Flora Chen (Accenture Federal), Senior Manager

Flora is a Senior Manager at Accenture Federal Services with more than 25 years of experience leading complex federal IT programs from strategy through delivery. She has directed enterprise security and modernization efforts, helped spearhead a cloud migration factory across engineering, operations, and security, and managed high-revenue applications.

Sung Choi (Freddie Mac), Senior Portfolio Manager

Experienced Portfolio Senior Manager with a proven track record in the financial services industry, specializing in investment portfolio management and financial risk management, with particular expertise in market risk and credit risk management.

Diana Chu (Refocus Eye Health), Territory Director of Optometric Services

Diana is a practicing medical optometrist and Director of Optometric Services, as well as Vice President of the Maryland Optometric Association. Specializing in corneal disease, scleral lens care, and post-surgical rehabilitation, she leads clinical program development, physician education, and technology implementation. A contributing author and frequent lecturer, she speaks on eye care innovation, clinical care, and business development. She brings a physician’s perspective to executive leadership, translating strategy into scalable programs, aligning stakeholders, and driving sustainable growth while balancing business priorities with patient outcomes.

Melissa DeRosales (Accenture Federal), Senior Manager

Melissa is a PMO Lead for four large Agile programs, providing strategic oversight across program delivery, staffing, resource planning, risk management, reporting, proposal development, and contract and vendor administration. She offers more than 20 years of experience leading complex programs and operations, with deep expertise in business operations, federal acquisition, procurement, contracts, and financial management. Known for her collaborative leadership style, Melissa fosters strong partnerships, drives operational excellence, and enables teams to achieve measurable outcomes. Her commitment to transparency and accountability helps teams navigate complexity while consistently delivering value.

Outside of work, Melissa is an active volunteer with First Tee, where she mentors school-aged children through the game of golf. She is passionate about helping young people build character, confidence, and essential life skills while fostering a positive, inclusive environment that supports both athletic growth and personal development.

Mika Groves (Deloitte), Senior Manager

Mika isa results-driven Senior Business Development and Capture Executive with 23+ years of distinguished leadership across the federal government, defense, and national security sectors. Proven track record leading multidisciplinary capture and delivery teams. Demonstrated expertise in driving multi-billion-dollar pipeline maturation, capture strategy, and high-margin contract awards across the Department of Energy (DOE/NNSA), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and regulatory agencies. Adept at translating complex technical capabilities—spanning cyber operations, critical energy infrastructure, cloud modernization, and applied AI into mission-aligned value.

Emilie Johnson (Accenture Federal), Senior Manager

Emilie's experience at Accenture is centered around system integration, technical architecture, and end-to-end software delivery for custom applications. She is a technologist who leads digital transformations & modernizations of large applications.

Rajeev Nair (Deloitte), Associate Delivery Vice President

Rajeev has over 20 years of experience leading enterprise technology transformation, helping clients harness the power of AI, data, and cloud technologies to modernize the way they build, operate, and innovate. Led large-scale digital modernization and cloud transformation initiatives for public sector and commercial organizations, architecting scalable AWS-based solutions, building high-performing engineering teams, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

Passionate about architecting practical AI solutions that move beyond experimentation into enterprise-scale adoption. Portfolio of work includes designing AI-enabled architectures, integrating AI capabilities into software development and operational processes, establishing governance patterns for responsible AI, and enabling organizations to realize measurable business value from AI investments.

Edward Shiang (Accenture Federal), Senior Manager

Edward is a Taiwanese-American professional Software Engineering Senior Manager at Accenture Federal Services who graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. He has 12 years of experience in developing and leading mission-critical software deliveries. In his free time, he enjoys rock-climbing (bouldering) and spending time with his wife, son, and two dogs.

Nupur Singh (PwC), Senior Manager

Nupur is a Deals Senior Manager at PwC, Washington D.C. Metro. Nupur is experienced in helping clients to perform detailed data analysis for fraud investigations and business intelligence for the defense, supply chain, telecommunications and healthcare industries in response to regulatory inquiries. 

Nupur’s experience includes assisting clients with investigating whistleblower allegations regarding corporate wrongdoing perpetrated by the employees, investigating corruption and bribery allegations. She is experienced in providing clients with analytics-based solutions for Forensic matters.

Nupur also has experience creating impactful dashboards for data reporting and analysis for leadership of multinational clients.

Hemanth Umamaheswaran (Deloitte), Senior Manager

Hemanth is a IT professional with over 25 years of experience in technology consulting, enterprise infrastructure, cloud solutions, and IT operations. Currently serving as a Specialist Leader at Deloitte, I have extensive experience leading technical teams, managing complex IT initiatives, and delivering technology solutions for federal and commercial clients.

Wei-Shan Walker (Freddie Mac), Quantitative Analytics Senior Manager

Wei-Shan is a Senior Manager in Quantitative Analytics at Freddie Mac, leading development, enhancement, and governance of credit risk models supporting the Multifamily business. Prior to entering the housing finance industry, earned a Ph.D. in Nuclear Science and Engineering, an experience that shaped her analytical and problem-solving approach. Throughout her career, she has been passionate about continuous learning, developing talent, and building collaborative relationships across the teams. As a participant in CELP, Wei-Shan looks forward to expanding her leadership capabilities and strengthening her professional network.

Emily Wang (Freddie Mac), Senior Manager

Emily Wang is a Senior Manager at Freddie Mac with over 10 years of experience in multifamily capital markets and portfolio risk management. Throughout her career, she has played a key role in shaping investment strategies, optimizing capital markets executions, and strengthening portfolio risk management. 

In her current role, Emily leads strategic risk assessments, develops analytical frameworks to support critical business decisions, and provides portfolio insights and recommendations to senior leadership. She has led initiatives involving credit risk transfer strategies, and executive reporting, while collaborating across business functions to drive effective governance and risk-informed decision-making.

As a people leader, Emily is passionate about developing high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, and promoting innovation and analytical excellence.

Outside of work, Emily enjoys traveling, exploring different cultures, and spending quality time with her husband and two sons.