Monday, June 3
Welcome to Acquisition at the Speed of Innovation Summit, an exhilarating conference by GOVTECH CONNECTS where we’re diving headfirst into the dynamic world of emergent technologies. From AI to digital transformation, hear how the innovators and leaders are breaking barriers, challenging the status quo, and propelling organizations into the future.
Date Monday, June 3
Time 2:00 – 5:30pm EDT
Where Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park | 3111 Fairview Park Drive Falls Church, VA 22042
Keynote Panelists
Kristina Botelho
Contracting Officer, U.S. Air Force
Michael Boyce
Director, DHS AI Corps, Department of Homeland Security*
Robert Burton
Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP, former Deputy Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Joshua Cohen
Digital Services Expert, AI Acquisition, Department of Veterans Affairs
Katherine Crompton
Director of the Procurement Innovation Lab, Department of Homeland Security
Lt. Commander Alesha Egts
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer of Director's Action Group, Defense Health Agency
Naomi Escoffery
Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Director, Acquisitions and Sustainment, Defense Health Agency
Bonnie Evangelista
Acting Deputy Chief Digital and AI Officer for Acquisitions, DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
Justin Fanelli
Acting Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of the Navy
Florence Kasule
Director of Procurement, U.S. Digital Service, Office of Management & Budget, Executive Office of the President*
Jeffrey Neill
Interim Associate Executive Director, Technology Acquisition Center, Department of Veterans Affairs
Joanie Newhart
Associate Administrator of Acquisition Workforce Programs, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Christopher Parker
Associate Executive Director, Strategic Acquisition Center and Acting Associate Executive Director, National Acquisition Center, Department of Veterans Affairs
Michael Parrish
Chief Acquisition Officer and Principal Director, The Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, Department of Veterans Affairs
Harrison Smith
Acquisition Innovation Advocate, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Stephanie Wilson
Contracting Officer, Rock Island, Army Contracting Command
*awaiting final approval
Agenda
9:40 – 10:15 AM
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Sponsors
ACQUISITION LIFECYCLE LEADERSHIP AWARD HONOREES
GOVTECH CONNECTS is proud to recognize the following Acquisition Lifecycle Leadership Award Honorees. These individuals in government and industry champion innovation, develop strategic partnerships, and challenge the status quo through cutting-edge strategies – creating more effective systems and teams to propel organizations into the future.
Anita Allen
Small Business Specialist, HHS-CMS and NIH (NIDA and NHLBI)
Surafeal Asgedom
Chief Strategy Officer, Grace and Associates
Milad Bahrami
Senior Vice President, Health Solutions, Leidos
Jamie Baker
Director, Federal Health, Science and Policy, Amazon
Fiona Barshow
Vice President, Koniag
Beverly Ann Beavers
CEO, ProclivIT, LLC
Wayne Berry
Senior Procurement Analyst, Department of Health and Human Services Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (HHS OSDBU)
Kathleen Berst
Acting Assistant Director Support/ Component Acquisition Executive, Defense Health Agency
Rohan Bhobe
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, NAVA PBC
Angela Billups
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs
David Blackburn
Chief Executive Officer, Orange Slices AI
Horace Blackman
Senior Vice President and Business Unit Leader V, CGI Federal
Kristina Botelho
RapidX Contracting/Agreements Officer, USAF-AFLCMC (Hanscom AFB, MA)
Jason Bonander
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alexis Bonnell
Chief Information Officer and Director, Digital Capabilities Directorate, U.S. Air Force Research Lab
Natasha Boyce
Small Business Specialist, FDA/NIH
Karen Brazell
Vice President, VA Account Manager, SAIC
Katrina Brisbon
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions, Health and Human Services
Darlene Bullock
OSDBU, Executive Director, Department of Homeland Security
Robert A, Burton
Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
Barclay P. Butler, Ph.D., MBA
President, BCS, LLC
Sara Byrd
Chief Delivery Officer & Vice President, Pantheon Data
Nicole Case
Chief Executive Officer, Insight Advisors
Diana Ceban
Vice President and Account Executive, Health, SAIC
George Chambers, SES, PhD, MEA
Innovation & Technology Modernization Executive, Health and Human Services
Suzanne Charleston
Sr. Director, Government Markets, TransUnion
Mohammed (Sohail) Chaudhry
Chief Technology Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Clement Chen
Chief Executive Officer, DS Federal
Phil Christy
Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Joshua Cohen
Lead for Acquisition, Office of the CTO, Department of Veterans Affairs
Katherine Crompton
Director, Procurement Innovation Lab, Department of Homeland Security
Tim Cooke
Chief Executive Officer, ASI Government
Anthony Cordaro
Chief Executive Officer, 365 IT Consulting
Tim Cox
Vice President Strategic Partnerships VETS Sector, GovCIO
Ruben Cruz, Esq.
Director, Contracts & Procurement, MetroStar
Jason Cullum
Vice President Digital Services, Element Solutions
Ben Cushing
Chief Architect, Health & Life Sciences, Red Hat
Francisco Dominicci
President & CEO, 3500 Square, LLC
Ivor D’Souza
Deputy Director, Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health
Kevin Duvall
Acting Chief Intelligence Officer, Administration for Children and Families
Lt. Commander Alesha Egts
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer of Director’s Action Group, Defense Health Agency
Vice President Digital Transformation Strategy-Federal Health, GDIT
Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Director, Acquisitions and Sustainment, Defense Health Agency
Acting Deputy Chief Digital and AI Officer for Acquisitions, DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
Maureen Falvella, CISSP, PMP
Acting Chief Information Security Officer, National Institutes of Health
Tech Director, PEO Digital; CTO (Acting), U.S. Department of the Navy
Vice President, Rios Partners
Johnathan Ferguson
Small Business Specialist, IHS/NIH
John Ferry
Chief Executive Officer, TAC (Trenchant Analytics, LLC) / UseRogue.com
Lesley Field
Deputy Administrator, Office of Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Mike Finkel
Chief Executive Officer , Sparksoft
Bill Fischer
Vice President, Veterans Affairs, AdHoc
Andrea Fletcher
Chief Digital Strategy Officer & Director of the Digital Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Kathryn Freeland
Chief Executive Officer, A-Tek
Maria Gaboury
Account Executive, InterSystems Corporation
Gina Gallagher
Chief Growth Officer, Sierra 7
Lisa Gardner
Vice President, Federal Civilian Solutions Mission Area, Noblis
Jim Gfrerer
Chief Executive Officer, Federal Business, LLC
Roshni Ghosh, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Federal, Reef Point Group
Greg Giddens
Partner, Potomac Ridge Consulting
Mike Gifford
Senior Strategist, CivicActions
Jill Gillensvaan
Area Partner, Sales Manager, ServiceNow
JR Glass, MD, MBA
President, GovCon Growth Solutions
Ashu Goel
Chief Information Officer, SAMHSA
Bryce Golwalla
Chief Strategy Officer, Softrams
Eric Gonzales
Vice President, Growth, Higher Echelon
Joe Grace
President & Chief Executive Officer, Grace and Associates
Christine Haber
Small Business Specialist, ACF/CMS
Polly Hall
Senior Advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Brian Hebbel
President, BARC Business Advisors, LLC
Cherie Henry
Federal System Integrator, Channel Business Manager, Sentinel One
Allison Hickey
Chief Executive Officer, All-In-Solutions
Claude Hines
Chief Operating Officer, Microhealth, LLC
Kendall Holbrook
Chief Executive Officer, Dev Technology Group
Theresa Holder
Chief Executive Officer, Holder Strategy Group
Raymond Holder
Vice President of Digital Growth, Maximus
Brad Houston
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Shannon Jackson
HHS OSDBU Executive Director, Department of Health and Human Services
Bill James
President, Federal Business, LLC
Holly S. Joers
CEO, Nine9 Solutions LLC
Luwanda Jones
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of Strategic Sourcing, Department of Veterans Affairs
Raul Jurado
Chief Growth Officer, GoldenTech
Daniel Kane
Managing Member, Kane Consulting, LLC
Florence Kasule
Director of Procurement, U.S. Digital Service, Office of Management & Budget, Executive Office of the President
Christopher Kim
Senior Vice President of Growth, BDR Solutions, Inc.
Theresa Kinney
Senior Deputy Director, NASA SEWP
Denise Kitts
Executive Director, Veteran Experience Office, Department of Veterans Affairs
Don Knieriem
Fed Health Growth Officer, GDIT
Jeffrey Koses
Senior Procurement Executive, General Services Administration
Danielle Krakora
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Ibility
Neil Lampton
President & Chief Executive Officer, TIAG
Rick Lemon
Senior Advisor, VA, Grace and Associates
Tom Leney
Chief Operating Officer, Blue Water Thinking
Dan Levenson
President, Agile Six
Ryan Loving
Vice President, Business Development, LMI
Reeba Magulick
Founding Senior Partner, D8 Group
Andrew Manetti
Vice President, CMS Account Leader, ICF
Dan McCune
Principal, Credence Management Solutions
Elizabeth McNamara
Digital Transformation Program Director, FDA/CDRH
Shane McName, MD
Executive Director, BPM+ Health
Oki Mek
Chief Information Security Officer, Microsoft
Tony Meyer
Chief Growth Officer, Oddball
Gwendolyn Miles
OSDBU, Small Business Specialist, CDC/SAMHSA
Mitch Mitchell
Group Vice President of Government Solutions, AmWell
Aaron Moak
CEO, PingWind
Ron Moody, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Accenture
Jessica Morris
President & Chief Executive Officer, Pluribus Digital
Emily Webster Murphy
Senior Fellow, Baroni Center for Government Contracting, Costello College of Business, George Mason University
Jeff Myers
Senior Director, REI Systems
April Nadeau
Senior Vice President, DoD, Sentar
CAPT Nazmul Hassan
Director of IT Transformation, Food and Drug Administration
Jeffrey Neill
Interim Associate Executive Director, Technology Acquisition Center, Department of Veterans Affairs
Jacques Newgen
Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Administration for Community Living
Joanie Newhart
Associate Administrator, Office of Management and Budget
Chris Nichols
Program Manager/Chief – Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions (EIDS) Program Management Office, Defense Health Agency
Sandra Oliver Schmidt
Deputy Director, Procurement Innovation Lab, Department of Homeland Security
Eduardo Ortiz
Chief Executive Officer, Coforma
Todd Pantezzi
Principal, Civilian Health, Credence Management Solutions
Christopher Parker
Associate Executive Director, Strategic Acquisition Center and Acting Associate Executive Director, National Acquisition Center, Department of Veterans Affairs
Zachary Parker
President & Chief Executive Officer, DLH Corp
Michael Parrish
Chief Acquisition Officer and Principal Director, The Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, Department of Veterans Affairs
Jordan Parsons
VP, NIH/FDA Account Executive, ICF
Jeanette Pawlak Miller
Director of Business Development, Publicis Sapient
Jackie Pinkston
Owner and Chief Executive Officer, JP3 Strategic Procurement Services
Melinda Pitchford
Account Executive Director, SAIC
Nathan Pope
Senior Vice President, Growth, VetsEZ
Susannah Reed
Public Sector Area Sales Manager, GitLab
Ed Rosas
President, EM Key Solutions, Inc.
Monica Rosser
Executive Managing Director, Health Maximus
Sean Rutherford
Director, Business Development – Health, Noblis, Inc.
Lt. Colonel Raquel Salim
Program Element Monitor, Support to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration
Ritesh Saxena
Account Executive, Red Hat
Bobby Saxon
Vice President, Health & Civil Sector, Leidos
Steven G. Schliesman
President & COO, EMH Government Solutions
Bryan Schnitker
Sr. Capture Manager, VetsEZ
Rob Schroder
Founder and Managing Partner, SteerBridge
Andrea Scott
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Indian Health Service
Lance Scott
Chief Technology Officer, Federal Electronic Health Records Modernization
Kevin Seeley
Vice President, Strategic Programs, Military & Federal Health, GDIT
Melissa Shea
Enterprise Program Manager for DAD-Acquisition and Sustainment, Defense Health Agency
Jeff Shen
President, Red Team Consulting
John Short
Interoperability Director, Federal Electronic Health Records Modernization
Scott Simpson
Digital Transformation Lead, DHS Procurement Innovation Lab
Gary Singleton
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Health and Human Services
Harrison Smith
Acquisition Innovation Advocate, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Karla Smith
Assistant Administrator for Procurement / Senior Procurement Executive, NASA
Andrea Snader
Vice President, Growth, ICF
Travis Sorensen
Chief Executive Officer, Oddball
Steven Sousa
Sr. Vice President, CGI Federal
Laura J. Stanton
Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category, General Services Administration
Sumesh Sundareswaran
Vice President, GDIT
Scott Svabek
Director of Tactical Operations, Grace and Associates
Peder Swanson
Vice President, Business & Market Development, Optum Serve
Omari Teel
Vice President, Publiscis Sapient
Olivia Trivisani Bowker
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Amivero
Frank Tucker
Chief Executive Officer, Microhealth, LLC
Sarah Tully
Director of Digital Service, Administration for Children and Families
Brandon Utt
Vice President of Growth, MKS2, LLC
Mike Vogel
Senior Client Executive, Peraton
Cassandra Wells Martin
Director, Office of Small Business Programs, Defense Health Agency
Contracting Officer, Rock Island, Army Contracting Command
Chief Operating Officer, NetImpact Strategies
Rich Wilson
Director, Guidehouse
Jason Windsor
Vice President, Health IT & Federal Strategy, GDIT
Gina Wolery
Chief Operating Officer, Index Analytics
Mary Womack
MHS Health Strategy Director, Leidos
Krista Yager
Chief Digital Officer, NGS
Johanna Yi
Chief Executive Officer/Founder, For People
Kaeli Yuen, MD
Data & AI Health Product Lead, Department of Veterans Affairs
