Synopsis
A conversation with private sectors leaders who influence and impact the federal market. Views from the Corner Office delivers a perspective on technology, acquisition and leadership issues through the lens of the executives who lead the federal practices of government contractors.
Episodes
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Partnership is becoming less of cliché for industry, government
12/12/2019 Duration: 43minTom Romeo, the general manager for the U.S. federal services segment for Maximus, said agencies have stiffened up the rules to get through the security clearance process and the backlog remains a big problem for vendors.
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Contracting with the federal government is not for the meek
08/11/2019 Duration: 40minJimmie Adkins, the vice president of federal for Ruckus Networks, said 5G and CBRS will change the way agencies use connected devices and enable a faster, more secure network.
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Why one vendor thinks agencies are flocking to OTAs
07/11/2019 Duration: 42minToni Townes-Whitley, the president, U.S. Regulated Industries at Microsoft, sat down with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller at Microsoft’s offices in Washington, D.C. She said the industry as a whole, as well as technology itself, have made a shift from just software development, to building platforms and capabilities that are robust. Whitley also discussed edge computing and the rationale for using other transaction authority.
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A Deming moment for the federal data effort
07/10/2019 Duration: 43minAndrew Churchill, the vice president of federal for Qlik, sat down with Executive Editor Jason Miller at Federal News Network’s studios in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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Giving agencies freedom and security requires them to be risk aware, not risk averse
10/09/2019 Duration: 43minSudhakar Ramakrishna, the CEO of Pulse Secure, said customers want better tool integration and more control over their devices and access to data so security must adapt to their needs.
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One contractor brings technology innovation through the ‘sticky note’ approach
02/07/2019 Duration: 43minBryan Thomas, the senior vice president for public sector at World Wide Technology, said private sector use cases is helping agencies become more comfortable with leading edge technology
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Price competition driving some vendors to think differently
04/06/2019Walter Barnes, president of PM Consulting Group says to be successful in the federal market, small firms must think more about solving specific problems.
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The rationale behind the buy, not build for one vendor’s cloud
23/04/2019 Duration: 42minDave Turner, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Hitachi Vantara Federal, said vendors too often are asking questions instead of doing research to find out where agencies have challenges.
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Federal IT thinking catches up to the best in commercial
21/03/2019 Duration: 45minFederal News Network’s Tom Temin, anchor of the daily Federal Drive with Tom Temin, interviewed John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal, about challenges to an electronic marketplace for federal buying, handling complex government projects, and artificial intelligence.
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Contractors no longer operating in “scarcity” mode
22/02/2019 Duration: 43minLynn Dugle, the CEO, chairman and president of Engility, said the security clearance backlog is limiting their ability to bid on contracts and creating a challenge for all of industry
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What does beer and federal IT mergers have in common?
15/01/2019 Duration: 43minMehul Sanghani, the chief executive officer and founder of Octo Consulting, said the two-year budget deal offered some much-needed certainty to the federal contracting sector.
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A robust small business environment is not without its challenges
31/10/2018 Duration: 41minLaJuanna Russell, the president and CEO of Business Management Associates, said she’s seeing agencies shift more to focusing on their customers and outcomes instead of outputs.
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How IT modernization is opening the door for disruptors
25/09/2018The executives from KarSun Solutions discussed why the IT modernization effort is helping bring innovation to the federal procurement market. Sundar Vaidyanothan CEO and co-founder, Karthic Mecheri, co-founder and chief architect and Terry Miller, the chief operating officer KarSun Solutions sat down with Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller at the station’s studios in Washington, D.C.
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More OTAs, less LPTA part of the impending upheaval for contractors
24/08/2018 Duration: 42minJohn Wood, CEO of Telos, said the administration’s focus on cloud, cybersecurity and IT modernization make it a good time to be a government contractor.
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Raytheon never wavered when fighting for DOMino, a $1B cyber contract
20/07/2018 Duration: 43minDavid Wajsgras, a Raytheon Company vice president and president of the Intelligence, Information and Services business, sat down with Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller at his office in Dulles, Virginia.
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Why the ‘show me’ approach is so attractive for contractors, agencies alike
26/06/2018 Duration: 41minAngela Nordstrom, vice president of federal for NIC, said agencies have a rare opportunity to modernize their systems using a transaction-based approach.
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Anticipating change, helping agencies through it
29/05/2018 Duration: 42minDan Helfrich, a principal with Deloitte consulting who leads the federal government services practice, sat down with Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller at his office in Arlington, Virginia, on Views from the Corner Office
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Why the contractor-owned, contractor-operated IT model is different this time
23/03/2018 Duration: 42minDan Keefe, the president and COO of ManTech’s Mission Solutions and Services Group, said agencies are more interested than ever on how to save money and modernize IT.
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RFIs are futile and other challenges with government, industry communications
23/02/2018 Duration: 43minCarlos Otal, the managing partner for Grant Thornton’s public sector, discusses in Federal News Radio’s new show, Views from the Corner Office, that there is less fear of new or emerging technologies.
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Why it’s a good time to be a federal contractor
30/01/2018 Duration: 51minPV Puvvada, the president of Unisys Federal, discusses in Federal News Radio’s new show, Views from the Corner Office, the trends and challenges of being a federal contractor.