Congratulations to the 2019 Federal 100 Award winners

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

Every year, it's a tremendous privilege to be able to sift through all these stories. The pool of nominations shows the vast range of important work being done throughout the community, and there are always far more outstanding individuals than even a list of 100 can accomodate. That was certainly the case this time around.

Next month you'll have the chance to learn more about each of this year's winners -- via the profiles we will publish in the March/April issue of FCW and on FCW.com, and in person at the March 28 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 2019 Federal 100:

• Rafaa Abdalla
  Deputy Chief, Transformation Delivery Division, Office of Information Technology, Citizenship and Immigration Services
  Department of Homeland Security
• Kenneth B. Allen
  Executive Director
  American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC)
• Peter A. Altabef
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  Unisys
• Gil Alterovitz
  Presidential Innovation Fellow
  Department of Veterans Affairs
• Tyler Andrews
  Senior Analyst, Criminal Investigations, Technology, Operations and Investigative Services
  Internal Revenue Service
• Jose Arrieta
  Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Division of Acquisition, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Darren Ash
  Assistant CIO
  USDA
• Nate Ashton
  Director of Accelerator Programs
  Dcode
• Alan Bloodgood
  Senior Vice President, Energy and Infrastructure
  Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.
• Matthew Blum
  Associate Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
  OMB
• Damon Bragg
  HSIN Service Operations Manager, Homeland Security Information Network, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  Department of Homeland Security
• Caryl N. Brzymialkiewicz
  Chief Data Officer, Office of Inspector General
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Ian Buck
  Vice President of Accelerated Computing
  NVIDIA
• Joseph R. Castle
  Director, Code.gov
  General Services Administration
• Lily Lidong Chen
  Manager, Cryptographic Technology Group, IT Laboratory
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Suzi M. Connor
  CIO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Department of Health and Human Services
• James Cook
  Vice President, Strategic Engagement and Partnership
  MITRE Corporation
• Joseph Cubba
  Vice President, Defense and Intelligence
  IBM GBS Public Sector
• Martin Cummings
  CEO
  Integrated Support Systems, Inc.
• Stacy A. Cummings
  Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
  Department of Defense
• Matt Cutts
  Administrator, U.S. Digital Service
  Office of Management and Budget
• Amir Dastouri
  Identity Services Branch Manager
  Department of Homeland Security
• Dana Deasy
  CIO
  Department of Defense
• John J. DeSimone
  Vice President, Cybersecurity and Special Missions
  Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services
• Gary Durst
  Director of Logistics, Air Force Business Systems and Enterprise Services Directorate
  U.S. Air Force
• Marci Eaton
  Lead Program Manager, Current Operations, Integrated Award Environment PMO, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Max Everett
  CIO
  Department of Energy
• Christine Finnelle
  Deputy Assistant Director, IT Operations
  U.S. Marshals Service
• Maj. Gen. Cedric D. George
  Director of Logistics, DCS/Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection (AF/A4L)
  U.S. Air Force
• Chris Given
  Digital Services Expert
  U.S. Digital Service at Veterans Affairs
• Alexandra Givens
  Executive Director, Institute for Technology Law and Policy
  Georgetown Law
• David M. Gokey
  Chief Engineer, Navy–Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
  Department of the Navy
• Margie Graves
  Deputy Federal CIO
  Office of Management and Budget
• Sanjay Gupta
  CTO
  Small Business Administration
• Polly A. Hall
  Strategy Lead, Procurement Innovation Lab
  Department of Homeland Security
• Malcolm L. Harden
  Vice President
  CGI
• Nick Hart
  Director, Evidence Project
  Bipartisan Policy Center
• Dorothy (Dee Dee) Helfenstein
  Senior Vice President
  Booz Allen Hamilton
• Hudson Hollister
  Founder and Member of the Board of Directors
  Data Coalition
• Bill Hunt
  Mission Operations Lead
  Office of Management and Budget
• Brent Ingraham
  Unmanned Systems Technical Director for the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Platform and Weapons Portfolio Management
  Department of Defense
• Richard "Rick" Jack
  Distinguished C4ISR Software Engineer (SSTM), SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
  Department of the Navy
• Daisy O. James
  Project Manager, Passenger Systems Program Directorate, Office of Information and Technology, Enterprise Services, Customs and Border Protection
  Department of Homeland Security
• Charles Kamhoua
  Electronics Engineer
  Army Research Laboratory
• Ted Kaouk
  Chief Data Officer
  Department of Agriculture
• Rep. Robin Kelly
  U.S. Congresswoman
  U.S. House of Representatives
• Rep. Ro Khanna
  U.S. Congressman
  U.S. House of Representatives
• Niki Lane
  CDM Program Office Acquisition Lead
  Department of Homeland Security
• Jeff Lau
  Regional Commissioner, Northeast and Caribbean, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• John L. Lockwood
  IT Program Manager, Defense Logistics Agency
  Department of Defense
• William Mallison
  Republican Staff Director, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
  U.S. House of Representatives
• Jeanette Manfra
  Assistant Director for Cybersecurity
  Department of Homeland Security
• Jim Manzelmann
  Assistant Deputy Director
  Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Bill Marion
  Deputy CIO
  U.S. Air Force
• Lynn Martin
  Vice President, Government, Education and Healthcare
  VMWare
• Rajive Mathur
  CIO
  Social Security Administration
• Bobby McCane
  Chief Component Procurement Officer
  Federal Emergency Management Agency
  Department of Homeland Security
• Juvy McCarthy
  President of the Technology Solutions and Products Group
  Akima
• Raymond McCollum
  Supervisory Contract Specialist, Office of Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Lynn M. Moaney
  Deputy Chief Financial Officer
  Department of Agriculture
• Frederick D. Moorefield, Jr.
  Acting Principal Director to the Deputy CIO for C4IIC
  Department of Defense
• Heather Morgan
  Senior Project Manager
  REI Systems
• Sam Mulopulos
  Legislative Assistant
  Office of Sen. Rob Portman
• Emily W. Murphy
  Administrator
  General Services Administration
• Gen. John Murray
  Commander, Army Futures Command
  U.S. Army
• Ram Murthy
  CIO
  Railroad Retirement Board
• David T. Nguyen
  Founder and CEO
  United Solutions
• Kevin M. Phillips
  President and CEO
  ManTech
• Nancy Potok
  Chief Statistician of the United States and Chief, Statistical and Science Policy Branch
  Office of Management and Budget
• James J. Quinn
  Senior Advisor (Cyber), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  Department of Homeland Security
• Randy Rodriguez
  Managing Director and Group Lead for the Accenture Federal Digital Studio
  Accenture Federal Services
• Thomas D. Romeo
  General Manager
  MAXIMUS Federal
• Ron Ross
  Computer Scientist, Fellow
  National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Lori Ruderman
  Senior Advisor and BUYSMARTER Initiative Lead
  Department of Health and Human Services
• James Russo
  Telecommunications Manager, EIS Solutions Development, Office of Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service
  General Services Administration
• Col. Bobby Saxon
  CTO, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service
  Department of Health and Human Services
• Jonathan W. Scholl
  President
  Leidos
• Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner
  Commander, 24th Air Force
  U.S. Air Force
• Cherie A. Smith
  Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)
  Department of the Army
• Kevin Smith
  CIO
  U.S. Census Bureau
• Lt. Col. Marc Snoddy
  Commander of 33rd Network Warfare Squadron
  U.S. Air Force
• Kevin W. Tate
  Enterprise Collaboration and Productivity Services Lead, Office of the CIO
  Department of Defense
• Paul Tatum
  Senior Vice President of Solution Engineering
  Salesforce
• Mark Testoni
  CEO
  SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2)
• Randel Torfin
  Head, Engineering Maintenance Management Branch, Navy Military Sealift Command
  Department of the Navy
• Chris Townsend
  Vice President, Federal
  Symantec
• Clara Tsao
  Presidential Innovation Fellow
  Department of Homeland Security
• Maj. Zach V. Walker
  Texas Lead and Cyber Security Project Manager, Defense Innovation Unit
  Department of Defense
• Delores Washburn
  Chief Engineer, Director Tactical Systems Engineering and Integration, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
  Department of the Navy
• Margaret Weichert
  Deputy Director of Management, Office of Management and Budget
  Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management
• Bill Wiatrowski
  Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Department of Labor
• Jim Wiggins
  Executive Director
  Federal IT Security Institute
• Rebecca Williams
  Digital Services Expert
  Office of Management and Budget
• Stephen D. Winchell
  Presidential Innovation Fellow
  Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
• Jonathan Wingo
  Director, Homeland Region
  Dell EMC Federal
• Karen Wrege
  CIO, Director of Defense Trade Controls
  Department of State
• Renee Wynn
  CIO
  NASA
• Amit Yoran
  Chairman and CEO
  Tenable
• Drew Zachary
  Director and Co-Founder, The Opportunity Project, Co-director, Census Open Innovation Labs, Census Bureau
  Department of Commerce
• John Zangardi
  CIO
  Department of Homeland Security