Who We Are

AbleVets, a Cerner company, is an award-winning health IT engineering and consulting company specializing in cyber, cloud and system development solutions for federal and commercial organizations. We design and implement solutions that help customers achieve tangible results, including a stronger security posture, greater operational outcomes and highly effective customer-facing applications. Through our work with civil and defense health agencies, AbleVets innovates and secures health care services to improve the lives of Veterans, servicemembers and their families. We are a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that embraces diversity in our workforce and aspires to deliver the highest levels of customer service in every engagement.

Our clients include:

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Additional Federal Health Agencies & Commercial Healthcare Clients

Meet Our Team

Our leaders include board-certified physicians, senior executives and distinguished Veterans experienced in leading large-scale transformation at federal health agencies and Fortune 100 companies.

Rich Lowell

Vice President

Jim Dolatowski

Vice President, Business Operations

Anna Steinberg

Vice President, Growth

Avinay Vaswani

Vice President

Jeff Miller

Vice President, Capture

Tom Willcox

Vice President, Infrastructure Operations | Army Veteran

Cathy O’Hagan

Director, Cyber

Matt Pavlak

Director, Contracts

Awards and Recognition

AbleVets is continually recognized by the industry for its integrity, client-first focus and culture. Recent awards include:

Our History

AbleVets was founded in 2012 with a mission to help customers apply technology to improve the lives of Veterans, Active Duty and their support networks.

In just six years, we have grown from five employees to over 300. Our work improving timely, secure access to health care has won us contracts with Department of Veteran Affairs, Department of Defense and other Federal health agencies, as well as being named the 2018 AFCEA Small Business of the Year. 

Feb 2012
AbleVets Founded

AbleVets is founded by Dr. Wyatt Smith, a U.S. Navy veteran. The company’s mission is to help customers apply technology to improve the lives of Veterans, servicemembers and their support networks. 

Mar 2016
AbleVets wins a T4NG contract

Veterans Affairs awards AbleVets a 10-year, $22B contract as part of the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation acquisition program (T4NG). Learn more.

Oct 2017
AbleVets wins a second contract with Veterans Affairs

AbleVets wins a $47 million contract to provide cybersecurity support services for Veterans Affairs. Learn more. 

Feb 2018
Chief Growth Officer Recognized

Chief Growth Officer Hildi Pineda is named to FCW’s 2018 Federal 100 Awards list, which recognizes leaders who are using technology to accelerate the missions of federal agencies or their customers. Learn more.

Mar 2018
AbleVets wins VETS2 Contract

AbleVets is a U.S. General Services Administration VETS 2 awardee. Learn more.

Apr 2018
AbleVets honored with two awards

AbleVets is selected as a CIO-SP3 GWAC awardee along with other best-in-industry SDVOSBs. Learn more.

Apr 2018
AbleVets honored with Small Business of the Year

AFCEA International names AbleVets Small Business of the Year. The award honors a small business that demonstrates excellence in categories including client service, innovation and diversity. Learn more.

June 2018
AbleVets honored with Innovation Award

AbleVets’ VA Mobile Scheduling Enhancements Program wins the 2018 FedHealth IT Innovation Award. Learn more.

Aug 2018
AbleVets makes the Fast 50

AbleVets is Named to 2018 Washington Technology Fast 50 List for 2018. Learn more.

Oct 2018
AbleVets forms partnerships

AbleVets joins Cerner and other technology and integration leaders to modernize Veterans’ electronic health records. Learn more.