Episodes

This week, Bonnie is joined by Kristina Botelho, an esteemed contracting and agreements officer for the Air Force, to discuss the ins and outs of SBIR and STTR programs. With nearly 15 years as a contracting officer, Kristina...

In this bonus episode, Bonnie Evangelista joins Tyler Sweatt on the All Quiet on the Second Front podcast to discuss how Tradewinds and the CDAO are transforming conventional procurement models and streamlining the dealmaking...

This week, Bonnie Evangelista dives into the cutting-edge world of defense cybersecurity with co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of Shift5, Mike Weigand. As a former army officer turned cybersecurity pioneer, Mike has taken ...

This week, Bonnie Evangelista is joined by John Wargo, CTO, and Jason Robinson, Solutions Architect, from Beast Code for a deep dive into the world of digital twins, cybersecurity, and the unique challenges of innovating with...

This week, defense acquisition powerhouse Sharothi Pikar joins Bonnie Evangelista for a deep dive into the world of defense acquisition. As the Deputy CDAO for Acquisition at the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Offi...

This week, Bonnie is joined by Cody James, founder of Open X, a startup ushering in a new era of industrial training. A robotics programmer turned successful entrepreneur, Cody is here to share his journey navigating the intr...

This week, Bonnie sits down with Will Roberts, Director of Emerging Technologies at ASI Government and former Acquisition Lead of CDAO, to talk about what it takes to become a procurement champion. Will shares a fun yet educa...

Today, Bonnie Evangelista sits down with the founders of Distributed Spectrum, Alex Wulff, Ben Harpe, and Isaac Struhl, to dive into their defense tech startup journey. They share their insights on developing a product for en...

This week, Bonnie sits down with Alex Miller, Senior Science and Technology Advisor for the Army Chief of Staff, for a deep dive into data architecture, AI implementation, and the ever-evolving landscape of technology in the ...

Mike Pansky, Chief Product Officer at IntelliBridge, sits down with Bonnie Evangelista this week to talk about how to keep up with and scale emerging technology. Mike shares his own journey navigating the challenging landscap...

In this bonus episode, Bonnie Evangelista discusses the inefficiencies in government contracting and how we can leverage the power of AI and LLMs to reduce workflows from 3 months to 30 minutes. She shares insights on definin...

This week, retired Lieutenant General Jack Shanahan, the first director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, joins Bonnie Evangelista to discuss the beginnings and momentum of the JAIC. They explore the challenges and...

Captain Shawn Cooper, XVII Airborne Corps Innovation Officer, joins Bonnie Evangelista this week to talk about how the Corps is building connective tissue to support bottom-up innovation, scale soldier ideas, and integrate th...

This week, Bonnie Evangelista is joined by special guest, Lt. Gen. (ret.) Michael Nagata, former Director of Strategy for the National Counterterrorism Center and retired United States Army veteran with a storied 38-year care...

This week, Bonnie Evangelista sits down with Bill Wilder, NCOIC for XVIII Airborne Corps Data Activities, to talk about the importance of bottoms-up military innovation. They talk about the current pipeline for soldier-orient...

In this episode, Stephanie Wilson, Agreements Officer with the Army Contracting Command (ACC) Rock Island, joins Bonnie Evangelista to explore and demystify the complexities of the contracting process. They talk about how to ...

This week, Bonnie sits down with Vince Pecoraro, Lead Program Manager for the DAF Digital Transformation Office, to explore the concept of speed in government contracting. Vince shares his insights on the need for faster deli...

This week, we break down the defense playbook with Brigadier General Jasper Jeffers III, Deputy Director for Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism. He dives into lessons learned from the infamous Patriots vs. Seahawks Supe...

In this episode of Defense Mavericks, Bonnie is joined by Dr. Dolores Kuchina-Mucina, Chief Disruptor at REXOTA Solutions and an expert in practicing and executing other transaction authorities (OTs). They explore the misconc...

AI Proficiency is now Defense Mavericks! We’re excited to take this show to the next level as we hone in on the untapped potential of AI within the federal government. Join us as we dive into authentic and disruptive conversa...

Join us for another episode of ‘AI Proficiency: Turning Tomorrow into Today’ to hear an insightful discussion with Krista Kinnard, Director of Innovation and Engineering at U.S. Department of Labor OCIO. Across the department...

Join us for another episode of AI Proficiency: Turning Tomorrow into Today to hear a conversation with Dr. Ola Olude-Afolabi, AI PM & Visionary at the Office of the Chief Technology Officer in the U.S. Department of Commerce....

On today’s episode of AI Proficiency: Turning Tomorrow into Today, we are joined by Drew Malloy, Technical Director of the Cyber Development Directorate for the Defense Information Systems Agency. Drew sat down with us to d...

Join us for another episode of AI Proficiency: Turning Tomorrow into Today to hear a conversation with Jade Baranski, Co-Founder and CEO of Mobilize. Since entering the world of technology, Jade has been inspired by the immen...