Accelerating Federal Cloud Modernization

Ms. Carper Arnone joins the Department of Energy from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) where she most recently served as the Deputy CIO for Customer Relationship & Performance Management.

Ms. Carper Arnone is an established strategic technology and financial change agent with the continuous success of exceeding organizational operational goals. She has extensive experience in managing teams of supervisors and staff in state-of-the-art technology solutions, performing tests of internal controls effectiveness, and implementing process improvements.

Patrick Newbold is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Director of the Office of Information Technology. He is an accomplished IT executive with a distinguished career in federal service. Prior to joining CMS, Patrick served as the Deputy CIO for Strategy for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), managing business, strategy, and customer engagement.

While at SSA, he served as the Social Security Administration (SSA) Chief Information Officer and most senior agency executive leading information technology, software engineering and cybersecurity risk management and operations. He also co-founded the agency’s Office of Transformation, driving wholesale change across the agency, led the agency’s digital modernization efforts. Before joining SSA, he was the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) and Director of Enterprise Information Technology for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In this role, he was the principal advisor to the CIO on information management/technology, policy, and administrative issues for the directorate. He was responsible for IT service delivery for over 37K users.

Throughout his federal career, he has advocated for digital transformation, IT modernization, and enabling business goals through technology. He has served on the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) Board since 2023, where he evaluates federal agency project proposals submitted for funding under the Modernizing Government Technology Act.

Patrick lives in greater Washington D.C. with his wife, Katie, and enjoys travel, early morning exercise, and movies of all genres.

With over 35 years of experience spanning the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and private sector, Egon Rinderer has built a career tackling the most complex technical challenges facing modern enterprises. Prior to joining NinjaOne, he served as CTO at defense tech startup Shift5 and as Global VP of Technology and President of Federal Business at Tanium. Beyond NinjaOne, Egon advises the U.S. government on national security matters, supports multiple defense technology startups, and actively mentors the next generation of innovators through STEM initiatives in higher education.