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.


  • Howard Levenson, regional vice president for Federal at Databricks, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk, to explain why an open-source approach is the most efficient way to make sure data is…
    January 29, 2021
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Atomicorp CEO Michael Shinn joins host John Gilroy to explain how using open-source software can improve federal cybersecurity.
    January 25, 2021
  • Sean Frazier, federal CSO at Okta, discusses identity management, lifecycle management, and some of the challenges of identification for Robotic Process Automation.
    January 15, 2021
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Michael Geist, senior vice president of Strategy and Technology at Envistacom, joins host John Gilroy to discuss the step that federal agencies can take to protect data transmitted from…
    January 8, 2021
  • SonicWall CEO Bill Conner joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk, to discuss the top technology challenges facing IT officials in the federal government.
    December 9, 2020
  • Kevin Orr, vice president at CyberArk, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss identity management and how his company can help federal agencies protect their data from cyber attacks.
    December 3, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Marlin McFate, CTO Public Sector at Riverbed Technology, joins host John Gilroy to talk about network visibility and the results of a recent survey issued by his company.
    November 26, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Enrique Oti, chief technology officer for Second Front Systems, joins host John Gilroy to talk about innovation in the federal government with a focus on national security.
    November 19, 2020
  • ICF CTO Kyle Tuberson joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk, and shares some lessons learned for smoothing out technology transitions in federal agencies.
    November 13, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Dr. Arash Rahnama, head of Applied AI at Modzy, joins host John Gilroy to talk about artificial intelligence, data security, data filtering, and federal IT.
    November 6, 2020
  • Jennifer Felix, president and CEO at ASRC Federal, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how her company is helping federal agencies with their IT services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    October 30, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Andrew Churchill, vice president of Federal Sales at Qlik, joins host John Gilroy to talk about data literacy and how federal agencies can effectively use data to accomplish their…
    October 26, 2020
  • Phil Carrai, president of the Space, Training and Cybersecurity division at Kratos, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how a surge in satellite launches has spurred innovation in the…
    October 19, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Kowsik Guruswamy, CTO at Menlo Security and Mike Hatcher, chief revenue officer at By Light join host John Gilroy to explain why Cloud Based Internet Isolation (CBII), is a…
    October 9, 2020