Securing Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
November 30, 2023
2022 InnovateIT Awards
InnovateIT Award winners
- Government Innovation Leader of the Year
Mark Oh, Director, Infrastructure and User Services Group, Office of Information Technology
Helped to create the Enterprise Monitoring and Management (EMM) application, which uses organizations, systems, devices, and individuals to provide both real-time and batch data, helping to close gaps in enterprise situational awareness.
- Industry Innovation Leader of the Year
Nathan Swab, Lead of Defense Health, Sentar
Helped to develop the Site Assessment and Vulnerability Remediation (SAVR) program, which significantly drove down residual risk for the Medical Community of Interest (Med-COI) enterprise enclave, implemented by the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
- Emerging Government Leader of the Year
Mittal Desai, CIO, Federal Regulatory Commission
Created an innovative approach to a technologically diverse community, using Microsoft’s Intune MAM Suite to ensure that users could access critical data and perform their jobs on any device of their choosing.
- The Data Analytics Award
The Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Information Technology, Provider Relief Fund Team
Developed a cloud-smart, scalable, and integrated data platform to aid in quickly disbursing billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds to frontline healthcare workers in a fair and secure manner.
- Citizen Services Innovation Leader
Beth Libbey, Product Manager for the Customer Profile Management System, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate
Contributed to USCIS’s establishing new remote enrollment sites to process over 50,000 Afghan nationals, create effective reporting mechanisms, and minimize the number of encounters required to collect all necessary data.
- The Cybersecurity Innovation Leader Award
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Team – Quadrina Quinn (Supervisory IT Specialist, Office of the CIO), Marshall Fordham (Lead Developer and SCRUM Master, USAJOBS), Julie Jackson (Product Owner, USAJOBS Agency Talent Portal), and Dan Thibodeau (Project Manager, USAJOBS Program)
Created a groundbreaking, customized career site on OPM’s USAJOBS website to boost the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) recruitment efforts, guiding highly sought-after professionals into cybersecurity positions.
Capping the event, AFCEA Bethesda announced donations by the chapter to charitable organizations and STEM-oriented academic programs totaling more than $140,000 for the year.
