2025 FXPElev8: Where Visionary Leadership Meets Operational Excellence at Round House Theatre – Bethesda, MD

The Federal landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. With AI innovations, new administration mandates, and an unrelenting drive for efficiency and impact, agencies and their industry partners face both unprecedented challenges and immense opportunity. This event convenes the visionaries behind today’s top‑performing, enterprise‑level programs—those who don’t just meet standards, but redefine them through bold, impact‑driven partnerships and a relentless focus on outcome accountability.

Over the course of the day, you’ll hear from senior leaders who embody forward‑thinking leadership: those who empower teams, harness data for precision decision‑making, and foster a culture of continuous, efficient improvement. Through lively panels and interactive discussions, these executives will unpack the essential elements of operational excellence—purposeful leadership, strategic employee development, and the agility to pivot in a rapidly shifting policy environment. Their insights will illuminate how to build resilient organizations that deliver superior value to stakeholders while maintaining the flexibility to seize tomorrow’s opportunities.

Attendees will leave equipped with actionable strategies to catalyze efficiency and drive measurable impact in their own missions. You’ll forge connections with peers across government and industry, exchange best practices, and gain the inspiration needed to champion meaningful change. Join us for a day of high‑energy dialogue and forward‑looking perspectives—because in this pivotal time, hearing from those who have guided their teams through complexity is not just valuable, it’s essential.

These leaders were selected from an exclusive list of 2025 Elev8 GovCon industry honorees and 2025 FXPElev8 Federal Honorees.

Learn more about the event here.

Agenda

8:30AM: Registration
9:00AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:10AM: Keynote from our Sponsor
Melinda Plaugher – Chief Growth Officer, ERP International
9:15AM: Panel #1 – Driving Impactful Collaborations: Best Practices in Industry Partnerships
Moderator: Melinda Plaugher – Chief Growth Officer, ERP International
Mohammad (Sam) Elias – Chairman and CEO, RELI Group
Naveen Krishnamurthy – CEO and Founder, RIVA
Amy Marasco – Founder and President, The Nature Generation; President, ReThinkIt Associates; Mayor-Elect, Lewes, DE
Aaron Moak – CEO/Founder/Owner, Pingwind (former Army Captain)
9:55AM: Fireside Chat
Steven Vito – Founder & Principal, Vito & Associates (former Senior Adviser – Strategic Communications, Office of Information and Technology (OIT), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Sharon Heaton – Founder, sbLiftOff
10:05AM: Panel #2 – Empowering Employees for Efficiency: Accountability, Autonomy, and Engagement
Moderator: Monica Padron-Harris – Founder, The Procurement Pros, (former Senior IT Acquisition Advisor, DHS)
Bob Amos – Independent Consultant (former Division Director, CMS)
Melvin Brown II – CANI (Contract Administration Network International, LLC), (former Deputy Executive Director, OPM)
Katie Crompton – Senior Director of Innovation & Alternative Procurements, Department of Homeland Security
Jeffrey Grant – President and Founder, Schedule F Healthcare Strategies, LLC (former CCIIO Deputy Director, CMS)
10:40AM: Meeting the Moment related to Marketing
Stacey Piper – Founder & CEO, Piper Strategies
10:45AM: Panel #3 – Leveraging Data and Agility to Achieve Operational Excellence
Moderator: Stacey Piper – Founder & CEO, Piper Strategies
Beverly Beavers – CEO/Founder/Owner, Procliv-IT (former Division Chief, Infrastructure and Operations, DHA; CIO, Office of Surgeon General; US Army Commander)
Tim Borchert – CEO, Tria Federal
Sukumar Iyer – Executive Chairman and CEO, Brillient Corporation
Dr. Malissa Ross – Chief, IT Support Services, Center for IT, National Institues of Health
11:15AM: Closing Remarks
11:20AM: Mingle & Mimosas

**Any government officials that would like to attend, please register for a complimentary government ticket using your government email.

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