Served here
Where I've shown up.
Almost two decades, five tours, one Marine Corps deployment, an active federal clearance, and a lot of teams I'm still proud of.
Still serving.USDS
The mission hasn't changed. What's possible has.
Digital Service Expert · Product Lead · U.S. DOGE Service · Executive Office of the President. Setting acquisition strategy that enables modern software delivery — getting engineers, operators, and agency leadership pointed at the same outcome.
VA Mobile App
I'm proud of what we delivered for Veterans. I'm just as proud of the team we built to deliver it.
Senior Program Manager · Ad Hoc · VA Health & Benefits · $62M managed · 4M+ users (still growing) · 4.88/5 on iOS · Sammies finalist '24 · FedScoop 50 nominee '23. Cited in multiple White House addresses and briefs.
Chicago
The city of big shoulders taught me toughness and the discipline to deliver.
Programs across sports, healthcare, and pharma — the Chicago Bears, Northwestern Medicine, and leading pharma technology brands.
UIUC
They gave me a chance. That started it all.
Student Web Developer · IT & Communication Services · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Showed up to the interview with working code. No one else did — not even CS majors. They didn't have to give me a chance. They did.
The Marines
The Marines didn't change me. They revealed me.
Cpl. Eheart, USMC · MCRD San Diego → Quantico → Iwakuni · Some days, I'm still that young Corporal — and grateful for it.
Specialties
Six things I lead.
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Program Management at Scale
Federal-grade delivery at scale. From a $62M+ portfolio at VA to cross-agency modernization via USDS — same discipline, bigger surface.
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Product Strategy
Roadmaps grounded in real user data, not opinion. The discipline behind every product call I've made — federal, healthcare, enterprise.
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Acquisition Strategy
Structuring federal contracts so modern software delivery can actually happen — the acquisition work that lets technologists do their best work.
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Cross-Agency Stakeholder Leadership
Aligning engineers, operators, contractors, and agency leadership on what the mission demands. Different vocabularies, one shared direction.
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Team Leadership & Mentorship
Building teams whose people outlast my tenure. Mentees now lead at top firms and anchor senior roles across government.
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AI Strategy & Assessment
Evaluating where AI actually serves federal modernization, and where it's just noise. Daily user of modern tools — same rigor I bring to programs.
How I lead
Five things I bring.
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Pragmatic
Find pleasure in solving obstacles through critical thinking and reasoning.
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Driven
Competitive really only to myself, always searching for ways to improve.
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Compassionate
Compassionate first. Calculating when I must. Righteousness still core to who I am.
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Mentor
Love learning. Love teaching and mentoring young talent even more.
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Truth-teller
Not afraid to speak truth to power — mature enough to make change through collaboration.
Recognition
Awards.
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'24
Program
Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal — Finalist
Partnership for Public Service · VA Health & Benefits Mobile App
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'23
Program
FedScoop 50 — Innovation of the Year, Nominee
FedScoop · VA Health & Benefits Mobile App
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'22
Individual
Addie Award — Leadership, Strategy, Vision
Ad Hoc · Individual recognition
Full history at linkedin.com/in/setheheart.