Industry Moves By Fed Health Executives in August 2020

List compiled by Jackie Gilbert

This report highlights some of the known or announced leaders from DHA, HHS, CMS, and VA who have taken new roles of late. These moves provide insight into which companies and agencies may be poised for growth (and which may not).

• DHA MHS EHR Functional Champion/Assistant Director, Combat Support departs August 31
• DHA Partner and SDVOSB recruits Federal Health Industry Lead Tony Azar as new COO August 28
• VA Interoperability Chief expands role August 28
• DHA/Air Force Analytics & Informatics SME transitioning August 27
• Salesforce recruits Scott Woestman as a Regional Vice President of Sales supporting DHA August 26
• USDS taps new Deputy CTO to lead VA Office of the CTO’s health care portfolio August 26
• Press Release: HighPoint Welcomes Senior New Hires to Accelerate Growth and Commitment to Civilian Customers August 26
• Excella Announces Senior Leadership Promotions to advance innovation and leadership in key markets August 26
• GRSi adds Jennifer Beal and John Graziano to growing leadership team August 26
• Seasoned business development and capture professional Russell Huffman is now consulting August 25
• OptumServe taps former MEDCoE Commanding General to be Chief of Staff August 24
• VMware adds industry veteran Jeff Knodel to serve as VA Client Executive August 24
• Fed Health industry leader Joni Fernbaugh launches Business Development consulting firm August 24
• VA taps new Deputy Chief Technology Officer – Benefits August 21
• DHA Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) taps Analytics lead as new IT PM August 21
• NIH NIAMS taps new Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer August 21
• Air Force taps new CTO for Air Force Operational Medicine Information Systems (AFOMIS) August 20
• Former CMS CISO named Department of Energy Principal Deputy CIO August 20
• Press Release: Federal Health Industry veteran, Jason Washington, joins Sparksoft as Director of Capture for DHA and VA August 19
• NIH NHLBI taps new Acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) August 19
• TIAG® Promotes Charlie Doutt to General Manager and Brian Sheets to Director of Business Development and Growth August 18
• Yet another top HHS IT Exec takes on new challenge, several HHS IT leaders on the move August 18
• Longtime DHA E-Commerce Systems lead exits, hangs out a shingle August 18
• RADM Sylvia Trent-Adams, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health is retiring from HHS August 18
• HHS CIO resigns unexpectedly, two Senior CDC execs announce departure August 17
• CNN: CDC’s chief of staff, deputy chief of staff depart from agency August 17
• Press Release: University of Utah professor named to NIH NIDCR Director position August 17
• HHS OCTO Public Health Innovation Director exits, joins Amazon Web Services August 14
• HHS taps new Branch Chief to lead Cybersecurity Customer Engagement Team August 14
• DHA recruits rising Contracting Officer/Team Lead from DTRA August 14
• VA taps new Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Quality & Patient Safety August 13
• HHS taps rising leader to serve as Acting Deputy Chief Data Officer August 13
• M9 Solutions recruits Shannon Hattersley as a new VP driving Strategy and Business Development August 13
• Recent USAF Medical Service CTO joins Perspecta August 13
• Zscaler recruits rising growth leader Kayley Cerney as new Regional Sales Manager for VA August 12
• MITRE recruits VA and MHS Industry leader Pete Leroy as new Vice President of Integration and Operations August 12
• Press Release: Halfaker and Associates, LLC Announces Amanda Axsom as Chief Development Officer August 12
• Press Release: Aveshka announces Dr. Til Jolly as Chief Medical Officer August 11
• Defense Health Agency taps Director for Program Integrity August 11
• VA recruits Human Resources IT Leader from HUD August 11
• Press Release: Liberty IT Solutions has hired Microsoft veteran Scott Thompson to be its VP of Cloud Strategy and Consulting August 11
• ReefPoint Group recruits Fed Health IT industry leader Danielle Micciantuono as VP of BD August 7
• Press Release: NIH taps Dr. Lindsey Criswell as director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases August 7
• VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Exec Director departs August 7
• POLITICO: Top aide to CMS administrator is exiting at the end of the month August 6
• U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity taps new Chief Information Officer August 6
• Splunk Recruits industry leader Amy Johanek from Gartner to serve as Public Sector Regional Sales Director August 6
• Reingold recruits US Navy Chief Health Informatics Officer August 5
• HHS Medicare Hearings and Appeals office adds rising NIH IT Lead as new Management Information Branch Chief August 5
• Longtime HHS and VA Technical Program Manager and EHR SME exits, joins industry August 5
• Defense Health Agency taps recent Health IT Center CO as Small Business Programs Leader August 4
• Press Release: Leidos Appoints Elizabeth Porter to Health Group President August 4
• ManTech recruits Federal Health and NIH SME Andrew Ritcheson to be Executive Director August 4
• CMS CCSQ Information Systems Group Director Steve Davidson retires August 3
• C3.ai recruits Jesse Purdue to drive Federal Healthcare sales at DHA and HHS August 3
• The National Veteran Small Business Coalition Appoints New Executive Director, takes over for Founding ED Scott Denniston August 3

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