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Col. Terrence A. Adams
Director of Communications and CIO, Air Mobility Command
U.S. Air Force
The cyber coach. Securing any government system is a complicated undertaking, but the Air Mobility Command comes with special com- plexities. Adams, who stepped into his current role last July, took every challenge in stride. He bolstered a modernization effort that was in dan- ger of stalling, developed a rst-ever system architecture and decreased the average time to mitigate critical vulnerabilities by 75 percent. He also nds the time to mentor more than 100 students, staffers and junior of - cers. As one colleague said of Adams, “His personal relationship with people on staff makes them want to do more than they think is possible.”
Austin Agrella
Legislative Director
Of ce of Rep. Will Hurd
The background man. Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) describes Agrella as persistent, hardworking and an unbe- lievably quick study. The congressman also credits his aide as the intellectual brainchild behind last year’s Modern- izing Government Technology Act. Agrella was the lead writer of the act, so his in uence can be found through- out the legislative process. When the bill stalled in the Senate after passing the House, Agrella was the person Hurd sent to negotiate with the staff of Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) to help push the bill over the nish line.
Jack Albright
Associate CIO for IT Shared Services
Department of Transportation
Shared-services hat trick. Albright hit three dazzling IT goals in 2017 in the effort to encourage federal agen- cies to adopt shared services. First, he identi ed a contract at another agen- cy that mirrored what DOT offered and met that need with his depart- ment’s services, saving $300,000. Second, he nailed down funding and worked to create a more ef cient software-con gured network for DOT. Third, he closed down a 10-year-old “temporary” data center and moved its capabilities into a governmentwide data center, which saved money and dramatically improved the center’s disaster recovery capabilities.
Kirit M. Amin
CIO
International Trade Commission
Small-agency advocate. With a federal résumé that includes work at the departments of Commerce, State, and Housing and Urban Development, Amin wanted to test his IT leadership at a smaller agency. And at ITC, he passed with ying colors. Under his leadership, the commission success- fully responded to a congressional mandate by deploying the Miscel- laneous Tariff Bill Petition System, while modernizing its network, redesigning its intranet and clos-
ing all outstanding inspector general ndings. Amin’s work also extended beyond bene ts to his own agency: He advocated for the 96 smaller agen-
cies to get a piece of the Modernizing Government Technology Act pie and to be included on the CIO Council.
Lee Ann Anderson
Vice President, Civilian Sales
Unisys Federal
Tax tech advancer. Anderson helped the IRS develop an innovative storage- as-a-service model that has already reduced costs by 30 percent in its
rst year. The project delivers more than 7 petabytes of private storage within business-driven performance tiers, giving the IRS the right stor- age at the right time and resulting
in substantial ef ciencies. Her work with the Agriculture Department facilitated an improved process for farmers using the new EZ Guaran- tee Loans program, which allowed USDA employees to modify how they monitor losses associated with loan portfolios. Her work also enhanced the program’s use of web services to improve the accuracy and timeliness of funds control.
Col. Terrence A. Austin Agrella Adams
Jack Albright Kirit M. Amin Lee Ann Anderson
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