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Join our Chief Technologist John Janek and special guest Colonel Kristin Saling, Director of the Commanding General's Innovation Cell at the US Army's Human Resources command on today's DevCast. We'll be covering tech, data, and a little bit of insight on how we can and should start thinking about leveraging disruptive and emerging technologies in all the areas where we work.

Join John Janek as he talks with Kendall Holbrook, Becky Crane, and Lisa Kemes about their experiences at the 2022 AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration. They have an incredible conversation about self-organizing women, empowering conversations with people, and using technology to make things better for all.

Dev Technology's internship program is an outstanding chance for college students to gain specific and practical experience working in a modern technology organization delivering solutions for our internal and external clients. Join our Chief Technologist John Janek as he speaks with our internship lead Ariana Snyder and our 2022 summer interns. They discuss their experiences, things they worked on, and their key takeaways from the summer.

Join our Chief Technologist John Janek as he interviews our Unicorns4DTG team about their participation in a recent AWS Public Sector GameDay event. Niroop Gonchikar, John Gilbert, Jay Merrifield, and Jing Wu recount an incredible experience before and during their nine million point game. Listen for great insights on the importance of diverse teams, diverse technical solutioning, and the critical delivery of value at speed and relevancy.

Join John Janek, Kendall Holbrook, Emma Antonios, Tina Ehlers, and Kurtis Miles for a conversation about why your work culture matters, how having a safe place to work is the one thing you absolutely need to look for in a workplace, and how and why Dev Technology provides this. We're also proud to share an announcement for an award we've won every year since its creation and why this award is so meaningful.

May is Mental Health Awareness month, and we're pleased to cap it off with a DevCast Culture podcast discussing individual and team resilience within our tech community. Join Sherri Elliott, John Janek, Emma Antonios, and special guest Damien McCombs for a discussion on mental health and resilience.

At Dev Technology, our internship program is one of the highlights of the year. This year, we're kicking off our incoming internship season with a podcast with our interns from last year. Come join Adam D'Angelo, our internship team leads, and our 2021 interns for a discussion on what our 2021 interns experienced and the type of work they had the opportunity to collaborate on.

Join us on this special DevCast celebrating Black History Month as Sherri Elliott talks with Kyle R. Williams and Kamal Carter about their work through A Long Talk to empower and activate others in the fight against racism.

Collaborating together produces great solutions for government, and in this DevCast John Janek talks with Jeremy Wood (host of "The Geek Within"), Jeremiah Akinbohun, and Casey Acosta about the impact of the many opportunities for industry and government collaboration through the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC). If you're in GovTech, you won't want to miss this episode!

We wrap up 2021 with a recap of some of our amazing accomplishments this year and tips for women in technology. Dev Technology's CEO, Kendall Holbrook, Vice President of Advanced Technical Solutions, Michelle Scheuerman, and Director and Women in Technology at Dev Chair Becky Crane join Sherri Elliott and John Janek on DevCast Culture to discuss what it’s like being a woman in technology and how Dev Technology supports women in the company.

Joyce Carr Schwab returns to discuss two Agile frameworks Dev Technology uses in our contract delivery for the federal market: Scrum and Kanban. She and John Janek discuss which is best in different situations, and how to focus on delivering value for your clients regardless of framework. Read her accompanying blog post at https://devtechnology.com/2021/12/choosing-the-best-agile-framework-to-do-the-job/

In this episode of DevCast, Sherri Elliott kicks off our DevCast Culture series by embarking on a conversation around ageism in honor of International Day of Older Persons (Oct. 1). Does the speed of technology make ageism worse in our industry? Does youth, or even youthful appearance have a negative cultural connotation in government? Join Sherri, Todd, Christi, John, and Monica for a conversation that spans generations.

Adam D'Angelo and John Janek welcome Joyce Carr Schwab back to discuss topics of interest to Dev Technology and our DevCast listeners. The first discussion comes from a study that found 30% of the federal government domains studied don’t meet standards for accessibility, and Joyce uses her knowledge as a certified 508 trusted tester to help explain why this is a problem. Next, a discussion about a study that shows that now more than ever, students need to be prepared to deal with misleading information.

Adam D'Angelo and John Janek welcome special guest Joyce Carr Schwab to talk all things Agile. They spend time discussing lame daily stand-ups and how to improve them, as well as an upcoming special feature series on Agile practices and techniques with Joyce at the helm.

Sherri Elliott returns to DevCast with to discuss the topics of discrimination, micro-aggression, and code switching. Anita Hall, Jeremiah Akinbohun, Monica Evans, Atif Choudary, and Kurtis Miles discuss their experiences with these issues in the workplace. 

In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness month, we decided to speak on the topic of Women of Color in Cybersecurity. Sherri Elliott, Senior Project Manager and Information System Security Officer joins John Janek as a guest host to interview Renata Spinks, Cyber Technology Officer (CTO), Senior Executive Service Member for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Forces Cyberspace Command. We discussed Ms. Spinks journey thorough IT and Cybersecurity, including her highs and lows, and what she believes needs to happen for women to continue to break through barriers.

Our team decided it was time to shake up everyone’s Zoom fatigue with a hackathon. One of the newest members of Dev Technology’s Technical Development Program took the lead for shaping this event. Jeremiah Akinbohun discuss the benefits of hosting a hackathon, and how it can be of value to more than just your technical team members.

This year, Dev Technology was prepared for a class of six interns as part our Internship Program. But then everything went remote, and we had to adjust. Our Intern Leadership Team was quick to make changes for a successful program. John and Adam bring our Intern Leadership Team and our class of interns on this episode of DevCast to hear directly from them on topics including: Key aspects of the program that enabled a good experience for the interns What it was like to work remotely as a new intern The most valuable aspects of their experience How their education prepared them for their internship How they will apply what their learned to their classes this year Guests on this episode include: Ariana Snyder, Talent Acquisition Business Partner Gina Blacutt, Human Resources Specialist Casey Acosta, Business Analyst Bethany Hsiao, Project Intern Roshan Mathew, Project Intern Chelsea LeSage, Project Intern Kurtis Miles, IT Support Intern Bianca Cifelli, Business Operations and Business Development Intern Sam Kobayashi, Talent Acquisition and Human Resources Intern

John and Adam continue their discussion about cloud migration, this time focusing on discovery. If you are going to move an entire enterprise to the cloud, there is a lot to figure out. But what exactly does discovery entail? And how can discovery be used to identify quick wins to start migrating systems to the cloud immediately? They also discuss how an integrated procurement component can increase success in federal cloud migrations. Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes. Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.

The current pandemic has shown how important remote-first cloud approaches are for an organization. But tackling a cloud migration can be a daunting task. John and Adam discuss how to develop a strategy by breaking down the migration process to into quick wins so your organization can iterate and learn to achieve a better solution. They also discuss the importance of engaging users into the process and how to approach that task, as well as the importance of taking a “One Team” approach. Contact John and Adam at devcasters@devtechnology.com with your questions for future episodes. Visit www.devtechnology.com to learn more about Dev Technology.