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Timothy W. Cooke
CEO
ASI Government
Acquisition alchemist. Cooke is a tireless advocate for improving the art and science of federal acquisition. In 2019, he led an ACT-IAC Institute for Innovation project that resulted
in the creation of the Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovations. The table offers examples and techniques for every stage of the acquisition process, making it easier for agencies to meet the goals in the President’s Manage- ment Agenda while keeping up with emerging technologies. The table’s creation was sponsored by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, which will take ownership of it in 2020 and ensure its sustainability as a resource for the acquisition community.
Lisa Costa
CIO, U.S. Special Operations Command
Defense Department
IT at the tip of the spear. In 2019, the Special Operations command embarked on an IT modernization campaign, and Costa is playing a
key role in its ongoing success. In roughly 10 months, she led the com- mand in implementing cloud capabili- ties on four networks that support over 80,000 users and developing an enterprise-scale DevSecOps capability that involves continuous integration/ continuous delivery containerized microservices, which moves users
to solutions in minutes and hours rather than months. She also helped establish a Special Operations Forces
code repository to promote the reuse of existing code and helped institu- tionalize cross-functional teams to make the enterprise more agile and effective.
Jennifer L. Edgin
CTO and War Room Director, Deputy Commandant for Information
U.S. Marine Corps
Scale and speed for USMC.
Edgin makes wearing two hats look effortless. As war room director,
she built a team that adopted agile development techniques and scaled its Innovation Outpost Network to deliver capabilities in weeks. She also led an effort to harmonize disparate artificial intelligence projects by developing a governance structure, a process for prioritizing projects and an enterprise maturity model. But
her seminal work may be publishing the Marine Corps Information Environment Enterprise Blueprint 1.0 ahead of schedule. As the first enterprise reference architecture
to unify technical direction and resources, it could transform the delivery of intelligence, command and control capabilities in a contested environment.
Neil C. Evans
Chief Officer for the Office of Connected Care, Veterans Health Administration Department of Veterans Affairs
Telehealth advocate. In addition to caring for veterans as a physician, Evans leads the development and adoption of telehealth across VA’s
sprawling enterprise. In 2019, that effort accelerated significantly so that veterans can now access care in VA hospitals and clinics, at third- party sites and at home via the VA Video Connect app. Nearly 100,000 veterans used the app to participate in at-home video appointments
last year. Additionally, Evans took
on the interim directorship of the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office, a joint VA/ Defense Department organization to support the adoption of a shared EHR system.
Rebecca Fair
CEO and Co-Founder
Thresher
Data delivers results. After a decade as a leader within government, Fair left to co-found Thresher, a
firm that builds tools to enable data scientists to rapidly deploy the models and algorithms that drive better decision-making by agencies. In 2019, she and her team had a significant impact on U.S. government missions by helping to reverse-engineer social media posts written in Chinese and analyze content in multiple Arabic dialects. Their work helped identify information that foreign governments are manipulating to shape narratives, including those that enable censorship and the generation of propaganda.
Timothy W. Lisa Costa Jennifer L. Edgin Neil C. Evans Rebecca Fair Cooke
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