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William R. Graves
Chief Engineer, DOD Biometrics
Department of Defense
Credentials king. When it comes
to keeping biometric credentialing future-proof, DOD turns to Graves. Under his leadership, DOD’s new Biometrics Enabling Capability and its accompanying system, the Biomet-
ric Automated Toolset-Army, were both awarded in 2017. His contribu- tions to the requirements, acquisition approaches and technical evaluations were crucial to each system’s suc- cess. He is also leading or contribut- ing to many future DOD biometric programs. The goal of all his efforts is to better protect member of the U.S. military and the country’s assets and interests while fostering cooperation among allies.
Donald Hall
Government Solutions Director
OnSolve
IPAWS advocate. Hall worked tire- lessly to increase U.S. jurisdictions’ adoption of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System to enhance citizen safety in emergency events such as hurricanes, wild res and active-shooter incidents. He launched an education campaign that involved webinars for localities on the ben- e ts of IPAWS and how to use the system effectively. Hall and his team also focused on driving innovation to enhance the system’s capabilities, and he brings a rst-hand perspective to the effort: For 42 years, Hall has been part of Maryland’s Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service.
Dan Helfrich
Federal Government Services Leader
Deloitte
Collaborating for change. As any- one attempting DevOps quickly dis- covers, true collaboration is essential. Helfrich has learned that lesson well. A good portion of Deloitte’s $1.7 bil- lion federal practice is built on such side-by-side transformation efforts, and Helfrich applies the approach to his own leadership style as well. He has championed greater exibility
in IT contracting, taken part in the Defense Department’s Section 809 Panel and led Deloitte to launch its own crowdsourced innovation accel- erator to create viable IT solutions speci cally for the federal market. That approach paid dividends for government partners in 2017 on every- thing from process robotics to smart- city technologies for military bases.
Capt. Damen O. Hofheinz
Branch Head, OPNAV N2N6G5 Cyber Resiliency
U.S. Navy
Masterful planner. Hofheinz was crucial to the Navy’s successful migra- tion of its rst network to the Joint Regional Security Stacks in 2017. JRSS will improve situational aware- ness by combining common event information across the military serv- ices. Hofheinz led the Navy’s collabo- ration efforts, which included identify- ing more than 30 critical updates to the Defense Department’s software accreditation tool for Navy systems. His efforts will eliminate administra- tive burdens and reduce the time it
takes to process accreditations. His work culminated in the development of the Navy’s risk management frame- work guide and established a transi- tion process that is saving more than $3.8 million.
Karina L. Homme
Senior Director, Azure Government
Microsoft
Cloud evangelist. Homme serves as a liaison between the Microsoft Azure cloud engineering team and federal agencies. The role involves removing barriers to cloud adoption in the gov- ernment and aligning Microsoft’s gov- ernment cloud roadmap with agency needs. She has led ve federal cloud implementations, developed a robust 21,000-strong social media network and holds monthly meetups as a peer learning forum open to all regard- less of rank or resources. In 2017, she helped bring 24 demonstrations of cloud best practices to a federal IT community seeking to overcome chal- lenges and facilitate collaboration.
William R. Graves
Donald Hall
Dan Helfrich Capt. Damen O. Karina L. Hofheinz Homme
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