Women in Tech Lunch Panel: Our Journey to Ignite Government Innovation

Vice President of Digital Services, LMI and former White House CIO

Karen Britton, former White House CIO and Special Assistant to President Obama, led the delivery of enterprise-wide IT solutions including cloud computing, agile software development, and open-source strategies. She is currently Vice President of Digital Services at LMI where she advises federal clients on developing strategic IT roadmaps, innovative services and develops digital solutions.

CEO, Dcode

Meagan Metzger is the CEO of Dcode, an IT accelerator with the mission of breaking down barriers between non-traditional technologies and government. For her work at Dcode, Meagan was recognized as one of FCW’s Federal 100 winners and one of 2018’s Top Women in Tech by Fedscoop. Prior to Dcode, Meagan served as Chief Operating Officer of a fast growing government-focused mobile and cloud company and she served as Chief Strategy Officer for a government-facing IT consultancy, helping establish it on Washington Technology’s Fast 50 as one of the fastest growing small businesses for three years in a row.

Executive Director, US Digital Service at Department of Health and Human Services

Shannon Sartin is the Executive Director of the Digital Service at Health and Human Services. As the lead for the team at HHS, Shannon oversees the work of the U.S. Digital Service in the healthcare space. Prior to coming to USDS, she served in several leadership positions including as a co-founder of Scraps on Scraps– a food waste and composting startup in Tucson, AZ. Shannon has a deep personal passion for healthcare in the US and has worked on projects in multiple federal agencies, including the Indian Health Service and Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense.

Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Federal

Susie Adams is the Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft’s Federal Government business and brings with her over 30 years of IT experience. Susie joined Microsoft in 1999 and has held several leadership positions in Microsoft including the Director of the Microsoft Reston Virginia Technology Center and most recently the CTO of the Federal Civilian Business. Prior to joining Microsoft, she spent 16 years in the consulting arena working with customers in both the commercial and government sectors. She held a variety of management and leadership roles including practice manager, systems analyst and software developer.   Susie was named as a Fed100 award winner in 2011 and has authored several books on the topics of software integration and web development. Susie is a graduate of George Mason University where she received a BS in Information Systems.

Senior Director, Azure Government, Microsoft (moderator)

As Senior Director for Microsoft Azure Government, Karina is the federal market lead & liaison between the US Federal Ecosystem & Microsoft Azure Engineering. She works closely with a wide range of executive stakeholders to understand U.S. Government needs, remove cloud adoption blockers & ensure Microsoft’s Government Cloud roadmap meets agency missions. As an advocate for government, Karina supports cloud adoption in Federal Civilian agencies