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Award Categories
Golden Gov
For the visionary leader who implements innovative ideas, inspires others to get on board and has impact on not only their agency, but also the greater federal technology community and the country.

Director,
NTIS

Deputy Commissioner, TTS,
GSA

Deputy Commissioner, FAS,
GSA

Acting Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy,
OMB

Principal Deputy, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ODNI & Deputy Director, NGA

Acting U.S. CIO, Executive Office of the President

R-TX,
U.S. House of Representatives

Cybersecurity Coordinator, Executive Office of the President

Director & Commander,
DISA/DODIN

CIO & Deputy Director, Plans & Integration,
U.S. Air Force

Deputy CIO, Cybersecurity,
DOD

Director of NSA, Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command & Chief of Central Security Service,
NSA

Acting U.S. CISO, Executive Office of the President & Sr. Director for Cybersecurity,
NSC

Secretary,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Deputy CIO,
U.S. Army

D-VA,
U.S. Senate
Federal Leadership
For the federal leader helping their agency implement new technologies, strategies and IT programs to lower the cost of government while making it more innovative, agile and effective.

Sr. Procurement Official,
USDA

Executive Director, Unified Shared Services Management,
GSA

Acting CIO,
DOT

CIO,
DISA

CTO,
NARA

Acting CIO, Technology & Resiliency,
FCC

Chief Procurement Officer,
DHS

Program Manager, Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation,
DHS

CIO,
U.S. Army

Acting Administrator,
USDS

CIO,
CIA

Deputy Assistant Commissioner, ITC,
GSA

CIO,
Dept. of Energy

Acting CIO,
EPA

CIO,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

CIO,
FEMA

CIO,
Dept. of Education

CTO,
SBA

CIO,
NARA

CTO,
DHS

Chief Data Officer,
USDA

CIO,
HUD

CIO,
DOJ

CTO,
U.S. Air Force

Sr. Advisor, TTS,
GSA

Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy & Initiatives,
Executive Office of the President

CIO,
USAID

CIO,
SSA

CISO, Executive Director,
TSA

Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Acquisition,
GSA

CIO,
NRC

Acting CIO,
Dept. of Treasury

CISO, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force,
U.S. Air Force

Branch Chief, FAS,
GSA

CIO,
SBA

CTO,
CMS

CIO,
GSA

CIO,
U.S. Air Force

CIO,
Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Commissioner, FAS,
GSA

Chief Data Scientist & Director of Analytics,
EPA

Acting CIO,
Dept. of Commerce

CIO,
Dept. of State

CIO,
NASA

Acting CIO,
DOD

Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Category Management,
GSA
Industry Leadership
For the private sector leader driving change by being a valued partner to government and leading teams that help agencies work smarter and lower costs.

VP & GM, Public Sector,
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

SVP & GM, Public Sector,
Red Seal

SVP, Public Sector,
CA Technologies

Director, U.S. Federal Business,
CyberArk

Federal Sales Director,
Varonis

SVP & GM, Federal,
Dell EMC

President, Civilian Group,
Leidos

Sr. Director, Microsoft Azure Government,
Microsoft

VP, Public Sector,
Riverbed Technology

VP of Federal Sales,
McAfee

SVP, Public Sector Markets,
Verizon

VP, Public Sector,
PureStorage

CTO, Federal,
ServiceNow

Sr. Director, Government Sales,
Samsung Electronics America

EVP,
Salesforce

VP North America Public Sector,
NVIDIA

CTO, Defense,
CSRA

Sr. Director, Business Development & System Integrators, Government Education & Healthcare,
VMware

Venture Partner,
Insight Venture Partners

SVP & GM, Public Sector,
Red Hat

SVP & GM, Global Government Security,
Forcepoint

President,
DLT Solutions

President, Federal,
Cyxtera Technologies

VP, Federal,
Symantec
Disruptor of the Year
Leading innovators not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom and shake up the status quo.

Branch Manager, Agile & Mobile Services,
TSA

Director, FedRAMP,
GSA

Sr. Standards & Technology Advisor, Trusted Identities Group,
NIST

CTO,
HHS

Director, Web Applications Program,
IRS

Leader,
Defense Digital Service

Associate Director, Immigration Records & Identity Services Directorate,
DHS

Performance Analyst, Office of the Federal CIO,
OMB

Chief, Logistics CIO Support Division,
U.S. Air Force

Acting Executive Director,
18F
Cybersecurity Leader of the Year
For the Cybersecurity leader paving the way in Cybersecurity innovation and constantly looking for the best ways to keep our information safe.

FedRAMP Program Manager, Cybersecurity,
GSA

CISO,
FEMA

CISO,
USPS

Sr. Security Analyst,
USDA

Product Director, Logistics Information Systems, AESIP,
U.S. Army

National Director,
U.S. Cyber Challenge

Director,
National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center, DHS

Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity & Integration Center,
DHS

Sr. Advisor,
TTS/GSA

Acting Chief, Risk Management Division,
NGA

Director, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education,
NIST

CISO,
DOJ

Fellow,
NIST

CISO,
Census Bureau

Deputy CISO,
HHS

Chief of Cyber Readiness, Cyber Division,
FBI

Deputy Director, Operations,
U.S. Air Force

CISO,
HHS

D-Or.,
U.S. Senate
Tech Champion of the Year
For the leaders whose passion for tech made us all think outside of the box.

Open Innovation Director,
NASA

Web Manager,
IRS

Program Lead, Emerging Citizen Technology,
GSA

Sr. Advisor, Office of the CIO, Executive Office of the President,
OMB

Mobile Programs Manager,
GSA

Director of Innovation & Technology,
SBA
Most Inspiring Up & Comer
Young leaders who did exceptional IT work this year and made you think, “They’ll be running the show someday.”

Director, HCCIC,
HHS

DevOps Program Manager,
TSA/DHS

Program Manager, Digital Analytics Program,
GSA

Director of Operations,
DHS

Product Manager, PEO EIS,
U.S. Army

Integration Manager,
Census Bureau

Mission Outreach Manager, HSIN,
DHS

Project Manager,
Dept. of Treasury

Program Manager, Mobile Security Research & Development,
DHS
Innovation of the Year
The innovative approach to cross-agency or intra-agency technology that may have been unfathomable until recently.

DHS

Census Bureau

DHS

USASpending.gov

FirstNet

HHS

IRS

GSA

DHS