Wednesday, November 4
Government and industry leaders will come together for the Federal FinOps Summit, a premier event focused on advancing cloud financial management across the federal government. The conference will explore how agencies can improve cost visibility, strengthen accountability, optimize cloud investments, and align technology spending with mission outcomes. Through thought leadership, collaboration, and the exchange of proven strategies, this event will bring together the people and ideas shaping a more efficient, transparent, and mission-driven approach to federal cloud management.
Date Wednesday, November 4
Time 2:00 – 5:30pm EDT
Where The National Press Club, Washington, DC
Keynote Panelists
Gustav Chiarello
Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, Department of Health and Human Services*
Deb Del Mar
Senior FM Systems Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary, Comptroller, Department of War
Matt Fegley
Senior Technical Advisor, Infrastructure Operations, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Rebekah Frost
Business Manager, Infrastructure Operations, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Michael Fulton
Director, Financial Management Operations and Analysis, Office of the Secretary of War, Comptroller, CFO
Todd Gibson
Comptroller, Golden Dome of America
Brian Jacobs
CEO, WeElevateIT
Beth Killoran
Chief Information Officer, Government Accountability Office
Chris Martin
Director, Financial Management Systems Group, Office of Financial Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Rob Martin
FinOps Fellow, FinOps Foundation and Executive Director, ITAM Forum
Jaime Martinez
Division Director, Federal Acquisition Service, IT Category, General Services Administration*
Kathryn McAteer
Chief, Business Transformation, US Army
Sean McIntyre
former Deputy Chief Information Officer, Supervision and Platform Services, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury
Laura Mills
Director, Technology Value Engineering & Optimization, MANTECH, former Director, Enterprise IT Portfolio Management, Department of Energy
Benjamin Moncarz
Chief Financial Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Richard Patterson
Division Chief, Data Acquisition and Management, OUSW(C) ODCFO*
Sanjay Sahoo
Acting Chief Information Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Siddhi Surana
AI Spend Management Expert, RAMP
Don Valdivieso
Director of FinOps, Tista, former Director, Audit Readiness, Department of Veterans Affairs
Ryan Woodward
Founder and CEO BizTechOps, former Chief Operating Officer, VA OIT Infrastructure Operations
Sahar Yamini
Vice President, Enterprise Transformation & Applied AI, Vidoori, Inc., former, Executive Director, Operations Transformation, Internal Revenue Service
*invited, awaiting confirmation
Agenda
9:40 – 10:15 AM
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Sponsors
2026 FinOps Awards
GOVTECH CONNECTS is proud to recognize the 2026 FinOps Awards honorees. These outstanding teams, individuals and programs from government, the Department of War, and industry are those whose work advances FinOps excellence in areas such as cloud cost transparency, financial accountability, AI economics, technology value realization, forecasting and optimization, modern cloud architecture, digital modernization, cross‑functional collaboration, or other mission‑aligned FinOps practices.
INDIVIDUAL HONOREES
Ajith Abraham
NOAA Cloud Program Director, NOAA
Greg Adel
Program Management Analyst, Department of Commerce
Debra Del Mar
Sr. FM Systems Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary, Department of War
Matt Fegley
Senior Technical Advisor, Infrastructure Operations, OIT, Department of Veterans Affairs
Rebekah Frost
Business Manager, Infrastructure Operations, OIT, Department of Veterans Affairs
Michael Fulton
Director, Financial Systems Modernization & Innovation, Office of the Secretary of War
Brian Jacobs
CEO, WeElevateIT
Beth Killoran
Chief Information Officer, Government Accountability Office
Chris Martin
Director, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Rob Martin
FinOps Fellow, FinOps Foundation and Executive Director, ITAM Forum
Kathryn McAteer
Chief, Business Transformation, U.S. Army
Laura Mills
Director, Tech Value & Optimization, Digital Practice, ManTech
Benjamin Moncarz
Chief Financial Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Richard Patterson
Division Chief, Data Acquisition and Management, OUSW(C) ODCFO
Sanjay Sahoo
Acting Director, Office of Mission Information Technology Services, Food and Drug Administration
Zachary Schwartz
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, OIT VA
Sue Speck
Director, FinOps, VA OIT
Siddhi Surana
AI Spend Management Expert, Ramp
Don Valdivieso
Director of FinOps, FFSS 10 5.5, TISTA Science and Technology Corporation
Aubrey Vaughan
VP, Strategy, Celonis
Ryan Woodward
Founder and CEO, BizTechOps
Sahar Yamini
Vice President, Enterprise Transformation & Applied AI, Vidoori, Inc.
Wade Zarriello
Director, Infrastructure & User Services Group, CMS
PROGRAM HONOREES
NOAA Bureau-wide FinOps Practice
NOAA
DLH Corporation NHLBI Scientific Enterprise Technology Services Team
DLH Corporation and NIH NHLBI
NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
NIH, NHLBI
GDIT’s Cloud FinOps Program
GDIT, CMS HCPT Program
REI Systems’ FinOps & Digital Cost Optimization Program
REI Systems
The U.S. Census Bureau Cloud FinOps Program
U.S. Census Bureau
CDAC FinOps
TISTA Science and Technology Corporation
