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Randy Rodriguez
Managing Director and Group Lead for the Accenture Federal Digital Studio Accenture Federal Services
Making space for innovation.
Rodriguez provides strategic direction for a studio that seeks to connect fed- eral agencies with new design meth- ods and new ways of thinking about innovation. More than 30 agencies have used the studio to tackle chal- lenges that range from national secu- rity to health care, and it is expanding to add rapid prototyping and applied intelligence capabilities. The Agricul- ture Department has turned to the studio to help it transform its rural development program, and U.S. Citi- zenship and Immigration Services and the Navy have used it to improve their mission-critical systems — all with the greater goal of creating a culture of collaboration.
Thomas D. Romeo
General Manager
MAXIMUS Federal
Citizen-centric. Romeo is one of fed- eral IT’s strongest advocates of build- ing government services to deliver
the best possible “citizen journey.”
In 2018, he took bold steps to make MAXIMUS a better partner in such efforts. Citizen engagement center contracts were a key part of the $400 million acquisition and integration
of General Dynamics IT assets. In addition to helping the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, IRS, Social Security Administration and the departments of Veterans Affairs,
Education and Commerce better con- nect with their customers, Romeo also serves as chairman of the Profes- sional Services Council’s nominating committee.
Ron Ross
Computer Scientist, Fellow
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Master of risk management. Ross is the mastermind behind the new- est version of the Risk Management Framework. It inextricably links privacy and cybersecurity into one overarching imperative for agen- cies. “Everyone understands today that personal privacy is becoming
so important because our digital footprint is so large,” he said. The framework recasts cybersecurity as an organizationwide responsibility and specifies that C-suite executives be involved in risk management strat- egies from the beginning. His col- leagues say Ross played an essential role in helping to create a strategic approach to risk management and taking NIST’s cybersecurity guidance to the next level.
Lori Ruderman
Senior Advisor and BuySmarter Initiative Lead
Department of Health and Human Services
Purchasing power at scale. Ruder- man streamlined HHS’ acquisition process and brought together more than 200 internal and external stake-
holders to share their collective buy- ing power. Her efforts have reduced prices, increased operational efficien- cies and generated cost savings on goods and services. By engaging with stakeholders and managing the day- to-day operations, Ruderman ensures that BuySmarter makes decisions that best serve the HHS mission. Under her leadership, the agency has the potential to achieve cost savings of some $720 million on an annual basis once BuySmarter is fully operational.
James Russo
Telecommunications Manager, EIS Solutions Development, Office of IT Category, Federal Acquisition Service General Services Administration
Making modernization more secure. Russo has a clear grasp of how GSA’s next-generation Enter- prise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract should support the govern- ment’s overarching cybersecurity mis- sion. He has been the bridge between those two efforts and in particular has informed and coordinated the Depart- ment of Homeland Security’s migra- tion of intrusion-prevention services to GSA’s EIS contract. In addition,
he has been the common denomina- tor in bringing together representa- tives of DHS, GSA, the White House and industry to develop policies for the contract’s security services that incorporate the government’s broader cybersecurity goals and strategies.
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