This week's guest is Savin Joseph, he is the Senior Director of Business Development at ICF. He is an ACT-IAC Fellow and participates with AFCEA and HiMMS, all three amazing programs.  

Savin and I met through our interactions with ACT-IAC and networking at events in the DC area. He is a dynamic personality, good at what he does, and always engaging when you meet and spend some time with him.   

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This week's guest is Sandy Barsky, he is the Executive Program Director for Government and Education at Oracle. He is a prolific volunteer with ACT-IAC, the Partnership for Public Service, and ATARC.  

Sandy and I met volunteering with the ACT-IAC Emerging Technology Community of Interest. He is extremely knowledgeable of the challenges government has in leveraging innovative technologies and has great ideas for how to procure solutions and services to move government forward.   

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This is a new side series where I talk to people in my network that have passion projects, side hustles, or amazing hobbies in addition to their day job.  

This week's guest is Ioana Tanase, she is an Accessibility Program Manager at Microsoft, but her passion project is making shoes. In this episode we learn how she started and how it all works.  

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This week's guest is Chuck Riddle, he is a Senior Advisor to the CTO at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  

Chuck and I met many years ago when he hired me to work at the Food Safety Inspection Service. It was so great to work for him, I was fortunate to follow him when he became CIO at the Government Printing Office. Chuck is a dynamic leader who listens well, cares for, and protects those who work for him.   You can engage 

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This week's guest is Tom Suder, he is the Chief Executive Officer at the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center, better known as ATARC.  

Tom and I met a long time ago when I first got involved with ACT-IAC around the government mobile application initiative. Tom is a great organizer and networker. His work with ATARC continues to expose more software vendors to the government and helps those of us in government realize what the market has to offer.  

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This week's guest is Jonathan Alboum. He is the Federal CTO at ServiceNow, is a previous IT executive in government, serves as an advisor to numerous companies, and has been an active member of the IT community with organizations such as ACT-IAC, AFFIRM, and more.  

Jonathan and I met through interactions within the ACT-IAC community. He is always helpful and insightful around federal executive careers and how government and industry can interact to the betterment of the mission. He is someone you should know if you are involved at the Federal level.  

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This week's guest is Christian Buckley. He is the Brand Alliance Director at AvePoint, a Microsoft Regional Director, and an MVP for Microsoft Office Apps and Services. Listen as he shares about his long 30-year journey in the technology space, although he started with a plan to go into Industrial Design  

Christian and I met online while interacting within the Microsoft community space especially with AvePoint's Community Champion program. He is a great guy who is a prolific speaker, host of AvePoint's Microsoft Office (365) Hours, the CollabTalk podcast, and more!  

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This week's guest is Theresa Kinney. She is the NASA SEWP Director of Operations and Communications at NASA.  Listen as she talks about her journey to NASA and how her education wasn't even related to the job she has done for twenty years!  

Theresa and I met when we were in the ACT-IAC Partners 2018 program together. She is such an approachable person with a great wealth of knowledge around SEWP and how to make it work for agencies.  

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This week's guest is Marshall Heard. He is the Chief Operations Officer at Thermopylae Sciences + Technology. Listen as he talks about an unexpected opportunity that changed his career plans.  

Marshall and I met through a local church youth program we both volunteered with, and he was an awesome mentor for my youngest son. In conversations we learned about our shared passion for IT and our military backgrounds. Great guy who cares about the things we do and the people we are responsible for.  

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This week's guest is Becky John. She is the Vice President of Business Development at ECS. Listen as she talks about her unexpected journey into the technology world and government contracting.  

Becky and I met when I volunteered to help with the ACT-IAC Associates 2020. She was the industry chair and a delight to work with throughout the year. Becky has a heart for people, and I was honored to share that work with her.  

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