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2026 CapitalCISO ORBIE Awards recognize top security executives. GlobeNewswire | Inspire Leadership Network Today at 1:40pm UTC MCLEAN, Va., June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The 2026 CapitalCISO ORBIE Awards honored leading chief information security officers (CISOs) from Northrop Grumman Corporation, Navy Federal Credit Union, Office of Personnel Management, Calvert County Government & University of Maryland Medical System for their exceptional leadership. Hosted by CapitalCISO, a chapter of the Inspire Leadership Network, the prestigious awards honor CISOs who drive business transformation and industry impact. Held at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, the ceremony brought together top executives and industry leaders to honor excellence in security leadership across five award categories. "Behind every successful cybersecurity strategy is a CISO leading the vision," said Michael Baker, CapitalCISO Chair. "The ORBIE Awards are the ultimate recognition program for the leaders behind the work." Meet the 2026 CapitalCISO ORBIE Award Winners: * Grant Jewell, Corporate Director & Deputy CISO, Northrop Grumman Corporation, received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations. * Mike Newborn, CISO, Navy Federal Credit Union, received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $10 billion annual revenue. * Danielle Rowell, CISO, Office of Personnel Management (fmr), received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue. * Kat Poff, CISO, Deputy Director of Technology Services, Calvert County Government, received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $1 billion annual revenue. * Duc Lai, VP IT Security & CISO, University of Maryland Medical System, received the Healthcare ORBIE for hospitals & healthcare organizations. About the ORBIE: The ORBIE is the preeminent executive recognition for C-suite leaders. Since 1998, the ORBIE Awards have recognized leadership excellence, building relationships between executives and trusted business partners, and inspiring the next generation of executives. Finalists and winners are selected through an independent peer-adjudicated process led by prior ORBIE recipients based on the following criteria: * Leadership and management effectiveness * Business protection created by enterprise security * Engagement in industry and community endeavors CapitalCISO ORBIE Keynote & Attendance: The keynote conversation for the CapitalCISO ORBIE Awards was delivered by Michael Baker, Vice President and Global CISO, DXC Technology, and Frank Aiello, Senior Vice President and CISO, Maximus. Nearly 250 guests attended, representing leading Capital Area organizations and their technology partners. The following partners made the 2026 CapitalCISO ORBIE Awards possible: * Underwriters: Fortinet & Halcyon * Gold Partners: Chainguard, Method Security & Wiz * Silver Partners: Abnormal Security, Okta & Zscaler * Bronze Partners: Between Pixels, Bricklayer AI, Cyera, Elisity, GuidePoint Security, Horizon3.ai, LevelBlue, Netskope & RSM * Media Partner: Washington Business Journal * Nonprofit Partner: Year Up United About CapitalCISO: CapitalCISO is the preeminent peer leadership network of chief information security officers (CISOs) in Capital Area. As one of over 50 chapters of the Inspire Leadership Network, CapitalCISO belongs to a national membership organization exclusively comprised of C-suite leaders from public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare, and nonprofit institutions. CapitalCISO is led by a CISO Advisory Board, with support from an executive director and staff. Underwriter executives support the chapter and ensure the programs remain non-commercial and exclusive to qualified CISOs and members. About Inspire Leadership Network: Inspire Leadership Network is the preeminent peer leadership network of C-suite executives. With nearly 2,000 members across over 50 local chapters, Inspire members serve public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare, and non-profit institutions. Inspire exists to help leaders thrive in today's most challenging executive roles. This is a paid placement. For further inquiries, please contact GlobeNewswire directly.

Nokia Bell Labs, Northrop Grumman, and Samtec partner to create e-band radio on glass with GaN on glass modules. Nokia Bell Labs (NBL) is leveraging Samtec glass core technology (GCT) as a platform for custom-designed silicon devices. NBL developed an electronics assembly on a glass package with multiple interconnect and chips to realize a full E-band radio on glass (RoG). To increase the reach of their E-band radio, they partnered with Northrop Grumman (NG), which is utilizing new GaN technology to provide more RF power at E-band. From Northrop Grumman, Samtec see two 90-nanometer GaN circuits combined on the glass substrate in the video above. The glass interposer provides a very high-performance interconnect at these high frequencies, enables compact designs, and provides thermal management for the chips. In the short video above, Michael Holyoak (Nokia Bell Labs) and Maxwell Duffy (Northrop Grumman) discuss their partnership with Samtec and the live product demonstration at the Samtec booth at IMS 2026. Here's a summary of Michael and Maxwell's conversation: (Michael Holyoak): Samtec is looking at a live demonstration of an integrated E-band mm wave radio, mainly for wireless transport, backhaul, or even SATCOM. In another live product demonstration at Samtec's booth, Samtec showcased glass core technology as a material, showing how Samtec leverage its excellent electrical and mechanical properties for low-loss RF components and interconnects. Here, Samtec is leveraging glass as a platform for NBL-designed custom silicon devices. Samtec is creating a package, an electronics assembly on glass, with multiple interconnects and chips to realize a full E-band radio on glass system. To increase the reach of its E-band radio, Samtec has partnered with Northrop Grumman and are using their new GaN technology to deliver more RF power at E-band. (Maxwell Duffy): In this demo, Samtec has two 90-nanometer GaN circuits being combined on a glass substrate. The nanometer GaN is a recently commercially qualified process. These chips were designed as part of a collaboration with Nokia and Samtec, and from this module, Samtec is achieving 4 watts of output power, which is very competitive for 71-76 GHz. The glass interposer provides a very high-performance interconnect at these high frequencies, enabling compaction and providing thermal management for the chips. Samtec think it's a very attractive option moving up to higher frequencies for these kinds of systems. Glass Core Technology (GCT) was a hot topic at IMS 2026. One reason is that Samtec GCT has evolved into heterogeneous platforms, as detailed in the brief video from its friend Shahriar Shahramian. Glass is quickly becoming recognized as a viable and vital solution in the evolution of high-performance, high-frequency connectivity due to its material and SWaP advantages. Samtec leverages proprietary glass core technology to create advanced glass interconnect solutions - including launches and RF components - to address next-generation connectivity challenges across military and aerospace radar, automotive LiDAR, 5G/6G wireless backhaul, and SATCOM applications. Questions? Please contact Samtec. BTW, here's the link to Shahriar Shahramian's The Signal Path YouTube channel. Also, here's a link to its friends at Nokia Bell Labs, and here's a link to Northrop Grumman's Microelectronics page.