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Category 2:

Delivering Excellence in Digital Services

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

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDA Office of Contracting and Procurement, Procurement Operations Division​

Frederick Freeman

Contracting Officer

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs​

Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT)​

Wesley D. Payne

Director of Stakeholder Integration

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Office of 508 Compliance

Jessica Forget

Acting Executive Director

Risk and Remediation

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Scott Anderson

Information Technology Specialist


Ed Barnett

Information Technology Specialist


Jennifer Barone

Information Technology Specialist


Zachary Battles

Information Technology Specialist


Shanayah Braithwaite

Information Technology Specialist


Renee Brown-Carter

Senior Program Analyst


Alejandro Cachola Jr.

Information Technology Specialist


Amanda Carrigan

Information Technology Specialist


Dandy Diddle

Supervisory Information Technology Specialist


Keven Drake

Information Technology Specialist


George Duthie

Information Technology Specialist


Brian Frederickson

Information Technology Specialist

 Chet Frith

Director


Cristin Ghazarian

Information Technology Specialist


David Hack

Program Analyst


Charles Jones

Information Technology Specialist


Sasikala Paritala

Information Technology Specialist


Sirisha Pariti

Information Technology Specialist


Christopher Walker

Information Technology Specialist
Christina Weymouth

Supervisory Information Technology Specialist


Marcina Williams

 Information Technology Specialist


Atif Zamir

Information Technology Specialist


Carolyn Zeak

Program Analyst

Veterans Experience Office

Shana Love Holmon

Strategic Advisor

U.S. Department of the Treasury​

Internal Revenue Service

Refundable Credits and Compliance Program Management Office

Edwin Patten

Supervisory Tax Analyst

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Marc Slone

Program Analyst

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Rebecca Holt

Supervisory Tax Analyst

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Marie-Helena Edwards Supervisory Tax Analyst

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Joseph Dingledine

Senior Tax Analyst

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Tamara Powell

Director, Refundable Credits Examination Operations

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Ishmael Alejo

Director, Refundable Credits Program Management

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Anna Houston

Program Manager

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Monica Chernick

Program Manager

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Abu Sayeed

Computer Assistant

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Yvette Salinas

Program Analyst

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Priscilla Gonzales

Supervisory Financial Technician

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Joyce Johnson

Supervisory Financial Technician

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Andrew Rivera Matias

Correspondence Examination Technician

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Raquel Lumbi

Tax Examining Technician

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Myra Garcia

Tax Examining Technician

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Lorna Mendoza

Tax Examining Technician

​​Andres Telles

Tax Examining Technician

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Jessica Jones

Tax Examining Technician

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Tiffany Ruedas

Correspondence Examination Technician

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Frank Bassi

Management and Program Assistant (OA)

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Terra Sparks

Program Analyst (Project Manager)

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Elaine Warren

Tax Examining Technician

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Audra Moering

Tax Examining Technician

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Christopher Kirmse

Tax Examining Technician

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Callan Miller

Tax Examining Technician

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Terra Brown

Lead Financial Assistant

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Celina Harmon

Management and Program Analyst

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Jonathan DiLeo

Information Technology Specialist (Policy & Planning)

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Shanel Sanders

Program Manager

Tracey Quamie

Director of Publishing

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Ali Hillner

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Paul Adams

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Andrew Gower

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Vara Prasada Rao Ande

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Sylvester Pritchard III

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JP Terry

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Doug Diaz

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Michelle Clarke

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Sandra Mulford

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Richard Pilhofer

Fran Braun

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Douglas Martin

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Michael Brown

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Gilberto Cortez

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Antonio Batista

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Grace Kerr

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Stephen St. Jacques

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Gerald Johnson

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Christian Chase

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Deddrick Worthy

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Lizhao Li

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Louis Cervantes

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Helen Kidane

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Jazmine Hudson

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Deepthi Chilaka

U.S. Department of War

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Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), myAuth Program​

Catherine Munoz

Director for Enterprise Human Resources Information Systems (EHRIS) Program


Zachary Gill

Deputy Director of the Identity Credential

Management (ICM) Program

 

Nidhi Vij

Program Manager for myAuth Functional Program


Tatyana Levin

Product Owner,

My Authentication (myAuth) Information Technology (IT) System


Peter Cerussi

Branch Chief, ICM/Access Control Systems


Dr. Jessica Myers

Staff Advisor to the CoS


Michael Perry

Contracting Officer Representative

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Defense Health Agency

Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER)

Larry Vandergrift​

Project Coordinator

State Government​

Clark County, Nevada

Bob Leek

Chief Information Officer​

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​State of Maryland Department of Information Technology

Maryland Digital Service​

Marcy Jacobs

Former Deputy Secretary, Chief Digital Experience Officer, ​​​

David Holmes

Senior Director, Engineering

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Srinivas Bandreddi

 Engineering

 

Emmanuel Apau

Engineering

 

Lauren George

Engineering

 

Rock Roque

Engineering

 

Niveditha Gottam

Engineering

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Ann Teachout

Engineering

 

Hong Xia

Engineering

 

Jeff Keller

Engineering

 

Martha Yeh

Engineering

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Donna Walker

Engineering

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Suran De Silva

Senior Director, Web Experience

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Andrew White

Web Experience

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Amy Schneidau

Web Experience

 

Betsy Bland

Web Experience

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Hilary Shutak

Web Experience

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Lauren Gilchrist

Senior Director, Product

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Clare Bayley

Technical Product Management

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Emil Leong

Technical Product Management

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Syed Azeem

Technical Product Management

Lilly Madigan

Senior Director, Design

 

Elizabeth Hunt

Design

 

Cortni Grange

Design

 

Chad Smith

Design

 

Bao-Tran Nguyen

Design

 

Paul Roberts

Design

 

Hector Perla

Design

 

Toral Contractor

Design

 

​Emily Ianacone

Design

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Amy Behrens

Design

 

Andrew Drummond Accessibility

 

Matthew Hackert

Accessibility

 

Anthony Prematta

Accessibility

 

Makenzie Preston

Accessibility

 

Alex Popa

Accessibility

 

Zeinab Moradi Ramezan Ali

Accessibility

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Jenny Smith

Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives
 

Joe Varacalle

Oversight

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Ben Delphine

Discovery

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Christine Winchester

Talent
 

Aziza Quadry

Talent

​Arlington County, Virginia
David Herlihy

Division Chief for Innovation and Cloud​​

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Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS)​
Robert Blanchard

Associate Director, Technology and Support


New York State

Office of Information Technology Services
Jenson Jacob

Executive Deputy CIO


County of Sacramento

Department of Technology Web Team

Penny Sylvia

Business Analyst, Web Team

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Denise Modar

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Jerry Gray

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Francesca Spriggs

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John Sumaraga

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Kirk Uhl

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Mike Armstrong

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Connor Yee

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Jane Murphy

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Danny Menzies

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Nithin Mandani

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Vijay Enagandula

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Texas Office of Attorney General

Child Support Division

Ruth Anne Thornton

Director of Child Support

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Tina McLeod

Chief Information Officer

 

Steve Roddy

Deputy Director for Child Support

 

Joel Rogers

Associate Deputy Attorney General for Child Support

 

Desiree DeLaCorte

Chief Product Owner

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Jared Galaway

​Chief Experience Officer

 

ChAMP Delivery Teams


Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Division of Medicaid Services (DMS)
Claudine McCarthy

Director of Communications,

Division of Medicaid Services (DMS)

Industry

Concept Plus, Inc.

Longitudinal Exposure Record Program

Nikole Farmer

Program Manager

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Amy Smith

Deputy Program Manager

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 Ponnamy Kiep​

Brahma Kohlagani​​

Raben Talvo

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Deloitte

Jamia McDonald

Principle

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FileYourTaxes.com

Timur Taluy

Chief Executive Officer

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