable Security (LPS)
Microsoft
Qwest
Revelytix
RSA
Science Applications International Corporation
SGIS
SNORT
Stonesoft
TecAccess
Troux Technologies
Winvale
Best Transparency Solution:
Science Applications International Corporation
Troux Technologies
Excellence in Government Service:
eGlobalTech
Science Applications International Corporation
SGIS
Best Green IT and Sustainability:
BOSS
Zyrion
Best Cloud Solution:
Apptis
AT&T
Confident Governance
Lightweight Portable Security (LPS)
Best Mobile Solution:
Authernative
ExteNet Systems
Fiberlink
Fortress
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 Technology Council Meeting address the topics identified through research with the government 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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