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.


  • Henry Sowell, CIO of Cloudera Government Solutions, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal agencies expand their data streaming capabilities.
    October 5, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Sundar Vaidyanathan, co-founder, and CEO of Karsun, joins host John Gilroy to discuss new tools to help federal IT officials conduct large scale modernizations at their agencies.
    September 28, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Nicholas Chaillan, the Air Force’s chief software officer, joins host John Gilroy to discuss Platform One and Cloud One, and why they are creative and innovative approaches to improving…
    September 21, 2020
  • John Harrison, senior cyber security solutions architect at Criterion joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the cybersecurity challenges that federal IT officials face during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    September 14, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, George Freeman, a solutions consultant at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, joins host John Gilroy to explain how his company can help federal agencies protect their data from fraud during the…
    August 31, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Kevin Coppins, president and chief executive officer at Spirion, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted data management and data security in the federal…
    August 24, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, John Cofrancesco, vice president at Acuity Systems, joins host John Gilroy to discuss why data based decision making is important in the federal government.
    August 17, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, John Meyer, vice president, Defense Products at Peraton, joins host John Gilroy for a wide ranging discussion of the surface web, the deep web, and the dark web, and…
    August 10, 2020
  • Phil Quade, chief information security officer for Fortinet, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech talk to discuss what the federal government is doing to address a drastic shortage of workers with cybersecurity…
    August 3, 2020
  • Maurice Uenuma, vice president of Federal and Enterprise at Tripwire, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss data integrity and why it is so important for federal agencies trying to…
    July 27, 2020
  • Shannon Hulbert, CEO of Opus Interactive and Dave Link, CEO of ScienceLogic join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how the Covid crisis has impacted hybrid cloud adoption.
    July 20, 2020
  • Michael Speca, president and Josh O’Sullivan, chief technology officer at Ardalyst, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to talk about CMMC, small business, and the strengths and weaknesses of CMMC on the…
    June 29, 2020
  • Thresher CEO Becky Fair joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discusses artificial intelligence and how her company is helping federal agencies develop data for machine learning.
    June 22, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Bob Stevens, vice president, Americas at Lookout, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company is helping agencies protect the phones and computers of employees who are teleworking…
    June 15, 2020