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Last week, the highly prestigious popular vote contest for the 2023 Wash100 Award came to a close and now Executive Mosaic has announced the triumphant winner: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. This year’s competition was the fiercest yet, drawing tens of thousands of submissions and widespread attention from across the federal sector. Since the end of January, motivated […] More
Darron Makrokanis didn’t seek his career path out—duty came calling to his doorstep. Makrokanis began in law enforcement in the Washington, D.C. region, assigned to federal task forces as well as handling investigative operations. Makrokanis’ trajectory took a turn after the September 11th attacks, when he was recruited by a subcontractor for Booz Allen Hamilton, […] More
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Throughout my career in both government and industry, I have been a strong proponent of the role of small business to be able to create innovative solutions for national security and homeland security. The success of the science and technology innovation supply chain requires public/private cooperation and […] More
Longtime Northrop Grumman executive Kathy Warden was presented with her well-earned 2023 Wash100 Award recently at the Northrop Grumman headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. The founder of the award, Jim Garrettson—who is CEO of Executive Mosaic—personally delivered the plaque. Warden is president, CEO and chairwoman of Northrop and this year marks her eighth win of the Capitol region’s […] More
Ventech Solutions CEO Tonia Bleecher is a government contracting veteran with a passion for working to improve the nation’s health care ecosystem. In 2018, Bleecher joined Ventech, a trusted partner to the public sector leading critical technology transformations that empower government agencies to meet their missions. She started as a senior vice president and swiftly […] More
Steve Sousa is a senior vice president and Health and Social Services Business Unit lead at CGI Federal, where he leverages over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors to drive major information technology modernization efforts that support a range of clients in the Department of Health and Human Services. His work includes […] More
Quantum technology is an umbrella term that encompasses a host of tools at various levels of development. It includes quantum computers—which feature an almost inconceivably high computational speed and are currently still in a gestational period—but also quantum science and applications like magnetic resource imaging machines, commonly known as MRI. Chester Kennedy Chester Kennedy, executive […] More
The enactment of zero trust cybersecurity policy — wherein, essentially, users are required to provide credentials at every new access point in a digital architecture — is an immense undertaking that comes with its share of long-term benefits. (The concept was ordered by the Biden Administration via Executive Order in May 2021 and its rollout for […] More
Cloud migration and cybersecurity are interconnected issues and currently front of mind for the U.S. Department of Defense. In November 2022, the Pentagon released its Zero Trust Strategy, an implementation plan that lays out the methodologies and approaches the department will mount to reach a full-scale version of the cybersecurity mandate President Biden issued in May 2021. […] More
Shannon Vaughn is a passionate cybersecurity proponent who has put his weight behind data-centric security and privacy company Virtru for the last year and a half. As general manager, Vaughn collaborates directly with federal government customers. He brings experience as a U.S. Army officer to his current role, as well as an international knowledge base […] More
Activity in the Wash100 Award popular vote contest is abuzz this week as we enter the second half of the race. Some executives have regained the leads they had in the early going, while other fresher faces are steadily making their way up the top 30. It’s becoming a more exciting race by the day, only […] More
Brian Young is an information technology industry veteran with a particular knack for market expansion and client-facing services. Over the course of two decades, he has gathered experience at Washington, D.C. area government contracting organizations like SE Solutions, RGS Associates and Perspecta. Prior to his current role at Iron Mountain, Young spent nearly four years […] More
