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OTAs Episodes

Sept. 26, 2023

Demystifying the Contracting World with Stephanie Wilson, Agreements …

In this episode, Stephanie Wilson, Agreements Officer with the Army Contracting Command (ACC) Rock Island, joins Bonnie Evangelista to explore and demystify the complexities of the contracting process. They talk about how to ...

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Sept. 5, 2023

How Other Transaction Authorities Push the Bounds of Innovation with …

In this episode of Defense Mavericks, Bonnie is joined by Dr. Dolores Kuchina-Mucina, Chief Disruptor at REXOTA Solutions and an expert in practicing and executing other transaction authorities (OTs). They explore the misconc...

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Dec. 20, 2022

Contracting with FAR and New Practices that Support Emerging Tech wit…

Listen in as we hear Stephanie Wilson, the Contracting and Agreements Officer in the U.S. Army, detail how to create and handle improved contracting practices necessary to acquire AI and emerging technology. She shares her ye...

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Dec. 6, 2022

Understanding The Basics: The CDAO and OTA Usage Within Procurement w…

Join us for this episode of AI Proficiency: Turning Tomorrow into Today as we hear from guest speaker Bonnie Evangelista, the Tradewind Execution Lead at the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). She will i...

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