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Venkatapathi “PV” Puvvada
President
Unisys Federal Systems
Puvvada oversees all federal government operations at Unisys, where he has served in a variety of leadership roles since 1992. He has been Unisys Federal Systems’
CTO and led the unit’s federal civilian agency business for four years before assuming the top job in 2014. A four- time Federal 100 award winner, Puvvada is actively involved with the Professional Services Council, where he is currently on the board, and the Industry Advisory Council, which he chaired in 2007 and 2008. He was FCW’s industry Eagle award winner in 2015.
David M.
Wennergren
Eagle judges
From each year’s Federal 100 winners, a separate slate of judges selects two Eagles — the most distinguished government and private-sector individuals among those 100 top talents. Once an individual has won an Eagle award, he or she is retired from future consideration for Federal 100 awards. Former Eagle winners serve as judges for the program.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Professional Services Council
Wennergren, who won FCW’s government Eagle award in 2007, has chaired Federal 100 judging several times. He moved to the private sector
in 2013 and now leads PSC’s technology policy efforts. His long career at the Defense Department includes serving as the deputy CIO and as the Department of the Navy’s CIO. He is a past vice chairman of the CIO Council.
Mary Davie
Assistant Commissioner, Office of IT Category, Federal Acquisition Service
General Services Administration
Eagle Award for Government 2016
A career public servant and acquisition expert, Davie is responsible for the largest fee-for-service IT procurement and services operation in
the U.S. government. She is also deeply involved in the broader federal IT community, having served as president
of the American Council for Technology and as an ACT-IAC Executive Advisory Council member. Davie has been a Federal 100 winner four times.
Karen Evans
National Director
U.S. Cyber Challenge
Eagle Award for Government 2004
Evans was the federal CIO before the job carried that title when she capped a 28-year government career by serving as administrator of e-government and IT during the George W.
Bush administration. She remains involved in a wide range of federal IT and broader education initiatives in science, technology, engineering and math. She now leads a nationwide talent search and skills development program focused specifically on the cyber workforce.
Richard A. Spires
CEO
Learning Tree
Eagle Award for Government 2013
Spires has been in the IT
field for more than 30 years, with eight years of federal government service that culminated in the position
of Department of Homeland Security CIO. While at DHS, he served as vice chairman of the CIO Council and co-chaired the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative. In addition to his 2013 Eagle selection, he won Federal 100 awards in 2007 and 2011.
David M.
Wennergren
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Professional Services Council
Eagle Award for Government 2007
Wennergren, a three-time winner himself, has chaired Federal 100 judging several times. He moved to the private sector in 2013 and now leads PSC’s technology policy efforts. His long career at the Defense Department includes serving as the deputy CIO and as the Department
of the Navy’s CIO. He is a past vice chairman of the CIO Council and has also served on multiple Eagle award judging panels.
Robert J. Woods
Founder and President
Topside Consulting Group
FOSE Award for Government 1993
Before leading multiple private-sector firms, Woods spent nearly three decades
as a federal IT executive.
He led major IT programs
at the Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Department, Department of Veterans Affairs and General Services Administration, finishing his government career as commissioner of GSA’s Federal Technology Service. A four-time Federal 100 winner, Woods won the FOSE award, which was later renamed the Eagle.
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