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Gina Pearson
Assistant Administrator for Communications
Energy Information Administration
A FOUNT OF ENERGY DATA.
Pearson has been at the forefront
of making energy data accessible, understandable, relevant and respon- sive to users’ needs. She expanded the EIA’s portfolio of open-data products to include a bulk download capability, widgets that allow users to embed interactive visualizations of energy data into any website and tools that enable users to automati- cally import and then manipulate EIA’s data. Pearson further advanced EIA’s delivery of energy data with the launch of the new U.S. Electric System Operating Data tool, which features analysis and visualizations of hourly, daily and weekly electric- ity supply and demand on national and regional levels.
Kathleen E. Petrillo
Program Manager, Office of the CIO
Department of Defense
DOD’S IT AMBASSADOR. As the program manager for DOD’s IT Exchange Program with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, Petrillo oversaw the deployment of an enterprise office productivity and col- laboration tool. She was a key mem- ber of the team charged with execut- ing the solution in the U.K., and in return, she brought back knowledge and skills to lead DOD’s deployment of the tool. Her expertise in program and acquisition management and her technical prowess had a significant
impact on the implementation of the tactics, training and process re- engineering required to support the deployment of the software-as-a- service tool for unified capabilities.
Dave Powner
Director of IT Management Issues
Government Accountability Office
OVERSIGHT OPTIMIST. GAO auditors can sometimes be adver- sarial figures. But Powner views oversight as a collaborative effort, and it shows in his work and in the collegial way he presents his findings during congressional hearings. He is passionate about building relation- ships with CIOs and helping agen- cies move away from legacy IT and reduce maintenance costs by finding ways to ramp up investment in cloud technology. Powner’s work on devel- oping the scorecard methodology for measuring improvements under the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act was particularly important in 2016, earning him plaudits even from CIOs who had hoped for better marks.
Lawrence Prior
President and CEO
CSRA
MERGER MAESTRO. A number of mergers and acquisitions take place in the government market each year, but making them work after the ink
is dry can be difficult. One that suc- ceeded was the merger of CSC and SRA in 2015. Last year, Prior not only managed the many complexities of blending the two companies, but also
over-delivered on customer service by going to extreme lengths to make sure public-sector clients were well cared for, even when they would no longer be his customers after the merger. One agency CIO marveled
at Prior’s commitment to putting the government’s needs first and said, “I can assure you not every CEO comes to my office asking those questions.”
Amy Rall
Group Vice President, Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure
Unisys Federal
ALL ABOUT THE MISSION OUTCOME. Rall’s leadership and commitment were clear last year
as she accelerated the deployment
of technology to identify imposters attempting to enter the U.S. while
at the same time improving the flow of legitimate passengers and cargo. Whether it was the Land Border Inte- gration program or facial recognition technology at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (the latter project was deployed in just
30 days), Rall was relentless in her efforts to improve the systems that help protect the country from bad actors. She has “done everything we asked and beyond,” one government customer said.
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