We are thrilled that Kimberly Brandt  ,Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is delivering the keynote address at the 2026 Disruptive Tech Summit and Awards Ceremony on March 17th!

With her extraordinary leadership overseeing CMS's $1.4 trillion budget and her pivotal role in developing groundbreaking interoperability regulations, Kim brings unparalleled insight into how technology is transforming healthcare delivery and government operations.

Her distinguished career spans senior executive positions across government and private sector leadership, including her tenure as Principal Deputy Administrator for Policy and Operations during the first Trump Administration, Chief Oversight Counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and strategic advisor to healthcare private equity firms.

Kim's unique perspective on innovation, regulatory reform, and the intersection of policy and technology makes her the perfect voice to inspire and challenge our community of disruptive thinkers and leaders. This is a keynote you won't want to miss!

Meet the man who saved a shipyard from bankruptcy to protect a $10 billion shipbuilding program, helped stand up an entirely new federal agency in the aftermath of 9/11, and deployed $5 billion in security technology across 429 airports while the country was still catching its breath. Mike Derrios doesn't theorize about disruption in government — he's lived it, led it, and delivered it at a scale most people only read about in briefings. With 30 years of experience spanning the U.S. Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Department of State, and the private sector, Mike has been at the center of some of the most consequential acquisition and modernization efforts in modern federal history — including managing a $15 billion annual spend across 270 embassies and consulates worldwide and partnering with the U.S. Navy to build America's first icebreaking vessel in four decades.

Today, Mike serves as Executive Director of the Greg & Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University's Costello College of Business, where he's on a mission to transform the next generation of leaders shaping the $800 billion government contracting sector. He brings together government, industry, and academia in ways that move the needle — not just spark conversations. At the 2026 Disruptive Tech Summit & Awards Ceremony, Mike will bring all of it to the stage: the hard-won lessons, the bold decisions, the failures that forged better solutions, and the relentless conviction that government technology can — and must — be better. This is not a keynote. This is a masterclass from someone who has been in the arena.

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