The 2009 Rising Star award winners announced
This year's 28 winners reflect the breadth and depth of young talent in the federal information technology community.
The 1105 Government Information Group is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Rising Star awards.
Now in its fourth year, the awards program honors up-and-coming employees in the public and private sectors who have made an early — and substantive — mark in the government information technology community.
Supervisors or co-workers nominate individuals for the awards, and a distinguished panel of judges chooses the winners.
This year’s judges selected 28 individuals from more than 160 nominations. The winners will be spotlighted next month in the print and online editions of Federal Computer Week, Government Computer News and Washington Technology. The winners will also be recognized at the GCN Awards Gala on Oct. 22. Look for an invitation to that event in the weeks ahead.
Here is the list of winners. If you see an error, send an e-mail message to risingstar@1105media.com or leave a comment below. Although we won’t post the comments, we will correct any mistakes.
To read about last year's winners, click here.
The 2009 Rising Star award winners
Maj. Samuel Abbott-McCune
U.S. Military Academy
John Araujo
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christina Bapst
Homeland Security Department
Kristine Beck
Vangent
Maj. Heather W. Blackwell
Air Force
Louis Carrion
General Dynamics
Alma Cole
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
John Collier
Ball Aerospace and Technologies
Don Gunnell
Navy Department
Jeremy Ryan Hiers
Army Department
Anthony Hoang
Homeland Security Department
Marwan M. Jamal
National Defense University
Goldy Kamali
FedScoop
Lt. Joseph John Kattar
Air Force
Jason Khan
Touchstone Consulting Group
Zhenia Klevitsky
SE Solutions
Robert Lech
Citizant
Ephraim S. Lo
Serco
Elizabeth Sherry Maloney
Palladian Partners
Vanessa Leigh Manchester
Iris Partners
Ryan McCullough
Govplace
Mary Beth Murphy
Internal Revenue Service
Steven Posnack
Health and Human Services Department
Richard J. Renomeron
Turner Consulting Group
Joseph Arthur Rhodes
Army Department
Harold R. Schliesske
Army Department
Emily Scott
IBM
Genen Soo-Hoo
New York Police Department