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2018 FEDERAL 100
Todd Simpson
CIO
Food and Drug Administration
Data wrangling at scale. Simp-
son recognized that the exponential growth in data at the FDA required an enterprise-level solution, especially since timely analysis could mean the difference between life and death.
He led the creation of the Enterprise Business Intelligence Center of Excel- lence to overcome a decentralized structure that resulted in unnecessary data duplication and a lack of knowl- edge about how to use various tools to their fullest potential. Simpson’s focus on bringing modern technology and collaborative processes to the FDA is saving time, money and effort while accelerating the adoption of new capabilities and processes.
Vincent N. Sritapan
Division Mobile Security Program Manager, Science and Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Mobile maven. Sritapan oversees projects that fortify the security posture of the mobile devices federal employees use. He was the lead author of the “Study on Mobile Device Secu- rity” report DHS delivered to Congress in 2017 to document threats and gaps in mobile device security, applications and networks. It also recommended best practices and standards. Sritapan solicited and incorporated feedback from industry, academia, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Defense Department to get a full picture of the risks associated with an increasingly mobile workplace.
Gary E. Stevens
Director, Cybersecurity Strategy
Department of Veterans Affairs
The risk terminator. Stevens over- saw unparalleled improvements in enterprisewide security at the VA in 2017, including a 98 percent reduction in prohibited software, 92 percent remediation of critical and high vul- nerabilities in medical devices, and a 56 percent reduction in remediation time for critical cyber vulnerabilities across the department. He credits his diverse background for his success
as a cross-agency bridge builder. “I was in the military, I worked as a consultant in the civilian world, I was a contractor, and now I’m in govern- ment,” Stevens said. “Everybody is here ful lling a certain role.”
Tom Suder
Founder and President
Advanced Technology Academic Research Center
Mobility mobilizer. ATARC is known for convening groups from govern- ment, academia and industry, but Suder knows events alone are not enough. “You have these great conver- sations...then everyone decamps and goes their separate ways,” he said. To change that, the two-time Federal 100 winner set up working groups that convened weekly via telephone to make sure projects were implement- ed to improve government service. In all, he worked with 160 people from 75 organizations to deliver a 235-page report to the White House on improv- ing the federal government’s use of mobile technology.
Robin P. Swan
Deputy Director,
Of ce of Business Transformation Department of the Army
Transformative visionary. Swan led development of the Army’s rst com- prehensive business strategy, which outlines how the Army will transform to reduce costs and improve mission effectiveness. His team assessed the technical health and business value of 700 applications, resulting in speci c action plans for modernizing, consoli- dating and eliminating systems. As a result, the Army will save hundreds of millions of dollars. Congress com- mended the Army for its results and requested that the Defense Depart- ment adopt the same approach at the enterprise level. In addition, Swan spearheaded the establishment of
the Army’s shared-services center
for enterprise resource planning and Business Process Reengineering Cen- ter of Excellence.
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