Announcing the 2017 Fed 100

Hundreds of nominations were submitted, and our panel of judges debated for hours. The result? A list of 100 women and men that should make even the most hardened skeptics optimistic about what's possible in federal IT.

It's a tremendous privilege to be able to sift through all these stories. The pool of nominations provides a great survey of the work done throughout the community in 2016, and there are many more outstanding individuals than even a list of 100 can accomodate. (One judge remarked this year that she wished we had the Fed 200! That's not likely to happen, but it does speak to the depth of talent across the federal IT community.)

Next month you'll have the chance to learn more about each of these winners -- via the profiles we will publish in the March 30 issue of FCW and on FCW.com, and in person at the March 30 Fed 100 gala. For now, though, you'll have to make do with the list of names, which you can find below.

Congratulations to each and every one of the 2017 Federal 100:

• Jonathan Alboum
  CIO
  Department of Agriculture
• Kristen Baldwin
  Deputy CIO
  Department of Transportation
• Alan P. Balutis
  Senior Director and Distinguished Fellow, U.S. Public Sector
  Cisco Systems
• Barry M. Barlow
  Senior Vice President and CTO
  Vencore
• Luis Barés
  NASA Enterprise Collaboration Services Lead
  NASA
• Lt. Gen. Bill Bender
  CIO
  U.S. Air Force
• Donna S. Bennett
  Chief Information Security Officer
  Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Meaghan Bouchoux Carter
  Partner
  Blue Canopy
• Matt Collier
  Senior Advisor to the Secretary
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Edna M. Conway
  Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain
  Cisco Systems, Inc.
• COL Harry R. Culclasure
  Project Manager, Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program
  Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems
• Patricia A. Davis-Muffett
  Senior Leader, Global Public Sector Marketing
  Amazon Web Services
• Dr. Mark T. Dertzbaugh
  Director of Business Plans and Programs
  U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Ft. Detrick, Md.
• Mittal Desai
  Chief Information Security Officer
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Col. Marc DiPaolo
  Chief of Innovation Mainstreaming, Enterprise Innovation Office
  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Todd A. Doherty
  Senior Technical Advisor, Joint Staff
  Department of Defense
• Terry Duncan
  Director, Communications Systems Directorate
  National Reconnaissance Office
• Pamela Dyson
  CIO
  Securities and Exchange Commission
• David Eagles
  Director, Center for Presidential Transition
  Partnership for Public Service
• Kay T. Ely
  Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Technology Category
  General Services Administration
• LTG Bob Ferrell
  CIO
  U.S. Army
• Lesley Anne Field
  Deputy Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
  Office of Management and Budget
• Peter Fitzhugh
  Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  Department of Homeland Security
• Mark Fox
  Senior Manager for Global Defense Programs
  Amazon Web Services
• Chip Fulghum
  Deputy Under Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer
  Department of Homeland Security
• Kevin Gallo
  Director, Solutions Development Division, Office of Telecommunications Services/IT Category, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Gina Garza
  CIO, Internal Revenue Service
  Department of Treasury
• Captain Peter Giangrasso
  United States Cyber Command J3 Division Chief for Department of Defense Information Networks Future Plans and Policy
  U.S. Navy
• Gregory L. Giddens
  Chief Acquisition Officer and Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Ryan Gillis
  Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy and Global Policy
  Palo Alto Networks
• Michael Haas
  Chief - Online Services & Operations Unit, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Department of Justice
• Fred Haines
  Program Manager, NS2020 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions
  General Services Administration
• Matt Hartman
  Deputy Program Manager, Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation
  Department of Homeland Security
• Michael Hermus
  CTO
  Department of Homeland Security
• The Honorable John Hillen
  Executive in Residence and Professor of Practice
  School of Business at George Mason University
• Tim Horan
  Contracting Officer
  General Services Administration
• Tim Horne
  Acting Administrator
  General Services Administration
• Ben Horowitz
  Co-founder
  Andreessen Horowitz
• Rebecca (Becca) L. Jenkins
  Digital Program Manager, PMP, Office of Digital
  Department of State
• Ann-Marie Johnson
  Vice President
  ASI Government
• Kosta Kalpos
  Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity
  U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Rob Karas
  Director, National Cybersecurity Assessments and Technical Services
  Department of Homeland Security
• Stephanie L. Keith
  Chief of Cyber Workforce Strategy and Policy Division
  Department of Defense
• Thomas P. Kidd
  Director of Strategic Spectrum Policy
  Department of the Navy
• Peter E. Kim
  Chief Information Security Officer
  United States Air Force
• Chloe Kontos
  Performance Analyst
  Office of Management and Budget
• Kenneth L. Korba
  Director, VHA Healthcare Supply Chain Systems
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Mark E. Kosnik
  Deputy Commander, Naval Information Forces
  Department of the Navy
• Sridhar Kowdley
  Program Manager, Office for Interoperability and Compatibility, First Responders Group, Science and Technology Directorate
  Department of Homeland Security
• Steve Krauss
  Director, Category Management Strategic Execution
  General Services Administration
• Rosetta C. Lue
  Senior Advisor & White House Presidential Executive Fellow
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• LTG Al Lynn
  Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
  Commander, Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Networks
• Shondrea Lyublanovits
  IT Security Category Manager and Director, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Ram Mattapalli
  CEO
  Zolon Tech
• W. Douglas Maughan
  Cyber Security Division, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
  Department of Homeland Security
• Rep. Michael McCaul
  U.S. House of Representatives
• Luke McCormack
  Former CIO
  Department of Homeland Security
• Jim McLaughlin
  Executive Director, Targeting and Analysis Systems Programs Directorate, Customs and Border Protection
  Department of Homeland Security
• Essye B. Miller
  Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity
  Department of Defense
• Joe Mirrow
  Director Office Performance Management Committee/Component Acquisition Executive
  Defense Health Agency
• Kelly Morrison
  Performance Analyst
  Office of Management and Budget
• David Moskovitz
  Chief Executive
  Accenture Federal Services
• Kevin Murphy
  Program Executive for Earth Science Data Systems
  NASA
• Joanie Newhart
  Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
  Office of Management and Budget
• Timothy Newman
  Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for HR Systems and Analytics, Human Resources and Administration
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Ross Nodurft
  Deputy Chief, Cyber and National Security Unit
  Office of Management and Budget
• Wendell Ocasio
  Chief Medical Officer
  Accenture Federal Services
• Yemi B. Oshinnaiye
  Division Chief, Enterprise Infrastructure Division, Citizen and Immigration Services
  Department of Homeland Security
• Kate Pardo
  Advisory Senior Consultant
  Deloitte & Touche
• Gina Pearson
  Assistant Administrator for Communications
  Energy Information Administration
• Kathleen E. Petrillo
  Program Manager, Office of the CIO
  Department of Defense
• Dave Powner
  Director of IT Management Issues
  Government Accountability Office
• Lawrence Prior
  President and CEO
  CSRA
• Amy Rall
  Group Vice President, Homeland and Critical Infrastructure
  Unisys Federal
• Maria Roat
  CIO
  Small Business Administration
• Bill J. Rowan
  Vice President, Federal Sales
  VMware
• Tom W. Ruff
  Vice President, Public Sector
  Akamai Technologies
• John Scalia, Jr.
  Statistician. Chief, Forecasting & Analysis, Prisoner Operations Division, U.S. Marshals Service
  Department of Justice
• Lisa Schlosser
  Former Acting CIO, Office of Personnel Management
  Former Deputy Federal CIO, Office of Management and Budget
• Phyllis Schneck
  Former Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection and Programs Directorate
  Department of Homeland Security
• Stacy Schwartz
  Vice President - Public Safety
  AT&T Global Public Sector Solutions
• Tony Scott
  Former Federal CIO
  Office of Management and Budget
• David Shive
  CIO
  General Services Administration
• Christopher C. Slager
  IT Specialist (Operating System)
  Internal Revenue Service
• Madison Smith
  Legislative Assistant
  Office of Senator John Cornyn
• Harrison Smith
  Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Internal Revenue Service
  Department of Treasury
• Jaclyn Smyth
  Director, DHS Strategic Sourcing Program Office
  Department of Homeland Security
• Tomas J. Soderstrom
  Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Greg Souchack
  Partner, Managed Services and Cloud Solutions
  IBM
• Eric A. Stahlberg
  Director, High Performance Computing Strategy
  Leidos Biomedical Research
• Denby Starling
  Vice President and Account Executive, Navy-Marine Corps Accounts
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Kevin M. Stine
  Chief, Applied Cybersecurity Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  Department of Commerce
• Terry L. Watson
  Deputy Program Executive Officer, PEO Enterprise Information Systems
  Department of the Army
• Preston Werntz
  Senior Strategist for Analysis and Operations, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications
  Department of Homeland Security
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
  U.S. Senate
• Allison Willcox
  Assistant Director for Information Technology, National Museum of African American History and Culture
  Smithsonian Institution
• Nicole Willis
  Director of Architecture Implementation and Planning, Office of the CIO
  Department of Homeland Security
• Kevin Youel Page
  Deputy Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Edward C. Zick
  DoD Enterprise Software Initiative, Office of the DOD CIO
  Department of Defense
• V. David Zvenvach
  Acting Executive Director, 18F
  Assistant Commissioner for Acquisition and Acting Deputy Commissioner Technology Transformation Service
  General Services Administration