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SchoolHouse Panel: Overcoming Defense Barriers to Accelerate Innovation

June 18, 2024
This week, we’re sharing a panel discussion from SchoolHouse where Bonnie joined Gene Ebersole from BVVC, Mike McGuire from SpaceX, and Lisa Sanders from Special Operations Command to talk about defense innovation. Together, ...
SchoolHouse Panel: Overcoming Defense Barriers to Accelerate Innovation

Overcoming Bureaucracy in Defense Innovation with Jon Gruen

March 19, 2024
This week, Bonnie is joined by Jon Gruen, CEO of Fortem Technologies and former Navy SEAL, to discuss counter-drone strategies and the challenges of fostering innovation in the defense space. Jon shares his insights on the in...
Overcoming Bureaucracy in Defense Innovation with Jon Gruen

Creating Agile Talent Ecosystems for DoD with Mike McGinley

July 23, 2024
This week, Ryan is joined by Mike McGinley, director of GigEagle, mobilization assistant to the commander of the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, and federal account executive at Google, to talk all things talent in the...
Creating Agile Talent Ecosystems for DoD with Mike McGinley

Navigating the Future of AI Accountability with Dr. Charles Clancy, Senior Vice President of MITRE and head of MITRE Labs

Aug. 1, 2023
Today’s episode of AI Proficiency: Turning Tomorrow into Today features a conversation with Dr. Charles Clancy, Senior Vice President of MITRE and head of MITRE Labs. As we embark on an era of large language models and genera...
Navigating the Future of AI Accountability with Dr. Charles Clancy, Senior Vice President of MITRE and head of MITRE Labs

Overcoming Bureaucracy Burnout with Hannah Hunt

July 16, 2024
This week, Ryan is joined by Hannah Hunt, Distinguished Technical Director at MetroStar, to talk about the challenges of navigating defense bureaucracy and how she’s overcome the inevitable burnout of government work. Hannah ...
Overcoming Bureaucracy Burnout with Hannah Hunt

Accelerating AI Adoption with Ramsay Brown

March 12, 2024
This week, Bonnie sits down with Ramsay Brown, CEO of Mission Control AI, at DoD Advantage 2024 to talk about how to keep up with the rapid advancements in AI. Ramsay dives into the impact of AI on industries and personal liv...
Accelerating AI Adoption with Ramsay Brown

AI Takes the Mic: Ryan Experiments with Google’s NotebookLM

Oct. 1, 2024
This week, Ryan Connell experiments with Google’s cutting-edge AI tool, NotebookLM. Ryan challenges the AI to generate a podcast episode based on the Tradewinds Solution Marketplace Customer Handbook, which dives into the DoD...
AI Takes the Mic: Ryan Experiments with Google’s NotebookLM

Can Blockchain and AI End the Misinformation Crisis? With Nathan Manzotti

Nov. 26, 2024
With deepfakes and misinformation on the rise, distinguishing truth from lies has never been more challenging. A recent Harvard paper stated how generative AI, like ChatGPT, is increasingly showing up in academic journals, ar...
Can Blockchain and AI End the Misinformation Crisis? With Nathan Manzotti

How 3D Printing is Shaping the Future of Military Logistics with Matt Pine

Dec. 3, 2024
Imagine a Marine stranded on an island, needing a critical part to continue their mission. What if that essential part could be produced on the spot? In this week’s episode of Defense Mavericks, we sit down with Matt Pine, In...
How 3D Printing is Shaping the Future of Military Logistics with Matt Pine

How to Balance Execution and Innovation with Steve Blank

Sept. 24, 2024
This week, Ryan Connell sits down with the legendary Steve Blank, adjunct professor at Stanford and co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, to discuss the need for disruptive innovation and exe...
How to Balance Execution and Innovation with Steve Blank

How Tradewinds is Shaping the Future of Defense Contracting with Bonnie Evangelista

March 5, 2024
This week, our very own Bonnie Evangelista explores the intricacies of AI literacy within the defense sector in this special recast of her presentation at the AI Literacy Conference. Get an in-depth look at how evolving contr...
How Tradewinds is Shaping the Future of Defense Contracting with Bonnie Evangelista

Human-Centric Autonomy for Defense with Scott Sanders

Oct. 29, 2024
This week, Ryan Connell sits down with Scott Sanders, Chief Growth Officer of Forterra, to talk about the advancements and challenges of integrating autonomous systems in defense and industrial sectors. Scott shares his insig...
Human-Centric Autonomy for Defense with Scott Sanders

Instilling AI Readiness Across Your Teams with Capt. Jonathan Haase

Feb. 27, 2024
This week, Bonnie is joined by Captain Jonathan Haase, program manager at PMS 408 in NAVSEA, to talk about the importance of AI readiness in the defense industry. Jon shares his insights on how teams can use AI to enhance wor...
Instilling AI Readiness Across Your Teams with Capt. Jonathan Haase

Streamlining Government Contracting (Bonnie’s Interview on Closing the Loop Podcast)

Oct. 26, 2023
In this bonus episode, Bonnie Evangelista discusses the inefficiencies in government contracting and how we can leverage the power of AI and LLMs to reduce workflows from 3 months to 30 minutes. She shares insights on definin...
Streamlining Government Contracting (Bonnie’s Interview on Closing the Loop Podcast)

Why Smart GovCon Bidders Are Turning to AI with Alex Cohen

Nov. 19, 2024
Can AI help you bid on more government contracts? In this week’s episode, Ryan Connell sits down with Alex Cohen, an AI expert and founder of GovPro AI. Alex is on a mission to help small and medium-sized contractors streamli...
Why Smart GovCon Bidders Are Turning to AI with Alex Cohen

Building a Strong Data Ecosystem with Shubhi Mishra

Feb. 20, 2024
This week, Bonnie is joined by Shubhi Mishra, founder and CEO of Raft, to talk about the importance of building strong data ecosystems in the DoD. She shares her insights on prioritizing users versus buyers, taking an unstruc...
Building a Strong Data Ecosystem with Shubhi Mishra

Building Cybersecurity Ecosystems in the DoD with Chris Hughes

Oct. 15, 2024
This week, Ryan Connell sits down with cybersecurity expert Chris Hughes, CEO of Aquia, a veteran-owned cloud and cybersecurity digital services firm. Chris brings two decades of experience from the federal IT space, sharing ...
Building Cybersecurity Ecosystems in the DoD with Chris Hughes

Demystifying the Contracting World with Stephanie Wilson, Agreements Officer for Army Contracting Command Rock Island

Sept. 26, 2023
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 ...
Demystifying the Contracting World with Stephanie Wilson, Agreements Officer for Army Contracting Command Rock Island

Disrupting Norms & Breaking Rules in Federal Acquisition with Steve Barva

Aug. 13, 2024
This week, Ryan Connell sits down with Steve Barva, federal acquisition consultant, to discuss the importance of breaking rules and cutting through red tape in the DoD. Steve shares his insights on competition in contracting,...
Disrupting Norms & Breaking Rules in Federal Acquisition with Steve Barva

Exposing DoD’s Billion-Dollar Procurement Problem with Warren Katz

Jan. 28, 2025
What if the DoD could be as agile as a tech startup? In this week’s episode of Defense Mavericks, Ryan Connell chats with Warren Katz, chairman of the Alliance for Commercial Technology in Government, to explore the challenge...
Exposing DoD’s Billion-Dollar Procurement Problem with Warren Katz
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