Government Technology

Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers in Public-Sector Innovation

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Welcome to Government Technology’s 2013 “Doers, Dreamers and Drivers” issue — our annual salute to the men and women who truly make government more efficient, more effective and friendlier to the citizens it serves.

Since 2002, this issue has been our way to recognize the hardest working and most innovative individuals in the public sector. And this year saw growing demand for game-changing innovation. Our Top 25 for 2013 truly are changing the game. Over the past year, we’ve seen a tremendous amount of energy and activity around innovation — and these are the people who are leading the charge. It’s an exciting and important time to be in the technology field. These trends will impact the lives of constituents and the success of communities. And our Doers, Dreamers and Drivers are helping to shape their outcome.

  
   
 

2013 Honorees

Alex Padilla
Senator, California

Bob Woolley
Chief Technical Architect,
Utah

Carlos Ramos
CIO, California

Carolyn Parnell
CIO, Minnesota

Chuck Dowd
Commanding Officer, New York City Police Department Communications Division

Chuck Robinson
Director of Shared Services, Charlotte, N.C.

Cory Booker
Mayor, Newark, N.J.

David Behen
CIO, Michigan

Joe Panora
Director of the Division of Enterprise Information Services, California Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation

John Letchford
CIO, Massachusetts

Jonathan Reichental
CIO, Palo Alto, Calif.

Ken Ulman
Executive, Howard County, Md.

Kevin McGinnis
CEO, North East Mobile Health Services

Kristin Russell
CIO, Colorado

Laura Fucci
CIO, Henderson, Nev.

Massoud Amin
Director, Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota

Mike Russo
Director of Cybersecurity, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Pete Anderson
CIO, Fort Worth, Texas

Randy Cole
President, Ohio Controlling Board

Rick Snyder
Governor, Michigan

Scott McCallum
President and CEO, Aidmatrix Foundation

Shane Hamlin
Assistant Director of Elections, Washington Secretary of State’s Office

Stu Davis
CIO, Ohio

Ted Smith
Director of the Department of Economic Growth and Innovation, Louisville, Ky.

Tony Hsieh
CEO, Zappos

 

Past Honorees

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  • P.K. Agarwal
  • John Baldacci
  • Ron Bergmann
  • George Boersma
  • Thera Bradshaw
  • Terese Butler
  • Jane L. Campbell
  • John Eger
  • Walter Ekard
  • Thomas L. Friedman
  • Mark Gordon
  • Mike Huckabee
  • Terri Lynn Land
  • Richard Lewis
  • Jim Ley
  • Greg Meffert
  • Gary Norris
  • Larry Olson
  • Laura Parma
  • Leonard Scott
  • Lemuel C. Stewart Jr.
  • John Street
  • Douglas Waldron
  • Steve Westly
  • Anthony A. Williams
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  • Eric Anderson
  • Donetta Davidson
  • Sharon Dawes
  • Otto Doll
  • Jennifer M. Granholm
  • Dr. Michael Hall
  • Bob Hanson
  • Norman Jacknis
  • Sharon Dawes
  • Thomas M. Jarrett
  • Ted Kanavas
  • J. Clark Kelso
  • Simone Marstiller
  • Ron May
  • Ruth Ann Minner
  • Matt Miszewski
  • Michael Moore
  • Danny Murphy
  • Patrick Pizzella
  • Peter Quinn
  • Graham Richard
  • Kurt Snyder
  • Teresa Takai
  • Robert E. Taylor
  • Joe Trippi
  • Chris Warner
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  • Michael Bloomberg
  • David Boyd
  • William Bratton
  • Darlene Burcham
  • Craig Burlingame
  • Steve Cantler
  • Jack Corrie
  • James Dillon
  • Frank Fairbanks
  • Carol Fukunaga
  • Mark Johnson
  • Laura Larimer
  • Liza Lowery
  • Stuart McKee
  • Gino Menchini
  • Steve Monaghan
  • George Newstrom
  • Catherine Maras O´Leary
  • William F. Pelgrin
  • Gail Roper
  • Eliot Shapleigh
  • William Bratton
  • Darlene Burcham
  • David Sullivan
  • Mark Warner
  • Jesse White
  • Judi Zito
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  • Dianah Neff
  • Brenda Decker
  • Brian Moura
  • Courtney Harrington
  • Jean Hoefer Toal
  • Nick Dedier
  • Debra Bowen
  • Gary Locke
  • Greg Jackson
  • Jane Patterson
  • Lin Thatcher
  • Suzanne Peck
  • Cathy Cox
  • Dan Gwadosky
  • Larry Singer
  • Elaine Marshall
  • Larry Knafo
  • Mark Forman
  • Angus King
  • Chris O´Brien
  • Michael Armstrong
  • Alan Leidner
  • John Engler
  • Charles Gerhards
  • Martin O´Malley
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  • Rob Atkinson
  • Kenneth Blackwell
  • Ralph Campbell
  • Gary Cooper
  • Bill Cox
  • Richard Daley
  • Hon. Hunt Downer
  • Anita Givens
  • Tom Hall
  • Don Heiman
  • Don Hutchinson
  • Randy Johnson
  • Edward Lazowska
  • Mike Leavitt
  • Georgia Marsh
  • David Molchany
  • Ben Nelson
  • George Nicholson
  • Carolyn Purcell
  • Major Riddick
  • Todd Sander
  • Al Sherwood
  • Jabari Simama, Ph.D.
  • Fran Ulmer
  • Aldona Valicenti

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