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.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • Kara Sprague, senior vice president and general manager of Application Services at F5 Networks, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss app security and how her company is using new…
    March 21, 2019
  • John Cofrancesco, vice president for Business Development at Active Navigation, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss records management and how his company can help federal agencies eliminate redundant, obsolete…
    March 18, 2019
  • Rich Pina, chief technology advisor at World Wide Technology, joins show John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss new IT security methods that his company is developing to help protect federal agencies…
    March 11, 2019
  • Phil Carrai, president of Technology & Training Solutions at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how the creative use of existing satellite technology can…
    March 4, 2019
  • Steven Touw, co-founder and CTO at Immuta, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss precise controls for accessing high value data and the most cost effective way to accomplish this…
    February 25, 2019
  • OODA LLC Co-founders Bob Gourley and Matt Devost join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the latest developments in cybersecurity and how Quatum will impact future cyber strategies.
    February 18, 2019
  • Mike Moritzkat and Bill Downer with Seagate Government Solutions join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how their company is using innovation to assist the federal government in storing massive…
    February 11, 2019
  • Patrick Curran, Federal CTO at Planet Technologies, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how Microsoft is evolving to better respond to needs of today’s federal IT professionals.
    January 30, 2019
  • Joshua Meredith, assistant dean of Analytics, Technology & Security MPS Programs at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, gives tips on how to land mid-level IT job in the federal government.
    January 28, 2019
  • Michael Friedrich, chief architect at Cyxtera Technologies – Federal, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how authentication is being using to protect high value data sets from cyber attacks.
    January 21, 2019
  • Patrick Sullivan, director of Security Technology and Strategy at Akamai, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk, to discuss cybersecurity, and data management trends in 2019.
    January 7, 2019
  • Ellen Sundra, vice president of Americas, Systems Engineering at ForeScout Technologies, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the NIST cyber framework, and how federal agencies should manage their IoT…
    December 17, 2018
  • Brian Ahier, president of Advanced Health Information Exchange Resources, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss healthcare IT, open data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
    December 7, 2018
  • Paul Saladna and Shamlan Siddiqi, with NTT DATA Federal Services, Inc., join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss agile software development, integration, IT modernization, and the value of open source…
    November 30, 2018