Recently, the Department of Defense’s Brigadier General Michael Brogan weighed in on a heated topic: poaching of federal contractors. For other takes on the issue, here are some additional perspectives: Renny DiPentima, former CEO, SRA “Poaching” was a constant issue when I was CEO, including “poaching” by the government. While poaching by other government contractors [...]
When you think “networking,” words like “self-promotion” may come to mind. If so, it’s time to rethink your strategy. Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra offered a compelling counter-strategy in a recent talk before a group of entrepreneurs in Burlingame, Calif. His approach? Call it selfless networking. That approach has been so successful for Chopra, he credits [...]
The time is now for business intelligence in government. Obama’s call for greater transparency proves as much. So does the appointment of a first-ever chief performance officer. Helping to meet the need is CadenceQuest, an Arlington, Va.-based company that provides BI solutions to top retailers such as Staples and CVS. CadenceQuest is also becoming a [...]
Transparency has been a buzzword of the Obama administration from day one. “We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency,” wrote Obama in a memo released the day after he was sworn in. Still unclear is what transparency actually means, and how the government contracting community should position itself [...]
ExecutiveBiz members have been treated to some great presentations from Web2.0 experts, including some who have succeeded in implementing Web2.0 capabilities in very large organizations. Two of the greatest presenters who have interacted with us are Chris Rasmussen and Sean Dennehy, pictured here. After engaging with them in our venue and tracking how Web2.0 technologies [...]
In his classic work describing the state of the Chief Technology Officer discipline ”The Role of the CTO”, Tom Berray of Cabot Consultants articulates four models of CTOs: The Infrastructure Manager The Big Thinker The Technology Visionary and Operations Manager The External-facing Technologist These well defined models were based on discussions with hundreds of technologists [...]
