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.


  • Nicholas Andersen, chief information security officer, Public Sector at Lumen Technologies, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss cybersecurity in today’s rapidly changing federal environment.
    August 16, 2021
  • Nicholas Speece, chief federal technologist at Snowflake, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how Snowflake is using the Data Cloud to change the way companies and federal agencies approach…
    August 6, 2021
  • Jeremy Hogg, vice president of Public Sector Sales at Kofax, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss whether your agency is a candidate for Robotic Process Automation.
    July 30, 2021
  • Michael Acton, vice president of Solutions at ARRAY Information Technology, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges of managing data for the Department of Defense.
    July 23, 2021
  • Presidio Federal General Manager Clara Conti, and Chief Technology Officer Craig Heartwell, join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to explain how their company can assist the federal government in its modernization…
    July 16, 2021
  • CrowdStrike’s Shawn Henry and Drew Bagley join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss “threat hunting” and what can happen if a federal agency is the target of a ransomware attack.
    July 9, 2021
  • Mark Forman, executive vice president of Dynamic Integrated Services, discusses the challenges government agencies face in trying to modernize their programs, and the changing role of the federal CIO.
    July 2, 2021
  • Ericom’s Chase Cunningham joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the concept of Zero Trust.
    June 26, 2021
  • Stuart Itkin, vice president of CMMC and FedRAMP Assurance for Coalfire joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to talk about the CMMC initiative from the DoD.
    June 18, 2021
  • Todd Schroeder, managing director Global Public Sector, Strategy and Sales for Google joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how the Google Cloud platform can help federal agencies reduce cost…
    June 11, 2021
  • Yash Prakash, chief strategy officer at Saviynt, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk, to discuss identity management and how federal agencies can elevate access for customers, secure access without a VPN,…
    June 4, 2021
  • Ryan Picchini, senior director of Product Marketing at Acquia, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how effective web design can help align federal agency resources and remove silos for…
    May 28, 2021
  • Tom Kennedy, vice president, Public Sector at Rubrik and Christopher Ginder, regional director of Civilian Agencies at NetApp, join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss a joint venture to improve…
    May 25, 2021
  • Mark Johnson, vice president, Department of Defense at Oracle., joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal agencies make the move to a hybrid cloud…
    May 14, 2021