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Bill Wiatrowski
Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Meshing statistics and AI. The
data collected and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is criti-
cal for understanding economic and workplace trends. In 2018, Wiatrowski championed the use of analytics
and artificial intelligence to evalu-
ate nationwide data on the millions
of workplace injuries and illnesses each year. Thanks to his cutting-edge efforts to streamline the review of occupational safety and health statis- tics, the bureau was able to release more accurate information to the government, researchers, the business community and workers — and do it more quickly — while freeing bureau employees to tackle higher-level activities.
Jim Wiggins
Executive Director
Federal IT Security Institute
Mr. Second Chance. As a contractor, Wiggins works tirelessly to promote cybersecurity education across all branches of the federal government. He also leads the Federal IT Security Institute, whose Wounded Warrior Cyber Combat Academy retrains military veterans to be cybersecurity professionals. In 2018, he expanded the annual Federal IT Security Con- ference to focus on more topics of importance to the cybersecurity work- force. “Jim is a rare individual with
enormous compassion, a relentless and undaunted spirit, and the entre- preneurial skills to change his vision into reality,” said Ron Ross, a fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Rebecca Williams
Digital Services Expert
Office of Management and Budget
Data guide. From the President’s Management Agenda to the Federal Data Strategy, improving the govern- ment’s use of data has been a key priority of the Trump administration. To that end, Williams has engaged experts in government, industry and academia and overseen the activi-
ties involved in achieving the cross- agency priority goal on data. Her 2018 accomplishments also include work on the Data Incubator Project, which allows the public to submit examples of data ventures that could help solve government challenges. Furthermore, her leadership was instrumental in the passage of multiple data-focused laws last year.
Stephen D. Winchell
Presidential Innovation Fellow
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Vulnerability sleuth. Winchell is detailed to the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, where he is helping to predict how emerging technologies could reshape the way the U.S. government conducts its intelligence operations. He created a
tool for IARPA’s Trojans in Artificial Intelligence program that can help the agency identify vulnerability gaps in the deep neural network models used in AI solutions. His previous work with the Navy and Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab has given Winchell insight into how adver- saries might hack into intelligence systems and how to enhance IARPA’s ability to block those efforts.
Jonathan Wingo
Director, Homeland Region
Dell EMC Federal
Digital foreman. Wingo spearheaded the initiative to design and imple- ment a new IT infrastructure for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The model he cre- ated incorporates a multi-cloud environment and data growth driven by artificial intelligence, analytics
and other advanced technologies. The new IT infrastructure helps CISA coordinate cybersecurity efforts between the government and private- sector partners to protect utilities and other critical systems. Those 2018 accomplishments were also part of a larger pattern: Wingo, who left Dell for Pure Storage earlier this year, has supported DHS for almost 16 years.
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