John B. Sherman
College Station, Texas, United States
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About
Former senior intelligence and defense official who recently completed a 30 year federal…
Experience
Education
Publications
Honors & Awards
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5th Annual Gen (ret.) Michael V. Hayden Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service
Billington Cybersecurity
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Orbie Award for CIO Leadership in a Super Global Enterprise
CapitalCIO
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The Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
Department of Defense
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NSA Public Service Medallion
National Security Agency
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Wash100 Award (2022, 2023, 2024)
Executive Mosiac
The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leaders selected by Executive Mosaic's organizational and editorial leadership as the most influential leaders in the Government Contractor sector.
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DefenseScoop 50 Golden Defense Award (2023, 2024)
Scoop News Group
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FedScoop 50 Award: Golden Gov: Executive of the Year (2022, 2023); Federal Leadership (2019, 2020)
FedScoop
Each year, the FedScoop 50 Awards honor leaders who make the federal government more efficient and effective. Winners are based on community votes from an initial field of 200 finalists.
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Best Bosses in Federal IT (2021, 2022)
FedScoop
An annual awards list, the Best Bosses in Federal IT recognizes the leaders in our community who demonstrate vision, inspiration and leadership as they rally their teams to deliver innovative technology to serve our community and country. The list of winners comprises CIOs, CISOs and other tireless federal IT decision-makers striving to deliver on their agency’s mission and serve the American public through technology. Nominees were sourced from community nominations and the winners chosen…
An annual awards list, the Best Bosses in Federal IT recognizes the leaders in our community who demonstrate vision, inspiration and leadership as they rally their teams to deliver innovative technology to serve our community and country. The list of winners comprises CIOs, CISOs and other tireless federal IT decision-makers striving to deliver on their agency’s mission and serve the American public through technology. Nominees were sourced from community nominations and the winners chosen through open voting over the last several months.
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Chief Information Officer of the Year (Government)
WashingtonExec
WashingtonExec’s annual Chief Officer Awards recognize the most impactful and innovative executives in government and industry sitting in the C-suite. The awards aim to fill a gap in the market of showcasing the technologists, security experts, and business leaders making waves in government contracting from both sides of the sector.
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Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service
Department of Defense
Awarded by Secretary of Defense Esper for service as DoD Principal Deputy CIO and efforts to advance digital modernization in the Department.
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National Intelligence Superior Service Medal
Director of National Intelligence
Presented by Director of National Intelligence Ratcliffe or work as Intelligence Community CIO leading advancements in cloud computing, cybersecurity, and interoperability between agencies.
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Distinguished Presidential Rank Award
Central Intelligence Agency
Presidential Rank Awards Program to recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) for exceptional performance over an extended period of time. Only 1% of SES-level officers throughout the federal government are recognized at the Distinguished Presidential Rank level in a given year.
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DIA Director’s Award
Defense Intelligence Agency
Awarded by the Defense Intelligence Agency Director LTG Bob Ashley in recognition of support for the Defense Intelligence mission, in this case through furtherance of Intelligence Community technology modernization.
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Meritorious Presidential Rank Award
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The Presidential Rank Awards Program to recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) for exceptional performance over an extended period of time. Only 5% of SES-level officers are eligible for this recognition in a given year.
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NGA Meritorious Civilian Service Medal
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Presented by NGA leadership to recognize efforts to stand up portfolio-management approach across major lines of business within the agency.
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Canadian Chief of Defence Medallion
Canadian Department of National Defence
Presented by the Canadian Director of Geospatial-Intelligence (behalf of Canadian Chief of Defence Intelligence) for numerous initiatives to strengthen US/Canadian GEOINT cooperation, especially in terms of support to Coalition operations in Afghanistan.
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CIA Intelligence Medal of Merit
Central Intelligence Agency
The Intelligence Medal of Merit is awarded by the Central Intelligence Agency for performance of especially meritorious service or for achievement conspicuously above normal duties. Awarded by DCI George Tenet for imagery analysis work of Iraqi military forces in run up to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
Organizations
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DHS Cyber Safety Review Board
Inaugural Member
-One of 15 inaugural members of the DHS Cyber Safety Review Board, which was established pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14028 on "Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity." The Board serves a deliberate function to review major cyber events and make concrete recommendations that drive improvements within the private and public sectors.
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