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Category 1:

Building a Customer-Focused Culture

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To explore the stories behind the winners, click on their name, program or agency.

Mike Zarlenga

Credential Modernization Program Manager, DMDC

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Ashley Andrews

Credentialing Branch Chief, DMDC

 

Aimee Schrecengost

Cardstock Program Manager, DMDC

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Victorine Renteria-Silva

RAPIDS Product Owner, DMDC

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J. Ross Gornik

Technology Program Manager, GPO

 

Stan Stosh Kukoski

Group Chief, GPO

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Robert Cave

Journeyman Bookbinder, GPO

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Michael Dotson

Army Project Officer, USA

 

Edwin Yoder

Air Force DEERS Project Officer, USAF

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Erika Marks

Navy Project Officer, MyNavy Career Center

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Mary Stroz

Marine Corps Service Project Officer

 

Neavaly Touray

NOAA Project Officer, NOAA

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Jacqueline Helms

Coast Guard DEERS Project Officer, USCG

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Mary Boone

USPHS DEERS Project Officer, USPHS

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Center for Medicare (CM)

Provider Communications Group (PCG)

Amy Abel-Matkins

Director, Division of Contractor Provider Communications

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Alikia Mack

Health Insurance Specialist


Dave Shellem

Communication Specialist​

Paul Zawicki

Technical Advisor

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Lee Condron

Telecommunications Specialist


Gary Warczak

Telecommunications Specialist

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Sanjeev Bhagowalia

Assistant Commissioner, OIT and CBP CIO

Rachel Kelly

Acting Branch
Chief, Cybersecurity Division

 

Kyle Parks

Section Chief,
Cybersecurity Division

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Caroline Simmons

Deputy Branch Chief, Cybersecurity
Division

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Amanda Calamari

Deputy Section Chief, Cybersecurity
Division

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Linda Kantz

Branch Chief, Integrated Operations Division, CISA

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Rick Rossi

Cybersecurity
Advisor – New Hampshire

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Rahul Mittal

Cybersecurity
Advisor for the NCR and N.
Virginia, Region 3

Joe Parker

Cybersecurity Advisor, Integrated Operations Division

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Stephanie Watt

Cybersecurity
State Coordinator, Region 4
(Alabama)

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Deron McElroy

Region 6 Chief of Cybersecurity

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David Sondheim

Cybersecurity Advisor, Integrated Operations Division

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Justin Rinck

SRMA Governance Liaisons Section Chief, Stakeholder Engagement
Division

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

Federal Housing Administration

Single Family Housing Resource Center

Julie Shaffer

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing

 

Anthony Triolo

Deputy Director, Philadelphia Homeownership Center

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Lance Litty

Housing Program Officer for the Philadelphia Homeownership Center

Tom Longo

Management Analyst

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Karol Jensen

Business Analyst for the Denver Homeownership Center

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Laurence Owens

Business Analyst for the Philadelphia Homeownership Center

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Gyasi Martin

Management Analyst for the Philadelphia Homeownership Center

Social Security Administration​

Customer Experience Team

Kim Baldwin-Sparks

Customer Experience Officer

 

Paul Funk

CX Program Architect

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Gabe Hill

Journey Team Lead

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Jenna Hase

CX Service Designer

Sarah Ward

CX Journey Analyst

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Kori VanDeWalle

Senior CX Analyst


Joseph (Ryan) Boggs

Management & Program Analyst


Jeff Caplan

Deputy OT

Robert King

Director of Individual
Online Account
Program Management
Office (IOLA PMO)

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Charles S. Smith

Senior Technical Advisor

 

Lori A. Tompkins

Executive Assistant

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Susan Watkins

Staff Assistant

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Maryann Wu

Associate Director of
Individual Online
Account Program
Management Office
(IOLA PMO)

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Brian K. Wright

Senior Manager of
Delivery Integration
(IOLA PMO)

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James Graham

Frontline Manager of Strategy & Planning

 

James Steadman

Frontline Manager of Integration Planning

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James Cobb

Senior Manager of
Program Management
& Integration (IOLA
PMO)

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Robert McKenzie

Frontline Manager of Delivery-Project Team B

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Samuel Sanchez

Info Tech Specialist

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Sean Polk

Product Planning Lead

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Thomas Becraft

Portfolio Reporting and IMS Lead

 

Kalan Nelson

IOLA Governance Advisor and Budget Analyst

 

Samuel Woodall

WebApps Governance Executive Advisor​

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Kim Vejarano

Program Analyst

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Derrick McGriff

Contract Analyst

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Biraj Bista

Budget and Contract Analyst

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William Gilbert

Work Request Lead

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William Leonard

Enterprise Organizational Readiness Lead​

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Thomas Johnson

Privacy and Civil Liberties Impact Assessment Lead​

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Ji-Sun Lee

Product Planning Process Lead

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Vinaya Damineni

Lean Business Case Lead

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Aaron Frazer

SharePoint Administration and Content Management Lead

Babatunde Akingbemi Release Manager

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Venkata Atluri

Release Manager

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Hong Tai

IOLA Infrastructure Coordinator

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Ramu Sadula

Delivery Test Lead

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Deborah Jones

Release Manager

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Shareka Galloway

Release Chute Coordinator​

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Denise Forbes

Release Chute Coordinator​

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Linjuan Zhang

Deployment Site
Readiness Test Lead

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Irina Heidt

OneSDLC Lead

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Adewale Toyinbo

Release Manager

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Kristina Brinson

OneSDLC Lead

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Alok Shastry

Risk Coordinator and Release Manager

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Tanzin Alam

Frontline Manager of
Delivery Project Team A

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Jonathan Garland

Security and ISSO

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Israel A. Morales

Release Manager

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Walter Ritter

Deployment Site Readiness Test Lead

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Beverley Dixon

OneSDLC Lead

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Frank Bartlett

Security and ISSO

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Trenise Q. Kelly

Release Manager

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Gauri Chande

Risk Coordinator and
Release Manager

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Jim D. Keith

Director Of Customer
Service

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Terry L. Hansen

Supervisory Information Technology Specialist

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Benjamin J Houdeshell Supervisory IT Specialist

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Jayasree Budaraju Supervisory IT Specialist

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Erek S. Borowski

Computer Scientist

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Don W. Ward

IRS IT EPMO Individual Online Account

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Towana Poe-Felder

Release Manager

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Terry L. Hansen

Branch Chief, Applications Development Online Account

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Benjamin J. Houdeshell

Frontline Manager, Applications Development Online Account

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Jayasree Budaraju

Frontline Manager, Applications Development Online Account

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Erek S. Borowski

Senior Technical Advisor

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Donald W. Ward

Senior Technical Advisor

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning

Evan Davis
CTRS Training and Engagement Lead, VA Immersive

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Veterans Experience Office (VEO)

Enterprise Measurement & Design
Jon Pruett

Director, Experience Analytics and Measurement (Acting)

Industry​

Deloitte

Nicola Hall

Principal

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