Andre Mendes

Mendes’ three goals for the year are continuing IT consolidation across his department’s 12 bureaus, completing their migration to the cloud and improving cybersecurity. As his workforce moves to a hybrid office/remote model, Mendes has prioritized connecting with employees. “IBM has been doing it for almost 30 years, and they’ve been quite successful,” Mendes said. “But it is a bit of a novel experience in these numbers in the federal sector, and it comes with an additional set of burdens and responsibilities that management has to take on.”