Tech Transforms, sponsored by Dynatrace Carolyn Ford

Billy Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief at FedScoop joins Carolyn to discuss surveillance, national intelligence, the benefit of partnerships, and more. Billy gives his perspective on today's hot topics in federal technology, and what he thinks may be coming next.
Episode Table of Contents[0:23] Federal Technology and Its Battle Against Balloons[7:18] Varying Opinions Towards Federal Technology Problems[14:41] Federal Technology Embraces Industry Technology[21:56] Federal Technology Means Business[29:33] Implementation of Zero Trust in Federal Technology[36:54] Billy Mitchell’s First Encounter With Technology
Episode Links and ResourcesBilly MitchellFedScoopThe Last of Us

Dan McCune, Deputy Chief Information Officer at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs joins Carolyn and Mark to discuss the transformative work happening at the VA. With millions of end users, Dan explains how his dedicated teams are working to make the VA better, faster, and safer for our veterans.
Episode Table of Contents[0:29] The Place to Go for Veterans Affairs[7:51] Veterans Affairs Approach Towards Modernization[14:53] The Forcing Function of Veterans Affairs[21:48] Veterans Affairs Makes Things Easy for Veterans[31:29] How AI Can Improve Veterans Affairs Services[40:44] The Next Big Leap in Technology
Episode Links and ResourcesDaniel McCuneVACompeting in the age of AIInnovator’s DilemmaAtomic HabitsThe Power of full engagementAxis of Awesome

Dimitris Perdikou, Head of Engineering at the UK Home Office, Migration and Borders joins Carolyn and Mark to discuss the innovative undertakings of one of the largest and most successful cloud platforms in the UK. With over 3,000 technical users, and millions of end users, Dimitris sheds some light on his experience with SRE, User Experience, and Service Monitoring.
Episode Table of Contents[0:21] Inside the Massive Programs That the UK Home Office Offers[7:00] The Importance of Observing Cost Efficiency[12:25] The Monitoring Pack of the UK Home Office[17:59] UK Home Office Take on a Good User Experience[24:09] Why UK Home Office Didnt Have to Reinvent the Wheel[30:20] Let the Experts Do Their JobEpisode Links and Resources
Episode Links and ResourcesDimitris PerdikouUK Home OfficeNCSCThe Happiness LabThe Art of Happiness

Jamie Holcombe, Chief Information Officer at USPTO joins Carolyn and special guest host Willie Hicks to talk about Zero Trust, PMO, encryption and more. Listen in to learn about the innovative steps USPTO has taken to develop New Ways of Working.
Episode Table of Contents[0:41] Zero Trust According to Jamie Holcombe, CIO of USPTO[7:56] The Effects of Reauthentication[13:09] You Need to Have a Focus and a Mission[18:46] New Ways of Working[25:43] Not Everything Needs to Be Protected[32:59] USPTO’s Four Pillars of Intellectual PropertyEpisode Links and Resources
Episode Links and ResourcesJamie Holcombe USPTO For All MankindFoundation

Willie Hicks, Dynatrace’s Federal Chief Technologist recently appeared on the Federal Tech Podcast. It is such a great interview we wanted to make sure our Tech Transforms audience got to listen. Enjoy this crossover episode with Federal Tech Podcast!
Episode Links and ResourcesEp. 42 Vulnerability Management for Federal Systems
Federal Tech Podcast
Willie Hicks

Nicolas Chaillan joins Carolyn and Tracy to shed some light on his experience in the Air Force and gives his thoughts on government movement in the past year. Nicolas talks about the importance of social media privacy and protection.
Episode Table of Contents[0:59] Introducing Our Guest, Nicolas Chaillan[10:06] Have We Regressed in Cyber?[17:58] There Is a Reward for Not Taking Risks[24:29] The Worst Thing That Ever Happened Was Agile[31:46] The Amount of Information TikTok Gather[40:17] We Need to Teach the Basics of Life to KidsEpisode Links and Resources
Episode Links and ResourcesNicolas ChaillanLinkedInIn goodbye message, Chaillan unloads his frustrations over DoD’s technology culture, processes