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2018 FEDERAL 100
Kyle Tuberson
Vice President
ICF
Flu bug watcher. Tuberson brings both leadership expertise and techni- cal and analytical skills to government challenges that demand data-driven decision-making. In 2017, he led a team that worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to develop a platform that predicts outbreaks of u in schools by using a ow of census, news outlet and social media data to create a complete pic- ture of where and how the disease was spreading across the country. He also advocated for the use of stream- ing analytics to notify school districts in real time of potential u outbreaks — a timely application given the intensity of this winter’s u season.
David A. Vargas
Director, Human Resources Line of Business
Of ce of Personnel Management
Human capital hero. Vargas’ 2017 achievement was actually a two-year undertaking: to establish a uni ed, governmentwide human capital framework. “That’s never quite been de ned,” he said. “Every agency does it differently, everyone has their own view.” Until now. Besides the Human Capital Federal Integrated Business Framework, he also helped create an employee digital record that incorpo- rates blockchain and public/private collaboration. His policy, technology and acquisition efforts are creating
a common, modernized user experi- ence that’s spreading across govern- ment. The Uni ed Shared Services
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Management of ce adopted his data standardization approach to mission- support functions, and several agen- cies, including the Treasury Depart- ment, have adopted the human capital framework.
John P. Wagner
Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Of ce of Field Operations Customs and Border Protection
Exit innovator. CBP was at a cross- roads, facing the need for heightened security while the volume of interna- tional airline travelers left customs of cers struggling to keep up. Wagner was instrumental in easing those bottlenecks in 2017, and his vision for the Biometric Exit program trans- formed the out-processing of foreign visitors. He worked with airlines, airport authorities and CBP IT lead- ers to develop a system for collecting biometric data while passengers are boarding a plane to depart the U.S. With no new personnel or physical infrastructure, CBP now has a solu- tion that captures vital traveler data and requires just two seconds per pas- senger at the boarding gate.
Dave Wajsgras
President, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services Raytheon
Protect and modernize. Last year, Wajsgras pushed his team to deliver innovations faster and worked to position Raytheon’s IIS as a leader in cyber, analytics and automation. His team won the Department of Home- land Security’s Development, Opera- tions and Maintenance contract to
defend against cyberthreats targeted at the .gov domain. The program pro- tects the networks of more than 100 federal, state and local agencies and 16 critical infrastructure sectors. In addition, Wajsgras helped sponsor the largest cyber defense competition of its kind, giving college students from across the country the opportunity
to test their skills at protecting a net- work against cyberthreats.
James (Jim) Walker
Shared Services Portfolio Manager, NASA Shared Services Center NASA
Space-age shared services. Walker introduced process robotics to NASA to help drive down the cost of trans- actional work, increase capacity and enhance accuracy. He submitted a proposal to automate a cumbersome funds disbursement process as part of the annual NASA Innovation Kick Start Competition — going up against far sexier space-oriented innovations. That labor-intensive disbursement process requires 150-plus manual keystrokes in multiple applications across all NASA centers. Walker secured funding for his idea, proved its value on a pilot basis and now plans to begin offering “robotics as a service” to all NASA centers this year.
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