FORUM Foundation Awards

Date

May 20, 2026

Time

2:00 pm

Location

SevaSpaces

Address

1604 Spring Hill Road, 2nd Floor, Vienna, VA 22182

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May 20, 2026

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Impact Behind the Scenes: Enables team success daily

Excellence Under Pressure: Delivers despite tight deadlines

Problem-Solving and Initiative: Goes beyond assigned role

Collaboration and Support: Facilitates teamwork across organization‍

Commitment to Quality and Compliance: Maintains standards and accuracy

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May 20, 2026

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May 20, 2026

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Demonstration submission deadline is EOD January 16, 2026.

Deadline to submit nominations has closed.

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trailblazers in federal technology!

May 20, 2026

2:00 pm

SevaSpaces

1604 Spring Hill Road, 2nd Floor, Vienna, VA 22182

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May 20, 2026

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Demonstrators

Demonstration submission deadline is EOD January 16, 2026.

Deadline to submit nominations has closed.

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Celebrate the 2025 FORUM IT100 Winners

Adam Byer

iTech AG

Chief Delivery Officer

Adina Pantella

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Executive Director, Passenger Systems Program Directorate

Alexis Bonnell

OpenAI

AI Adoption and Deployment

Alisa Bearfield

CGI Federal

Senior Vice President, Civilian Business Unit

Andre Martin

Leidos

Business Systems Analysis

Ankur Saini

US Department of Transportation

Chief Technology & Product Officer (FMCSA, PHMSA, MARAD)

Anna Ehrhardt

GDIT

Vice President

Atul Mathur

Credence Management Solutions

Principal and CIO

Ben Kutil

Ad Hoc

Chief Technology Officer

Bob Stevens

GitLab Inc.

Vice President, Americas and Public Sector

Brian Bordelon

Nutanix

Chief Technologist

Brian Funk

MetaPhase

Chief Technology Officer

Brock Spradling

Red Hat

Sr. Director, Sales

Carla Jones

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Director of the Division of Workforce Systems

Chakravarthy "Chak" Susarla

DSSC

Senior Technical Director

Christa Zimmerman

Bixal

Director, Health Portfolio

Christopher Wood

Ad Hoc

Chief Growth Officer

Chris Townsend

Elastic

Global Vice President, Public Sector

Col. Nathaniel Huston

U.S. Central Command

Deputy Chief Technology and Data Officer

Danielle Applegate

CGI Federal

Vice President, Veterans Affairs

Dan Janes

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Program Lead

Davyd Chung

Digital Infuzion

Chief Growth Officer

Dawn Wierzbicki

Signature Performance

Chief Federal Business Development Officer

Denise Rainey

Rainmakers Strategic Solutions

President & CEO

Diana Logreira

NASA

Mission Directorate Lead Web Program Manager

Domenique Malone

Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)

Information Technology Manager

Dorothy Callahan

SoftDev Incorporated

BD/Strategic Partner Liaison

Dr. Jessica Resig

Applied Research Institute

Vice President of Solutions Innovation

Dr. Justin Ubert

DOT/FTA

Chief, Cybersecurity & Operations

Dr. Rajan Natarajan

Global Alliant Inc.

President and CEO

Dr. Roshni Ghosh

RGP Federal

Chief Growth Officer

Dr. Shane Mcnamee

Appian

Global Health Industry Lead

Dr. Thomas Chon

Tetra Fields LLC

CEO

Elad Schulman

Lasso Security

CEO & Co Founder

Eric Gonzales

Ad Hoc, LLC

Senior Director, Client Growth & Strategy

Eric Strauss

Connected Logistics/Canopy Health

Chief Growth Officer

Greg Clifton

Intel Corporation

General Manager

James “Frank” Hudson, Jr.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Chief Information Officer and Director, Office of Information Technology

James Perkins

Defense Healthcare Management Systems

Deputy, Program Executive Office (PEO)

Jason Adolf

Appian

VP, Global Public Sector

Jason Preisser

Applied Research Institute

Senior Vice President, Federal Programs

Jeremy Walsh

FDA

Chief AI Officer

Jessica Bernhardt

Food and Drug Administration

Program Manager

Jill Wallace

GDIT

Program Director

Johann Dettweiler

stackArmor, a Tyto Athene company

CISO

Joseph Brennan

Leidos

Reporting and Analytics Manager

JW Funkhouser

GDIT

Senior Director

Karen Brazell, DSL

Department of Veteran Affairs

Senior Advisor to the Secretary

Karlene Stecchi

Tantus Technologies, Inc.

Executive Vice President

Katie Arrington

Department of Defense

Acting Chief Information Officer

Keith Gibson

Runyara

Founder/CEO

Kelli Furrer

Slingshot Aerospace

Chief Revenue Officer/Chief Marketing Officer

Kelly Olson

Adobe

General Manager, Public Sector

Kevin Duvall

Department of Health and Human Services

Deputy Chief Information Officer

Lance D. Jenkinson

U.S. Department of War

Chief, Training, Compliance, and Information Division (DTMO)

Larry Vandergrift

Defense Health Agency Occupational Environmental Health, Surveillance, and Readiness

ILER Project Controller

Lee Ann Crochunis

Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)

Deputy CIO, and OIT Director

LTC Bryan Cercy

U.S. Central Command

Director of Operations for the Chief Technology Officer

Ludka Abbott

Metron, Inc.

Assistant Facility Security Officer

Madhu Jegarnathan

Tria Federal

Vice President, Value Based Care Portfolio

Mani Allu

Centennial Technologies

CEO and Founder

Mariela Unangst

Progsit LLC

VP Business Development and Capture

Mary Affeldt

mPower, Inc.

CEO

Meera Shah

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Health Specialist

Melissa McGriff

ServiceNow

VP Federal

Michael Wittman

CGI Federal

Vice President, Health and Social Services

Mitch Thornbrugh

The Indian Health Service

CIO

Molly Maass

US Customs and Border Protection

Director, Land Border Integration

Murali Mallina

Tria Federal

Chief Technology Officer

Ned Blackburn

Centennial Technologies, Inc

Senior Director of Growth and Client Success

Nick Weber

National Institutes of Health Center for Information Technology

Acting Director, Office of Scientific Computing Services

Nicolas Chaillan

Ask Sage

CEO and Founder

Nikole Farmer

Concept Plus

Program Manager

Omer Khan

Peraton

Vice President of Benefits, Claims and Integrity Solutions

Patrick Newbold

Centers for Medicaid and Medicare

Chief Information Officer and Director, Office of Information Technology

Prasad Bhalerao

Publicis Sapient

Group Vice President

Quentin McCoy

United States Health and Human Services

Head of Contracting Activity

Ratima Kataria

ICF

VP Federal Health

Rhonda Brown-Massey

Peraton

Program Director, Space Communications Programs

Richard Jacik

American Institutes for Research

Chief Technology Officer

Robert Cunningham

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive Director, Enterprise Command Operations

Sarah Jester

GDIT

Sr. Program Director

Sara Thomas

AWL Strategies, LLC

CEO

Siva Sivaraj

ITC Federal, LLC

Vice President of Technology and Innovation

Sophie Myers

SAIC

CX Leader

Spencer Burgos

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology

Program Analyst

Steve Irish

Peraton

VP & GM - Defense Enterprise and Health Solutions

Sumesh Sundareswaran

GDIT

Vice President

Sunitha Ravi

Centennial Technologies Inc.

VP - Operations and Delivery

Tarik Reyes

Peraton Corporation

President, Defense Mission and Health Solutions

Tauryn Williford

IVA'AL Solutions LLC

Chief Executive Officer

Tim McCutcheon

Department of Veterans Affairs

Health System Management and Operations Director, OIT PDS Health Services Portfolio

Todd Van Haaren

PingWind

Sr. Director of Customer Engagement

Traci Walker

Digital Services Coalition

Executive Director

Venkat Kondapolu

HHS/Administration for Children & Families

Director

Vennard Wright

PerVista AI

CEO

Vijay Veerappan

Global Alliant Inc.

Chief Technology Officer

Wade Zarriello

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Acting Director, Infrastructure & User Services Group

Zhuchun "Emily" Qiu

Dept of Veterans Affairs

Deputy Portfolio Director

Tetra Fields (SDVOSB) modernizes digital health by uniting AI, Health IT, data science, and research to transform healthcare data management and interoperability. As 2024 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs AI Tech Challenge Finalist, we deliver mission-driven solutions that advance federal health insight and data exchange.
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Our federally approved advanced AI solution for semantic harmonization transforms diverse healthcare data into FHIR, enabling seamless, standards-based interoperability. In partnership with CMS OHEI and HIIG, we help craft the 2025–2035 Interoperability Roadmap, shaping the next decade of national digital health.

Our analytics and quality measurement work at CMS informs how over 10% of U.S. GDP is spent, underscoring our impact on system-wide healthcare transformation.

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Announcing the FORUM IT100 2025 Hall of Fame Winners

Andrew Collins

Peraton

Sr. Business Development Executive

David Affeldt

NeoMatrix LLC

CEO

Jango Unwalla

Unissant Inc.

Chief Knowledge Officer

Joan Bishop

QualX, LLC

Chief Growth Officer

Maria Gaboury

Intersystems Corporation

Strategic Parternships Executive

Melinda Pitchford

Connected Logistics

Chief Strategy Officer

Michael Kennedy

SoftDev Incorporated

Chief Delivery Officer

Mohammed Sohail Chaudhry

U.S. FDA

Former CTO

Nate Swab

Sentar

Senior Director, DoD Programs

Announcing the FORUM IT100 2025 Lifetime Award Winners

Vennard Wright

Pervista

CEO

Eddie Pool

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology

Agenda

2:00 Intro, Alexa Tsui, CEO, FORUM

2:05 Welcome address: Avantika Singh, Strategic Pricing, Systems Planning & Analysis

2:15 Panel: The Human Operating System: People, Practice, and the Pressure to Perform

Moderator: Eric Laychock, Chief Operating Officer, Alpha Omega

Anatalia Macik, Growth Strategist, Summit StrategyEfe Lind, Chief Solutions Officer, PingWind, Inc.

Kayla Pearson, Behavioral Systems Expert / CEO, Sonoran Growth Advisors

2:30 Award Winners2:50 Keynote, Erica Evans, Director of Operations, United States Digital Service

3:10 Outro, Alexa Tsui, CEO, FORUM

Keynote Speaker

Erica Evans

Director of Operations and Finance

United States Digital Service

Featured Speakers

Avantika Singh

Systems Planning & Analysis

Strategic Pricing

Eric Laychock

COO

Alpha Omega

Efe Lind

Chief Solutions Officer

PingWind, Inc.

Kayla Pearson

Behavioral Systems Expert / CEO

Sonoran Growth Advisors

Anatalia Macik

Growth Strategist & Account Manager

Summit Strategy

The FORUM Foundation Awards honor the unsung heroes of government contracting—the administrative professionals, coordinators, support staff, and essential team members who are the backbone of every successful GovCon operation. These are the people who make everything possible: the proposal coordinators managing impossible deadlines, the executive assistants keeping leadership on track, the contract administrators ensuring compliance, the junior analysts doing critical research, the office managers holding operations together, and the countless professionals whose vital work rarely receives recognition.

FORUM Foundation Winners

Andréa Waters

Management Analyst

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Information Technology

Ruchika Croall

Director

Department of Veteran Affairs

Denise Slaznick

Event Planner

GDIT

Yvette Villarreal

Administrative Specialist

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tylor Hewette

Senior Manager, Facilities & Events

Tria Federal

Tori Jarema

Director of Human Resources

LOGC2 Inc. dba;Connected Logistics

Tiffanie Morgan

Proposal Manager

PingWind

Taylor Wallace

Director - Federal Customer Success

Dataminr

Tim O'Steen

Quality Assurance Team Lead

All In Solutions

Tammy Smith

Director of Contracts

Fort Sill Apache Industries LLC

Tammie Bowen

Executive Assistant

CGI Federal

Sholainka Martyn

Senior Program Analyst

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Shasta Johnson

Senior Vice President of Federal Business Development

Signature Performance

Shannon Byrne Custer

Chief of Staff

MetaPhase

Sara Mullen

Associate Director, Proposals

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.

Roz Manfredi

Principal Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Leidos

Sara Hekmaty

Director, Federal Proposal Operations

Cayuse Government Operations

Paul Parrell

Contracts Manager

CGI Federal Inc.

Nathan Subramanian

Vice President, People and Delivery

Global Alliant, Inc

Richard Ahn

Cost Estimating and Pricing Director

LOGC2, Inc., DBA Connected Logistics

Mike Trail

Director, New Business

CGI Federal

Michelle Sparks

Director of Operations

J Michael Consulting

Mary Ann Ogles

Chief of Staff

Sev1Tech,LLC

Marc Agossou

Capture Analyst

Pingwind, Inc.

Marcus Calkins

Asst. Senate Liaison

U.S. Coast Guard

Ludka Abbott

Assistant Facility Security Officer

Metron, Inc.

Lisa McCall

Sr Financial Business Analyst

PingWind, Inc.

Leonard Grant

Head of Contracting Activity

Food and Drug Administration

Lauren Holcombe

Business Operations Specialist

Aretum

Kimberly Watson

Deputy Director, Div. of Technology Portfolio Technology Management

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Kim Miller

Principal

Rainmakers Strategic Solutions

Kayla Briscoe

Technical Support Specialist

PerVista AI

Katie Baier

Founder & Growth Architect

Writegy, LLC

Kathy Mills

Project Manager

MIPPS, LLC contractor for DHA

Joy Diggs

Contracting Officer's Representative

Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office

Jennifer Hilton

Executive Assistant and Operations

ITegrity, Inc.

Jacira Boggon

Director of Contracts

Precise Software Solutions, Inc.

Jenna Schmidt

Chief of Staff

Ad Hoc

Hillary Holzheimer

Recruiting Coordinator

Aretum LLC

Heather Pendleton

Deputy Program Manager

All In Solutions

Fatima Bhatti

Proposal Specialist

Aretum LLC

Eric Cortez

Business Development Analyst

OneGlobe, LLC

Emma Oestreicher

Principal Proposal Writer

PingWind, Inc.

Eddie Null

Solutions Architect

LOGC2, Inc., DBA Connected Logistics

Dianna Sullivan

Project Control Pricing Analyst

Coforma LLC

Davide Fiocchi

Market Research Analyst/Sr. Capture Specialist

Bixal

David Kalman

Senior Director of Contracts

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.

Doug Taylor

Chief Operating Officer

Rainmakers Strategic Solutions

Darlene Brown

Program Management Analyst/Publications Manager

Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration

Cynthia Maes

Accounting Manager

Fort Sill Apache Industries, LLC.

Christina Grayson

Executive Assistant

GDIT

Cassandra Thurman

Proposal and Knowledge Manager

Bart & Associates, LLC

Brittney Kendrick

Proposal Director, Sr.

National Government Services

Brittany Williams

Director of Transformation

Covista

Briyanne Johnson

Office Coordinator

Aretum LLC

Brittany Bridges

Senior Project Support Specialist

ASRC Federal (NASA Contractor)

Beth Rogness

Director of Proposals

J29, Inc.

Beth Diem

Executive Assistant to the CEO

ITC Federal

Benjamin Winicour

Growth Enablement Manager

B&A

Ashley Owens

Contracts Director

Coforma, LLC

Ariane Daub

Program Manager

All In Solutions

Anneli Connell

Director, Capture

CGI Federal

Amanda Isaacs

Program Coordinator for the Business Operations Team

ARES Corporation / NASA

Alyssa O'Connor

Director of Business Operations

Ad Hoc, LLC

Ali Can Mutlu

Data Analyst

Chief Program Office

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