Federal 100: Aleksandar Zelenovic
Name: Aleksandar Zelenovic
Title: Strategy and Consulting Lead, Public Sector
Company: Sapient Consulting
Blockchain boundary breaker. Zelenovic led Sapient's collaboration with the General Services Administration to implement the first blockchain project for a procurement activity in the world -- in either the government or commercial sector. As a result, GSA was able to automate many previously manual functions for its IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle, cutting cycle times from 110 days to just a few days. It is also expected to reduce legacy maintenance costs by 90 percent. And in keeping with the overall agile development mission, Zelenovic's team designed, developed and tested a workable model in only eight weeks before its implementation at GSA.