Tammer Olibah on Turning IDS Into a ‘System of Intelligence’ for the Federal Government
Integrated Data Services CEO Tammer Olibah discusses leadership lessons, CCaR AI’s rollout in the Army, acquisition reform and more. More
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Charles Lyons-Burt is senior content specialist at Executive Mosaic, a media and events company serving the U.S. federal contracting community. A passionate lover of language, the arts, aesthetics and fitness, he also writes film and music criticism for outlets such as Slant Magazine and Spectrum Culture.
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Aethon Security CEO Derek Kernus Says Contractors Can’t Afford to Pause CMMC Compliance
Aethon Security CEO Derek Kernus explains why DFARS and NIST 800-171 obligations still apply to defense contractors despite CMMC pause. More
Peraton’s Tom Afferton on Building Guardrails for AI-Enabled Cyber Ops
Tom Afferton talks AI guardrails, cyber operations and his new intelligence mandate at Peraton in this ExecutiveBiz Spotlight. More
Beyond the Perimeter: Zimperium VP Traviss Green on Closing Federal Zero Trust’s Mobile Gap
Zimperium VP Traviss Green explains why mobile remains a zero trust blind spot and how on-device AI protects federal users at the edge. More
Building AI Factories for Government: Why Speed, Supply Chains & Partnerships Matter
VP Emdadi discussed why AI factories have become a top priority and supply chain challenges impacting the GovCon industry. More
Dennis Rohler Shares Valid Eval’s Vision to Become the Federal Government’s Standard Decision-Support Layer
Dennis Rohler, VP of business development at Valid Eval, on the platform’s defense acquisition role and five-year vision. More
Parry Labs CGO Amber Walker Wants AI at the Edge, Not the Cloud
Parry Labs CGO Amber Walker discusses edge AI, manned-unmanned teaming and advice for GovCon’s next generation of executives. More
BTI360 CEO MJ Wivell: Why Mission-Ready AI Needs More Than a Good Chatbot
BTI360 has never conducted a layoff in more than 20 years of operation Wivell co-founded the company with childhood friend Jeremy Nimtz in 2004 He warns that consumer AI tools aren’t built for mission environments MJ Wivell was reading “Rich Dad Poor Dad” on his honeymoon when a passage on the difficulty of starting a […] More
Verizon’s Lamont Copeland Discusses the Importance of Secure Networking for Golden Dome
As senior director of public sector solution architecture at Verizon, Lamont Copeland leads teams supporting federal, state and local government customers with advanced networking, communications and technology solutions. During his 15-year tenure at Verizon and more than two decades serving the government market, he has helped advance the adoption of 5G-enabled capabilities across the federal government as well as other […] More
Arsenal of Innovation: Frank Sturek on Detroit Defense’s Plan to Triple in Size
Detroit Defense is targeting $300M in revenue within two-and-a-half years 33,000 Humvee brake retrofits, zero rollover deaths in five years Not an OEM — integrates commercial tech across Army, Navy platforms Frank Sturek has spent more than three decades moving between the battlefield and the boardroom. A 21-year U.S. Army infantry officer who commanded troops […] More
Invictus CGO Sean Papso on Maintaining Service Ethos, AI & National Security Threats
Attributes Invictus’ recompete wins and growth to a veteran-founded culture built on loyalty and discipline Points to AI, CMMC 2.0 and rapid acquisition vehicles as forces reshaping his growth strategy Names Chinese cyber pre-positioning and the homeland missile threat as top national security concerns Sean Papso has spent the better part of a decade helping […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton, OpenAI Team Up to Accelerate Secure AI for National Security Missions
Booz Allen Hamilton and OpenAI have announced a new partnership to advance the deployment of mission-ready artificial intelligence across national security and critical infrastructure. Booz Allen said Monday the collaboration is designed to support faster and more secure deployment of AI solutions for defense, intelligence and commercial operations, with the companies sharing mission and model […] More
