2018
MR. KAROOM BROWN Technical Sales and Marketing
Senior Vice President Business Development & Strategy Leidos Health
Karoom Brown began his career as an engineer before quickly rising through the ranks at Leidos to become the Senior Vice President for Business Development and Strategy for the health group at Leidos. During his time as the Director of Business Development of the Health and Science Division of Lockheed Martin, he was noted for doubling the IS&GS division of health and life sciences business to $1 billion. Brown previously served as the Senior Executive Director of Health Solutions Business Development at L-3 Communications, where he optimized a $20 billion sales pipeline and co-chaired the Healthcare Center of Excellence. By expanding the organization into global military health contracts, he produced millions of dollars in new business and then doubled sales after devising a high-impact business plan and go-to-market strategy. Most recently, he led his team in landing a $6.8 billion contract with the Veterans Benefi ts Administration to continue to provide medical disability exams for veterans and created a new business relationship with Biosortia Pharmaceuticals that will focus on identifying and advancing immuno-oncology and other immunotherapeutic opportunities. His impact has reached as far as improving the health of veterans and citizens worldwide.
AWARD WINNERS
MR. DAVID HILL Student Leadership/Undergraduate Level
Student, Howard University Worldwide Sales Engineer Intern Cisco Systems
David Hill, Jr. has demonstrated excellence in his academic, professional, and philanthropic endeavors. As a dual-enrolled college student in high school, Hill was able to transfer 42 college credits and enter Howard University at sixteen. Now 19, he continues to maintain an exceptional academic performance, earning a GPA of 4.0 last semester and planning to graduate in 2018. He has also contributed to graduate-level research as an undergraduate, including research on Security of Satellite Middleware, funded by Leidos Corporation, and the Internet of Things Data Provenance, funded by the National Science Foundation. Hill has excelled professionally as well. He has worked for three Fortune 500 companies, including Corning Inc. and United Technologies as a software engineering intern and most recently at Cisco as an engineering intern in worldwide sales. At Cisco, he worked with cross-functional teams to provide valuable strategic insights that helped drive revenue growth. This young man supports youth in the DC community. He volunteers his talents and leadership to teach programming to underrepresented middle school students and was a key supporter in the launch of a local technology innovation hub, In3 DC, which aims to close the technology inequality gap for area students and citizens.
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