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LISA SCHLOSSER
GRANT SCHNEIDER
CHAD F. SHERIDAN
R. CARL “SHOF” SHOFNER
PAWAN SINGH
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LISA SCHLOSSER
Deputy Administrator
Office of E-Government and Information Technology
Office of Management and Budget
Low profile, high impact. Federal CIO Tony Scott got most of the headlines in 2015 for pushing several important reforms. Yet vir- tually all of them benefitted from Schloss- er’s deep expertise and behind-the-scenes efforts. From implementation guidance for the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, the cybersecurity sprint and the Federal IT Cost Commission to the basic blocking and tackling of agency IT management, Schlosser — who has since been detailed to the Office of Personnel Management to strengthen IT operations there — served as a linchpin in a very busy year.
cloud technology and streamline systems between its component agencies. Sheridan also found time to connect with people outside RMA, headlining events and co-chairing USDA’s CIO Council. “If you could personify excellence in federal IT, it would be Chad Sheridan,” RMA Associate Administrator Michael Alston said.
R. CARL “SHOF” SHOFNER
Program Executive Officer for Business and Enterprise Systems
Department of the Air Force
Budget hawk. The Defense Department
is always trying to make maintaining its massive IT footprint more affordable, and Shofner has been the point man for doing that at the Air Force. The business and enterprise systems portfolio Shofner over- sees covers more than 1,800 employees and a $1.1 billion budget. He set up the Air Force’s first IT business analytics unit, which divided spending into IT categories and provides data to help officials better understand savings and efficiencies. Some of the decisions are common sense, and Shofner believes there’s no reason to buy new gear when the old stuff works just fine.
PAWAN SINGH
Principal
Deloitte
Analytics implementer. In partnership with the Defense Health Agency, Singh man- aged the development and delivery of the SEMOSS analytics platform, which allows users to link data sources across locations and visualize complex data in an interac- tive format. The system has generated millions in savings or cost avoidance by highlighting which investments or tech- nologies best support high-quality health care. His passion for innovation and belief in amplifying intelligence through open data inspired the decision to partner with the government and launch SEMOSS as an open-source solution. Multiple federal agencies are now using the platform to understand and resolve mission-critical issues.
GRANT SCHNEIDER
Cybersecurity Adviser to the Federal Chief Information Officer
Office of Management and Budget
The cyber go-to guy. Schneider had a busy 2015. After seven years as the Defense Intelligence Agency’s CIO, he came to
the White House to advise Federal CIO Tony Scott and help establish OMB’s new E-Gov Cyber and National Security Unit. Then after the Office of Personnel Man- agement was breached, he was detailed to to help acting OPM Director Beth Cobert put that agency on a secure cyber footing. Schneider’s name has been mentioned for the new federal chief information security officer position, but regardless of his next job title, he seems certain to remain in the thick of federal cybersecurity efforts.
CHAD F. SHERIDAN
Chief Information Officer
Risk Management Agency Agriculture Department
Making connections. Sheridan has been modernizing IT at USDA’s Risk Manage- ment Agency since he took over as CIO in 2011, but in 2015 things kicked into high gear. His DevOps approach helped land the agency’s first production platform-as-a- service business application, a key support in USDA’s efforts to take advantage of


































































































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