Federal 100: Lt. Col. Michael G. Olmstead
Name: Lt. Col. Michael G. Olmstead
Title: Product Manager
Joint Battle Command-Platform
Agency: U.S. Army
Delivering tech superiority. Olmstead's efforts in the past year united government and industry in the development of joint service information platforms and warfighting applications that aid servicemen and women in the field. Moreover, his leadership established the Joint Battle Command-Platform as the core of the Army's Mounted Computing Environment, and his team pioneered use of the Android environment to seamlessly develop and integrate strategic applications. His work has laid the foundation to significantly reduce development and test timelines in the Army's acquisition process.