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.


  • Mark McIntyre, chief security adviser, at Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Solutions Group, joins John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss DoD’s CMMC initiative and shares some of his insights on cybersecurity and large federal…
    February 12, 2020
  • Tim Li, principal at Deloitte, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to talk abouts Zero Trust, cybersecurity, and how federal agencies can incorporate best practices for identity management.
    February 11, 2020
  • Bob Withers, senior director Public Sector at New Relic, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company is helping federal agencies implement the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience…
    January 30, 2020
  • Frank Dimina, vice president of Public Sector at Splunk, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to explain why federal agencies should secure their data sets before applying machine learning and artificial…
    January 23, 2020
  • Jason Green, vice president Public Sector and Derek Weeks, vice president and DevOps Advocate at Sonatype join host John Gilroy on this weeks Federal Tech Talk to discuss open source software development and how their…
    January 15, 2020
  • Dave McOmber, executive vice president Public Sector Federal Sales at QTS Data Centers and Jeff Groh, vice chairman Occupier Services JLL, join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss what federal…
    January 9, 2020
  • Centauri CEO Dave Dzaran joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how the next generation of space based technologies are being used to help keep the nation safe.
    January 7, 2020
  • Eric Trexler, vice president of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure Sales at Forcepoint, joins John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the implications of a federal agencies’ move to the cloud.
    December 13, 2019
  • Melchior Baltazar, SVP/General Manager Brightspot, is the guest in the studio today. In December of 2019, there is a deadline for many agencies to comply with the IDEA legislation. Melchior has an excellent background for…
    December 10, 2019
  • Brian Boxman, vice president of Sales Mid Atlantic and Public Sector at Talend, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal IT professionals mange, collect,…
    November 26, 2019
  • Ron Lopez, president and managing director of Astroscale USA, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss orbital sustainability and how his company is leading the effort in space debris removal.
    November 21, 2019
  • Bizagi’s Drew Jaehnig joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss ITIL 4.0 and how intelligent process automation is transforming federal organizations.
    November 15, 2019
  • Diana Volere, chief evangelist and director of Product Marketing at Saviynt, discusses how her company can help federal agencies with cloud security, big data management and identity governance.
    November 7, 2019
  • Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer, managing partners and principal analysts at Cognilytica, join host John Gilory on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss artificial intelligence and whether it will create or eliminate jobs in…
    November 4, 2019