McLean, VA, Sept. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FCW, an 1105 Media publication, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Rising Star Awards.
FCW’s Rising Star awards program recognizes individuals in the first 10 years of their federal IT careers who have gone above and beyond their official job descriptions. The awards are an opportunity for agencies and contractors alike to give their up-and-comers a turn in the spotlight – both as a reward to those top performers and as an example to others.
“Each year, FCW recognizes individuals who are early in their federal IT careers but already having an outsized impact," FCW Editor-in-Chief Troy K. Schneider said. "The 21 women and men listed below are a great reminder of the talent that's being attracted to federal IT -- and the next generation of leaders that is emerging.”
The 2017 Rising Star Award Winners:
Justin C. Ariel
Network Engineer/Systems Administrator, Office of the CIO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA
Lindsey Averill
Associate Vice President
The Ambit Group
Dawn M. Bare
Product Management Specialist/Army ESI Lead, Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS), Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)
Department of the Army
Anna-Ruth Beckman
Consultant
The Clearing, Inc.
Ruchika C. Croall
Director, Enterprise Program Management Office, Information Assurance
Department of Veterans Affairs
Christopher T. Crogan
Cyber Systems Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport
Department of the Navy
Amanda L. Day
Enterprise Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Lead
Department of Homeland Security
Mittal Desai
Chief Information Security Officer
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Marc C. Harrell
Director, Federal
Jive Software
Priya (Ishu) I. Krishna
Information Technology Specialist/CADE2 Requirements Program Manager
Internal Revenue Service
Laura Larrimore
Senior Digital Strategist
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Jennifer T. Lee
Program Manager in support of the Department of Defense Office of the CIO
Booz Allen Hamilton
Michael I. Maharaj
Chief Cyber Integration, Joint Staff J6, Directorate for Cyber and C4 Integration
Department of Defense
Maria McClelland
Technical Senior Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Department of Energy
Kelly Moan
Senior Security Engineer, Cyber Solutions Division, MGMT/OCIO/OCISO
Department of Homeland Security
Freshta Mohammad
Senior Security and Portfolio Analyst in support of the Environmental Protection Agency
PPC
Darryl E. Peek II
Director of Operations, OCIO/OCTO
Department of Homeland Security
Stefano M. Rivolta
Project Manager, Innovation Sandbox
Department of State
Steven L. Wells
Senior Director, Program Management
DLT Solutions
Michael Whitaker
Vice President of Emerging Solutions
ICF
Michael R. Woodruff
Lead Computer Systems Engineer
CACI
The winners will be recognized at the GCN dig IT Awards celebration on October 19, 2017 and featured in the October issue of FCW. For more information on the Rising Star awards, visit https://fcw.com/risingstars
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