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PROJECT 38: Using innovation theater to speed up change

What is the concept of innovation theater and how can it break the public sector ecosystem's status quo? Hear Raft's founder and CEO Shubhi Mishra both explain and dispel the negative notions surrounding it to our Ross Wilkers.

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PROJECT 38: How the metaverse is already here with more to come

The metaverse is changing how agencies operate and how contractors deliver solutions. To hear Chris Copeland and Kyle Michl of Accenture Federal Services explain things to our Editor Nick Wakeman, the concept is more than a buzzword.

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PROJECT 38: Volume is merely one leg of the data challenge

The statistics alone are daunting on how much data is being created in the world. Babel Street CEO Michael Southworth offers up those figures and what the tech industry's answers are in this episode with our Ross Wilkers.

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PROJECT 38: A fiscal year-end checkpoint of the market

Where companies are prioritizing their investments and seeing headwinds is the focus of this episode that has our Ross Wilkers swap notes and thoughts with John Caucis and James Wichert, public sector market analysts at Technology Business Research.

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PROJECT 38: An insider's view on Peraton's mega integrations

Peraton Chief Growth Officer Mike King tells Editor Nick Wakeman why the combinations with Perspecta and Northrop Grumman's IT business has been worth the billions of dollars and energy to turn three distinct companies into something new.

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PROJECT 38: Inside Leidos' business development approach

Keeping Leidos' pipeline as the federal technology market's largest company full is the job of its Chief Business Development Officer Debbie Opiekun, who in this episode explains the company's philosophy of pursuing opportunities.

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PROJECT 38: Booz Allen signaling intent with $100M ventures fund

Booz Allen Hamilton's move to formalize its venture investment function with a set dollar figure shows how serious it is in bringing tech startups into the U.S. public sector, the firm's lead tech scouting and ventures executive Brian MacCarthy tells our Ross Wilkers.

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PROJECT 38: Batsakis and Speigel explain their 'low-code' middle-market strategy

George Batsakis and Jerad Speigel share with Editor Nick Wakeman the strategy and vision behind their rebranded digital transformation company Groundswell that was built through three acquisitions over seven months.

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PROJECT 38: Inside Amentum's path forward after rapid expansion

Company no. 12 on our 2022 Top 100 rankings sees its scale and reach as in-line with what government agencies expect of their services providers, as Amentum CEO John Heller explains in this episode of Project 38.

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PROJECT 38: Maximus embarks on its new strategy

Maximus' chief executive Bruce Caswell and federal business leader Teresa Weipert take our Editor Nick Wakeman inside the company's plan to become a leader in citizen services and IT modernization.

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PROJECT 38: Inside Accenture's progress on integrating Novetta

Tiffanny Gates and Ira Entis of Accenture Federal Services update WT Editor Nick Wakeman on the integration of Novetta and where they see that combination taking company no. 13 on our 2022 Top 100 rankings.

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PROJECT 38: How L3Harris wears its 'Trusted Disruptor' hat

Company no. 10 on our 2022 Top 100 rankings views that its embrace of that identity as requiring both internal and external components, L3Harris Technologies executive Sean Stackley says in this episode to our Ross Wilkers.

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PROJECT 38: Lumen's '4th Industrial Revolution' push in the public sector

The "Fourth Industrial Revolution" is about both technological advancement and rapid societal change. It is also in Lumen Technologies' corporate mission and drives its federal strategy as explained to our Ross Wilkers by Zain Ahmed, senior vice president of public sector at company no. 31 on our 2022 Top 100.

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PROJECT 38: How the convergence of digital and physical drive Parsons' growth

Parsons Corp. was born an engineering company in 1944 and still is. But software is also a core component in both federal and infrastructure markets as our Ross Wilkers heard from Peter Torrellas, president of the company's connected communities business.

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PROJECT 38: Why a Top 100 company changed its name after 33 years

CEO Paul Dillahay explains to Editor Nick Wakeman why NCI Information Systems became Empower AI and how the multi-year journey leading up to that new name transformed the Top 100 company.

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PROJECT 38: Why we all need mentor-protégé relationships

People are what really drive success no matter what the latest and greatest technology is. Marketing experts Mark Amtower and Sheri Ascencio share the story of their mentor-protégé relationship with Editor Nick Wakeman and explain why those are so valuable.

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PROJECT 38: Sagewind Capital's story and strategy as a GovCon investor

Private equity in the government market is a two-way street for companies and investors, the latter of which is the focus of this interview with Sagewind Capital's founding partner Steve Lefkowitz and managing partner Raj Kanodia.

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PROJECT 38: CACI's DeEtte Gray offers her best advice to future women execs

DeEtte Gray, president of CACI International’s business and information technology solutions sector, shares with Editor Nick Wakeman her experiences as a female executive coming up through the ranks in the government contracting market and offers her best advice for the next generation of women leaders.

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PROJECT 38: Why enterprise solutions demand a higher level of focus

CACI International's lead IT executive DeEtte Gray describes to Editor Nick Wakeman the focus companies must have to win business and deliver enterprise solutions in today's federal market.

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PODCAST: Today's tech challenges are not just a government matter

Government agencies and commercial businesses are all dealing with today's technology stressors, a point World Wide Technology's public sector leader Bryan Thomas unpacks for this episode of Project 38 with our Ross Wilkers.