Who are the best innovators in the government market?

The Northern Virginia Technology Council and Washington Technology have named the finalists for their annual Contractor CTO Innovator Awards, which recognizes the unique contributions chief technology officers make to customers and their companies.

The Northern Virginia Technology Council and Washington Technology have named finalists for the ir 2011 Government Contractor CTO Innovator Awards.

The award recognizes CTO within the government contracting community for their critical contributions to achieving results for their customers and their leadership within their own companies, the Oct. 20 NVTC statement said.

The finalists and winners in small, midsize and large business categories were selected by an independent panel from the government contracting community.

The small company finalists (less than $100 million in revenue) are:

  • Tim Hoechst – Agilex Technologies
  • Geoff Howard – Evolvent Technologies Inc.
  • Jay Kalath – ARRAY Information Technology
  • Dov Levy – Dovel Technologies
  • Greg Parchment – Buchanan & Edwards

The midsize company finalists ($100 million to $500 million in revenue) are:

  • David Bettinger – iDirect
  • Chris Chroniger – Acentia
  • Gary Davis – National Government Services
  • Dr. H. Gilbert Miller – Noblis

The large company finalists (more than $500 million in revenue) are:

  • Jeff Bergeron – Hewlett-Packard
  • Deborah Dunie – CACI
  • Neil Siegel – Northrop Grumman Information Systems
  • Mark White – Deloitte Consulting LLP

The winners will be announced at TechCelebration, NVTC's annual banquet on Nov. 14, 2011, at The Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Va.