Faye Shepheard

Faye Shepheard serves as a key procurement professional within Dha Enterprise Medical Support (EMS-CD), supporting the Defense Health Agency’s mission to modernize and secure enterprise health IT infrastructure for military medical operations. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical software and services that enhance clinical workflows, data interoperability, and operational readiness across the DoD’s health systems. Her portfolio centers on enterprise-level solutions that integrate secure, scalable digital platforms to support electronic health records, health information exchange, and administrative automation, ensuring compliance with federal cybersecurity and interoperability standards. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Shepheard’s contracting activity reflects a balanced approach to vendor engagement, working with both large systems integrators and agile technology providers capable of delivering customized health IT solutions. Her procurement patterns suggest collaboration with firms experienced in federal health IT compliance, cloud-based medical platforms, and cybersecurity-hardened software deployments, fostering partnerships that align with DHS and NIST frameworks. Shepheard demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic diversity in contracting, with half of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize small businesses, including 8(a), HUBZone, and SDVOSB concerns, ensuring equitable access to high-impact health IT opportunities within the defense medical ecosystem. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), indicating deep specialization in custom software development, systems integration, and IT consulting services tailored to clinical and administrative health environments. She consistently acquires solutions that support health data analytics, interoperable platforms, and secure digital health infrastructure, underscoring her technical expertise in the evolving landscape of military health information technology.