Stephanie Petrone

Stephanie Petrone serves as a key procurement lead within the Technology Acquisition Center NJ (36C10B), part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical enterprise IT services to modernize VA’s digital infrastructure. Her work directly supports the delivery of secure, interoperable systems that enhance clinical care, administrative operations, and cybersecurity across the national VA network. She specializes in complex, non-developmental IT solutions, including software modernization, data integration platforms, and cloud-enabled services, often procured through performance-based, outcome-driven contract vehicles. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with the VA’s enterprise technology roadmap, ensuring compliance with federal IT modernization mandates and cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53. Petrone maintains consistent, high-impact relationships with a select group of established technology providers, including Palantir Technologies Inc., AMD International Technologies LLC, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Greenbrier Government Solutions Inc., and ThunderCat Technology, LLC. These partnerships are typically structured as Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) or Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements, enabling agile, scalable delivery of advanced analytics, cybersecurity, and systems integration services. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor performance, technical innovation, and long-term sustainment capabilities, fostering collaborative, performance-based vendor relationships. Petrone demonstrates an unwavering commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 100% of her acquisitions designated as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-asides. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize veteran-owned enterprises with proven expertise in federal IT environments, reinforcing the VA’s mission to support veteran economic empowerment while ensuring mission-critical capabilities are delivered by trusted, qualified sources. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), encompassing enterprise software development, systems integration, data analytics, and IT consulting services. She specializes in acquiring solutions that support secure cloud migration, interoperable health data platforms, and AI-enabled decision support tools—technical domains critical to advancing the VA’s digital transformation and veteran-centered service delivery.