*** This is part 2 of a two-part episode. Watch last week's episode for part 1 ***

Today's guest is Scott Weiss. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Catalest. Scott is also a former White House Presidential Innovation Fellow supporting the VA and OMB and has also worked with IDEO.

You can engage Scott here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-weiss-50b1b23/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

*** This is part 1 of a two-part episode. Come back next week for part 2 ***

Today's guest is Scott Weiss. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Catalest. Scott is also a former White House Presidential Innovation Fellow supporting the VA and OMB and has also worked with IDEO.

You can engage Scott here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-weiss-50b1b23/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Malcolm Harden. He is the Chief Growth Officer at Safal Partners and the IAC Chair for ACT-IAC. It is through our years of volunteering for ACT-IAC that Malcolm and I met.

You can engage Malcolm here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/malharden/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is David Wennergren. He is the CEO of ACT-IAC, an amazing non-profit based in the DC area that helps government and industry collaborate to solve problems for government agencies. As a volunteer with ACT-IAC, I have seen first-hand David's commitment to the organization and expanding its reach.

Today's guest is Samara Schulman. She is the President of OnPoint Consulting, a technology and consulting services firm in the government contracting space. Samara and I both participate in the ACT-IAC community in Washington DC, which is where we met.

You can engage Samara here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samara-schulman-99335b7/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Frank Reyes. He is the Cloud Solutions Leader within the Technology and Consulting Services division at Maximus. Frank is also a graduate of the ACT-IAC Voyagers 2019 leadership development program and through interaction in the fellows community is how Frank and I met.

You can engage Frank here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankreyes/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Sonia Mundra. She is the President at Chenega Analytic Business Solutions, which is an 8(a) Alaska Native Corporation providing IT and Professional Services for the Federal Government.

Episode 160 on YouTube - https://youtu.be/caYvLCj5OE4

You can engage Sonia here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/soniamundra/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Jennifer Folsom. She is the VP of Growth at ICF Next. Jennifer is also a Customer Experience Advisory Member at the Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies and the author of the book - Ringmaster: Work, Life, and Keeping It All Together. Jennifer completed the ACT-IAC Partners program in 2021 and is the industry vice-chair for Partners 2024. It is through ACT-IAC community that we met.

You can engage Jennifer here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferfolsom/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Abbey Kos. She is the Digital Experience Leader of State and Local Government at Amazon Web Services. Abbey also did a stint with 18F, one of a few government offices leveraging new innovative methodologies. She was also at FutureGov doing content design for local government in the UK.

You can engage Abbey here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbeykos/

The Geek Within can be found on several podcast platforms - https://www.polywork.com/posts/W0IZQ1lu

List of past episodes: https://tgwlink.net/episodes

Today's guest is Mitzi Mead. She is President and CEO of Anakim Consulting, a women owned, HUBZone certified small business providing IT and business development services in the Federal marketplace. We know each other through the ACT-IAC community where she has served on the Industry Advisory Council's Executive Committee, has been a board member for ACT-IAC and the executive chair, has held multiple positions over the years for the leadership development program, and is a fellow from Partners 2001.