Visionary Chief Technology Officer with an 18-year distinguished career spearheading digital products to billion dollar market expansion.
Chief Technology Officer - DoD Enterprise IT Modernization
Nov 2022 - Present
Serve as the senior technical leader for one of the federal government’s largest IT modernization initiatives — the $11.5B Defense Enclave Services (DES) contract supporting DISA and Fourth Estate agencies.
Define and drive the enterprise architecture strategy for large-scale network consolidation and DoDNet modernization.
Lead the transition from legacy DISANet infrastructure to standardized, secure, cloud-aligned enterprise environments.
Align engineering, operations, and cybersecurity under a unified modernization roadmap built for scale and resilience.
Embed automation, enterprise visibility, and Zero Trust principles across the architecture to strengthen performance and defensive posture.
Enable secure migration and sustainment of 100,000+ users across complex, mission-critical agency environments.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution — transforming legacy federal infrastructure into a modern, secure, and scalable enterprise platform capable of supporting evolving national defense missions.
Johnathon Brett - Chief Technology Officer - CMS - Health Group
Mar 2020 - Nov 2022
Led enterprise cloud migration and modernization strategy across CMS programs, overseeing migration of 200+ applications across six datacenters into scalable hybrid cloud environments.
Developed and executed phased cloud transformation roadmap aligned to CMS enterprise architecture.
Coordinated cross-agency governance and change management across dozens of federal stakeholders and partner organizations.
Enabled advanced analytics and AI readiness by modernizing data pipelines and infrastructure.
Positioned the portfolio to support over $1.7B in follow-on modernization opportunities and strategic growth initiatives.
This transformation increased agility, improved compliance posture, and created a durable platform for federal health innovation.
Johnathon Brett - VP Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering - Newwave
Jul 2017 - Mar 2020
Built and led modern cloud, DevOps, and data engineering practices within a rapidly growing federal health IT firm.
Migrated internal enterprise systems to Workday, O365, and cloud-native infrastructure.
Established Rapid Development Environments enabling secure CI/CD and accelerated delivery cycles.
Strengthened cybersecurity governance and process maturity, contributing to achievement of CMMI Level 4.
Scaled engineering capabilities to support complex CMS and health data contracts.
This internal modernization allowed the organization to operate with the same agility and technical sophistication it delivered to clients.
Project Portfolio
Defence Enclave Services
Leidos 2022-Present
Migration of 26 agencies comprising 60 or more networks and more than 400k users into a unified network and establish enterprise-wide standardization of policies and technologies.
Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse
Led technical strategy and data architecture initiatives supporting the Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW) at NewWave, enabling secure, scalable access to Medicare and Medicaid claims data for advanced analytics, research, and policy decision-making.
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Enabling AI Driven Innovation to Better Health Outcomes
Led the modernization of legacy systems supporting CMS’s Innovation Data and Operations Services (IDOS) while simultaneously building AI-enabled tools that empowered data scientists and clinicians to design, evaluate, and implement CMMI’s innovative payment models with greater speed, accuracy, and analytical rigor.
End User Migration Acceleration
Leidos 2023
DoD Migration Planning and Design
Leidos 2023
Reading and Understanding Health Records with AI
Newwave 2020
Healthcare Outcomes & BI Dashboard
Newwave 2019
Graphical Interfaces and End User Experience
Newwave 2018
Enterprise Privacy Policy Engine
Newwave 2018
Health Analytics & Radiology
Leidos 2021
Develop technology to enable Radiology as a Service offering and build out additional Health Care as a Service offerings in adjacent fields including Health Care Analytics as a Service.
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Innovation Development & Operation Services
Modernized NewWave’s enterprise systems by leading the HR migration to Workday, transitioning to O365 and cloud infrastructure, establishing a rapid development environment, and advancing cybersecurity and compliance to achieve CMMI Level 4.
DoD Network Modernization
Leidos 2024
Health Policy and Regulation Chatbot
Newwave 2019
DevOps and Data and ML Pipelines
Newwave 2020
DoD End User Experience Enhancements
Leidos 2024
DoD Enterprise Dashboards
Leidos 2024
Enterprise Privacy Policy Engine
Newwave 2018
Enterprise Cloud Migration
Leidos 2020
Develop and execute cloud migration strategy for 200+ applications over 6 datacenters, coordinate enterprise architecture, and change management with dozens of parter agencies and company.
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Centralized Data Abstraction Tool
Led the redevelopment of CMS’s Centralized Data Abstraction Tool to enhance advanced analytics and anomaly detection capabilities aimed at identifying and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse across large-scale claims datasets.
Empower Federal Health through Application and Cloud Modernization
Large-scale cloud migration succeeds when it transforms architecture, governance, and operations into repeatable, cloud-native systems that improve mission outcomes — not just infrastructure.
DISA Legacy Network Decommissioning
Leidos 2023
Microsoft Hololens & Healthcare Demo
Newwave 2019
IaC & Automating Infrastructure
Leidos 2020
End User Experience Analytics
Leidos 2020
DoD End User Migration Acceleration
Leidos 2024
Bringing Databricks and Snowflake to Azure Gov
Newwave 2020