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Suzi M. Connor
CIO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Health-first modernization. Connor launched an IT modernization plan to transform customer service, develop the workforce and strengthen secu- rity. In addition, her agile practices enabled CDC to deliver 12 new tools and technologies last year. Even the threat of natural disaster couldn’t dis- rupt Connor’s innovation. Days before Hurricane Florence made landfall,
she and her team developed a system to keep tabs on all CDC personnel stationed in and traveling to states affected by the storm. She and her team built and deployed the first ver- sion of the system in 24 hours — and Version 2.0 just 24 hours later.
James Cook
Vice President, Strategic Engagement and Partnership
MITRE Corp.
Modernizing with people in mind.
Cook has long focused on IT modern- ization and the need for the govern- ment to buy better technology. That work reached a crescendo in 2018. However, Cook recognized that mod- ernization also requires workforce changes. He led the creation of a workforce symposium hosted by the Office of Management and Budget that brought together human resourc- es leaders to plan for the increasingly digital future of government work. “For him, it’s not a day job, a night
job, a volunteer job,” said Judy Doug- las, chair of ACT-IAC’s Institute for Innovation Advisory Board. “For Jim, this is who he is.”
Joseph Cubba
Vice President, Defense and Intelligence
IBM GBS Public Sector
Mil-spec innovation. In 2018, Cubba led the IBM Cloud Garage into the defense and intelligence arenas so those agencies could experience the same innovations as the company’s commercial clients in a closed, tai- lored environment. With his help, the Army Analytics Group’s delivery team exceeded Stage 1 delivery require- ments and is expanding the use of artificial intelligence for Army logis- tics and mission command projects built on an original AI solution for sensitive data. Cubba is also a captain in the Navy Reserve, which gives him an up-close view of what national security agencies face every day.
Martin “Marty” S.
Cummings
CEO
Integrated Support Systems Inc.
Community convener. Cummings has led this highly successful service- disabled veteran-owned small busi- ness for five years while also serving on ACT-IAC’s Executive Committee. He led the merger of the association’s two major conferences — Manage- ment of Change and the Executive Leadership Conference — into an omnibus event that was a cornerstone of the community in 2018. His efforts
broadened the base of participation by raising the profile of the next gen- eration of leaders in the government technology space.
Stacy A. Cummings
Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Defense Department
A healthy dose of cooperation.
Cummings oversees the $9 billion program to deploy DOD’s modern- ized electronic health record, MHS Genesis, to support 9.5 million service members, veterans and their fami- lies. She orchestrated a partnership among DOD, the Department of Vet- erans Affairs and the Coast Guard to adopt the single EHR. Her efforts will maximize the use of shared services and increase MHS Genesis’ capabili- ties by 30 percent, ultimately trans- forming health care delivery for the federal government. After the EHR was deployed to four fielding sites, use of DOD’s and VA’s interoperability tool tripled.
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