On today's episode of HighlightCast, we have two special guests: Ashley Nichols, Highlight's VP of Corporate Strategy and Development, and James Eselgroth, Director of Technology and Innovation. James will be sharing his insights on the ever-evolving landscape of technology, which continues to transform the capabilities of the federal sector.

As the federal sector is going through a digital transformation, there is a lot of discussion about how to leverage technology to expand its capabilities. In this episode, we will be exploring the ways in which organizations and individuals can use technology to boost their performance and discussing whether there is a better definition for digital transformation.

Highlight CEO Aarish Gokaldas takes the reigns of the HighlightCast today, joined by Senior Vice President of Venn Strategies Matt Pearce to discuss the fantastic work being done in Congress to advocate for employee-owned companies and broaden the horizons of ESOPs in the Government space.

Today, we are joined by Highlight's Director of People and Culture, Fiona Sityar, and Recruiting Manager Matt Dotson to discuss all things recruiting. From breaking into the Government Contracting Industry, outlining the preferred qualifications, certifications, and classes of Government Clearances to how to engage with Highlight and what makes Highlight unique.

In this episode of the Highlightcast, VP Ashley Nichols sits down for an in-depth interview with our new Highlight CEO Aarish Gokaldas. They discuss his background, trends within GovCon, and advice for career development. We invite you to tag along and get to know him!

We welcome Ashley Nichols, VP for Corporate Strategy & Development, for her first time hosting today's episode of the HighlightCast discussing Software Asset Management in the federal sector. Today, Ashley is joined by Procurement Manager - Sarah Dryer, Program Manager & Cybersecurity Engineer - Kevin Milner, and Emilie Scantlebury - Director of Corporate Portfolio Development. 

In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the current state of Software Asset Management, the biggest challenges, solutions, security impacts and implications, and the best practices in managing and optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications within the Federal sector.

Listen to Highlight's Director of Corporate Portfolio Development Emilie Scantlebury discuss the best practices of Federal Communication, joined by Communications Program Manager Barry Lawrence, and our Mission Solutions BD Portfolio Director, Tom Perkins. In this episode, we discuss the core differences between Federal and Commercial Communications, Managing & Targeting a wide demographic across locations, cultures, and generations. And we were able to dive into accessibility and how comms have been affected by the pandemic.

Join us for the 3rd and final installment of our 3 Part Development Series. Discussing the last stage of the Federal Development Process Post-Development and Maintenence.

Our host, Roman Zhelenko, digs into what Maintenance looks like, the best approach with the customer, shifting resources, workforce transition, and change management.

Joining Roman once again, we have Special Guests Program Manager - Kevin Milner & Series Developer III Diljeet Singh.

The Development Series continues! Join us for part 2 of our 3 Part Series, taking a deep dive into the Federal Software and Application Development process, discussing in three stages of Pre-Production, Development, and Post-Development.

Our host, Roman Zhelenko, picks up where we left off last week with our Development and Production episode, where we discuss and outline the best practices for development, how to learn in a new environment, how to improve the workflow, the challenges faced and how to overcome them, all within the Federal Sector.

Special guests for episode 2 are full stack developer Thomas Burford and Series Developer III Diljeet Singh.

Tune in!