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Special Agent Michael
Haas
Chief, Online Services and Operations Unit, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
SHARING CRIME DATA. Haas established and expanded Justice’s Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information, which gives Amer- ican Indian tribes access to national crime information systems for civil and criminal purposes. He assembled a diverse team that drew on its expe- rience in information systems, tribal law enforcement, and sex offender registration and notification systems to break a long-standing impasse that was putting communities at risk. Haas has shown tremendous dedication
to the TAP mission and ensures that tribes have the same access as other law enforcement agencies to the crime information data they need to protect their communities.
Fred Haines
Program Manager, NS2020 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions
General Services Administration
TELECOM NETWORKER. Haines is the chief architect of the acquisition strategy and post-award model for GSA’s huge next-generation telecom- munications contract, Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions. Haines sought input from industry and agen- cies through an innovative approach that included almost 100 one-on-one meetings with vendors and the public. As a result, almost 2,000 suggestions
were incorporated into the program. His willingness to foster an open and collaborative environment resulted in EIS being hailed by industry organiza- tions as the best managed of all GSA’s telecom acquisition initiatives to date, and they recommend it as a model for future acquisitions.
Matt Hartman
Deputy Program Manager, Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation
Department of Homeland Security
KEEPING CDM ON TRACK.
Hartman, who is responsible for managing the $4 billion CDM program, ensured that by the end
of 2016 tools and services were available to 70 federal agencies so they can detect vulnerabilities and prioritize the associated risks. His coordination of deployment efforts with hundreds of internal and external stakeholders kept the CDM program on schedule. He also helped manage a massive undertaking in the form of a CyberStat review that pro- vided agencies with a much-needed reminder of the importance of the CDM program and its vital security capabilities.
Michael Hermus
CTO
Department of Homeland Security
DIGITAL TRANSFORMER. Col- laborating with stakeholders across DHS, Hermus led a groundbreaking initiative to transform IT acquisition and oversight processes to be agile
and rely on best practices. Five high- impact programs at different stages of the acquisition life cycle and across multiple DHS components were designated to test changes
that will ultimately lead to improved policy and guidance department- wide. His persistence and passion for the initiative garnered broad leader- ship support in the face of significant resistance. At the same time, Hermus worked to create a new CTO organi- zation to drive innovation, harness emerging technology and engineer DHS’ digital transformation.
John Hillen
Executive in Residence and Professor of Practice, School of Business
George Mason University
THE GOVCON PROFESSOR.
Hillen, a former agency official and industry CEO, has long been a force- ful advocate for contractors and
for treating the federal contracting industry as an economic sector that is akin to energy, health care or the auto industry. Those efforts took
a new form in 2016 with the cre- ation of the Mason GovCon Initia- tive, which Hillen runs from GMU’s School of Business. He also raised funds for government contracting fellowships at the business school, which has now added GovCon- specific courses to its MBA program.
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