Rosemary Johnston, senior vice president of operations at Savi Technologies, talks about how the chains of marketing, delivery, and in-transit visibility are vital for the dispersion of everything from breakfast cereal to the most dire…
June 10, 2018
To understand how D.C.’s cyber technology community is growing and shaping the economy, we talk to Dr. Erran Carmel, professor at the Kogod School of Business; Jennifer Thornton, director of workforce initiatives at the Greater…
June 3, 2018
Zuri Hunter, front end engineer at open-source mapping platform Mapbox, talks about how the D.C. region’s wide range of meetups, hackathons, and boot camps helped her gain experience and skills in the tech industry. Hunter…
May 31, 2018
Manu Smadja, co-founder and CEO of MPOWER Financing, talks about how his company provides crucial student loans to international students that are in America’s top universities. MPOWER has helped hundreds of students from across the…
May 29, 2018
One of the most interesting up-and-coming technologies in the region is in the field of cryptocurrency. To talk about how the technology has a murky, but promising, future, we’re joined by Charlie Kiser, CEO of…
May 27, 2018
Pam Holland, founder of Tech Moxie, talks about her company’s efforts to teach people to use technology safely and effectively. Holland also explains how online scams like phishing can be so dangerous–and so convincing.
May 24, 2018
Today we’re joined by Benjamin Pikus, founder of MoTrack Therapy, a company that’s using motion tracking and gamification to assist patients with physical therapy exercises. Pikus and his group recently won a competition between 100…
May 22, 2018
Jeff Galvin, CEO and founder of American Gene Technologies, discusses how new technologies in the realm of gene therapy are able to use viruses to heal terminal illness. Galvin believes that, within the next ten…
May 20, 2018
For today’s EXTRA episode, we speak with Anne Swanson, an attorney with Wilkinson Barker Knauer; Matt Scassero, director of the University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft System test site; and Mark Ryan, CEO of the Ryan…
May 13, 2018
Professor Erran Carmel, American University’s director of the Center for Business in the Capitol, discusses the results of a wealth of data suggesting the D.C. region is one of the largest in the world for…
May 10, 2018
Stacey Smith, executive director of the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, discusses how her group has helped the state of Maryland incentive supporting local business while also ensuring a cybersecure economy.
May 8, 2018
PR expert Christina Daves discusses the best practices for making your name known. According to Daves, one of the most important aspects is creating good content and and pitching good ideas to the right journalists.
May 6, 2018
Lorraine Arora, chair of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, discusses how the real estate industry in D.C. is changing rapidly, and how businesses across the world are paying attention. Arora also explains how realtors…
May 3, 2018
National security reporter at Politico Jacqueline Klimas joins us today to talk about a new newsletter Politico is launching, all about space. With companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin making strides toward private industry in…
May 1, 2018
