Federal Tech Talk

Federal Tech Talk looks at the world of high technology in the federal government. Host John Gilroy, of The Oakmont Group, speaks the language of federal CISOs, CIOs and CTOs, and gets into the specifics for government IT systems integrators. John covers the latest government initiatives and technology news for the federal IT manager and government contractor.


  • Tom Kennedy, vice president of Federal at Rubrik, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss data management, data storage and how a system like Rubrik can help federal agencies with…
    June 28, 2019
  • Mike Beckley, founder and CTO of Appian, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how the company’s low code approach will revolutionize how custom software gets built.
    June 24, 2019
  • Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how new technologies can help federal agencies solve their most complicated cybersecurity problems.
    June 13, 2019
  • Paul Tatum, senior vice president of Solution Engineering – Public Sector at Salesforce, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss case management, collaboration, and how his company can held federal…
    June 6, 2019
  • Jim Wiggins, executive director at the Federal IT Security Institute joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the steps federal agencies can take to get up to date on their…
    June 3, 2019
  • Dcode Founder and CEO Meagan Metzger, and Nate Ashton, the company’s director of Accelerator Programs, join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech talk to discuss how Dcode is helping contractors and federal IT…
    May 23, 2019
  • Jake Olcott, vice president of Communications and Government Affairs at BitSight, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss vendor risk management and what federal agencies can do to protect themselves…
    May 20, 2019
  • Emily Miller, director of National Security and Critical Infrastructure Programs at Mocana, joins host John Gilroy to talk about IoT security and why device security and supply chain management are especially important in the federal…
    May 13, 2019
  • Haywood Talcove, CEO of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, joins host John Gilroy to talk about user identification and why it is a big improvement over relying on failed usernames and passwords.
    May 6, 2019
  • Bill Conner, CEO of SonicWall joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss enterprise cybersecurity and how his company can help federal agencies stop advanced malware attacks.
    April 26, 2019
  • Scott Smith, managing director of Sila Solutions Group, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss identity governance and administration, privileged data management, and how analytics can assist in applying Zero…
    April 22, 2019
  • Steve Orrin, Federal CTO at Intel Corporation, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss artificial intelligence and the five concepts that the DoD is using to guide its AI strategy.
    April 10, 2019
  • Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of the Defense and Intelligence Systems Division at Hughes Networks, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s to discuss the challenges that federal IT officials are having in…
    April 8, 2019
  • Attivo Networks CTO Tony Cole joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how “engagement-based attack analysis” can help federal agencies prevent cyber threats from malicious actors already inside their networks.
    March 26, 2019