MAIN – Digital Transformation

Eric Gonzales leads a team of high-performing, impact-driven business development professionals—all working toward the mission of supporting the federal government and achieving corporate growth goals. A federal growth leader, he has more than 13 years of wide-ranging experience in health information technology (IT), including program management, business development and leading corporate strategic initiatives for Fortune 500 and 1000 companies, with a specialization on Veteran-focused initiatives. He has a proven track record of increasing revenue through identifying, qualifying and capturing opportunities that drive business expansion and increase brand recognition.

Eric has overseen capture, bid and delivery of hundreds of millions of dollars of health IT work across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) enterprise and continuously leverages and expands his existing network to match company core competencies to customer needs ahead of public announcement. His expertise includes large-scale capture and proposal development on multi-billion dollar indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts and single award contracts or task orders. Eric is an active participant in the federal professional services community with a history of building talented, winning capture and proposal teams. He has a deep understanding of the government’s needs and objectives in the areas of enterprise IT and emerging technologies. He is also the co-owner/host of the successful Monthly VA T4NG Networking events.

• 2023 Engage FedGov Honoree
• 2023 and 2022 FedHealthIT100 Awardee
• Certified Scrum Master
• FAC-C Level 1
• BA, Business Management, Hood College

Chris Hysick is a proven digital and information technology (IT) expert with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Chris leads a comprehensive IT team in delivering innovative, secure solutions to Aptive and its project teams, in addition to maintaining corporate certifications to remain compliant and certified to work. One of his specialties is collaborating with executive leadership and communicating their IT business concerns and objectives throughout all levels of the organization, delivering accurate and suitable information for every employee.

Chris leads the efforts for Aptive to become certified and maintain certifications in CMMC 2.0, ISO/IEC 2000-1:2018 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013. He is largely focused on assisting Aptive’s Digital Transformation services area, working closely with leaders to reduce overhead and help pinpoint valuable areas in a path forward.

Prior to working for Aptive, Chris worked in an IT support role at a company where 15 years later he became a part owner. He then moved to a role that involved overseeing a team of up to 13 people, managing technology infrastructure and operating co-located data center operations. Chris joined Aptive in 2020 and led an effort using gap analysis to understand the company’s IT deficiencies. As a result, he implemented one of the company’s first major project improvement software systems, which Aptive still uses today.