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DevCast
by Dev Technology
DevCast, hosted by John Janek, is a show where our team members meet to discuss technology topics and the technical details of implementing IT systems for the federal government. We also have occasional culture discussions on relevant topics or things of interest to our team members.
Episodes
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Revolutionary Tech and Insights from AWS re:Invent 2025
Join Chief Technologist John Janek, Technical Director for Digital Identity & Biometrics Niroop Gonchikar, Technical Director for Partnerships Tiffany Ceasor, and Application Developer Kurtis Miles as they talk about their experience at the 2025 AWS re:Invent Conference. The team highlighted what...
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On the Cutting Edge of AI's Evolution: A Conversation with Mariana Ritchie on the Future of AI Technology
Join Chief Technologist, John Janek, and Data Scientist, Mariana Ritchie, as they discuss various aspects of artificial intelligence from its influence on daily work environments, the use and advancements in technology, and its role in shaping future developments. Mariana discusses her journey at...
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A Conversation on AI Code Assist with Abigail Haddad
In this episode Chief Technologist John Janek has an insightful conversation with Abigail Haddad, a former DHS AI Team member, about the transformative impact of AI on data science and government operations. Abigail shares her transition to contracting from working in the government, and how AI...
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Future-Focused: Tech Insights with Tiffany Ceasor
Join Chief Technologist, John Janek, and Tiffany Ceasor, Technical Director for Partnerships, discuss her new role at the company and tech projects. Tiffany shares her background as a data scientist and AI/ML engineer at Microsoft, and her journey through various roles at Dev Technology…
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2025 Internship Experiences: Bridging Tech and Teamwork
Join Chief Technologist, John Janek, and the summer interns as they discuss technical solutions and their summer project in this second part of their 2025 Internship Experiences conversation. The group shares experiences working on their summer project, which was developing an IT Chatbot to help...
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2025 Internship Experiences: Where People and Technology Meet
Dev Technology’s internship program is an outstanding chance for students to gain practical and real experience working in a modern IT organization delivering solutions for our internal and external clients. Join Chief Technologist, John Janek, as he speaks with our internship leaders and some of...
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Empowering Future Talent: Internship Insights with Dev Technology and the Virginia Talent and Opportunity Partnership
In this episode, Chief Technologist John Janek talks with Christi Porter, Senior Director of Talent Acquisition, and Ashley Crute, Associate for Innovative Work Based Learning Initiatives at the Virginia Talent and Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) on the latest DevCast episode. The conversation...
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The Journey of Zero Trust: Insights and Applications
Join Chief Technologist, John Janek and Technical Director for Digital Security, Niroop Gonchikar, as they discuss the concept of Zero Trust and its practical applications in cybersecurity. They explore its application across various environments, emphasizing the philosophy behind constant...
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It is Art and a Science: How AI Tools Enhance Project Management for Mission Outcomes
Join Chief Technologist John Janek and Darryle Stephens, a program manager at Dev, discuss the integration of AI tools in program and project management. The conversation delves into the practical applications of AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and how it can enhance efficiency in day-to-day…
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Collaborative GovCon: John Ferry's User-Centric Strategies and Industry Trends
Join Chief Technologist John Janek and special guest John Ferry, President of Trenchant Analytics, LLC on the latest DevCast episode. In this episode, Ferry shares his transition from military service to government contracting and elaborates on the challenges and strategies in government...
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Innovative Insights and Reflections from AWS re:Invent 2024
Join Chief Technologist John Janek and Cheryl Casas, an application developer at Dev, as they talk about the AWS re:Invent 2024 Conference held in Las Vegas on December 2-6. In this episode, Cheryl shares valuable insights and lessons learned from the conference including the vendors and...
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Legacy Modernization and AI in 2025
Join Chief Technologist John Janek, Senior Director Becky Crane, and Technical Director for Digital Identity and Biometrics Niroop Gonchikar discuss legacy modernization and AI. They explore the nuances of transitioning from mainframe systems to more modern technology solutions. They highlight…
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Leveraging Innovation and Collaboration to Deliver Mission Success
Join Chief Technologist John Janek, Senior Director Sam Hale, and Principal Application Architect Jay Merrifield talk about their roles on the program and technical side of Dev Technology’s mission delivery work for the government. Sam discusses program management and strategies for exceeding...
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Hungry, Humble and Smart! A Conversation on Dev Technology’s Culture, People, and Community
Join Chief Technologist John Janek and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Madden as they talk about the culture at Dev Technology, our people, community initiatives, and what it’s like to work at the company. Ryan also dives in on this idea of being Hungry, Humble, and Smart and how it shows up within...
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2024 Internship Experiences
Dev Technology’s internship program is an outstanding chance for college students to gain specific and practical experience working in a modern information technology organization delivering solutions for our internal and external clients. Join our Chief Technologist John Janek as he speaks with...
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Everyone Can Innovate Reflections
Coming off our April 5th Catalytic Think Tank event: Everyone Can Innovate, Chief Technologist John Janek and Associate Controller, Tina Ehlers reflect on the event and continued the conversation on innovation. In this episode, they talk about emerging themes surrounding innovations like how to...
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Reflections from the 2024 CES Conference
Join Chief Technologist John Janek and Technical Director for Digital Identity and Biometrics Niroop Gonchikar as they talk about their attendance at the Consumer Technology Association’s CES Conference in Las Vegas on January 7-8. They share insights on the global conference that brought…
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Honoring our Veterans in the Information Technology Space
Coming off Veterans Day on November 11, this month we celebrate all veterans and those Dev veterans working in the information technology space. Join us on this episode with special guest host Renata C. Spinks, CEO of CyberSec International and a former servicewoman, talk with Dev Veterans…
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Reflections On The Grace Hopper Celebration 2023
Join Chief Technologist John Janek and special guest host Lisa Kemes, Senior ServiceNow Architect, talk with Kendall Holbrook, Emma Antonios, Becky Crane, Bethany Hsiao, and Courtney Tyler about their experiences at the 2023 AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration. They have an empowering…
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Digital First at the IRS: A Conversation with Marisa Roinestad
Join our Chief Technologist John Janek and special guest Marisa Roinestad, Technical Project Manager in the International Revenue Services’ Enterprise Digitalization Office on today’s DevCast episode. Marisa talks about her time as a government employee over the last 23 years, working with…
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2023 Internship Experiences
Coming off of Dev Technology’s first-ever TechFest event hosted on July 19, our Chief Technologist John Janek speaks with our internship leaders Casey Acosta, Bethany Hsiao, Josh Lamke and our 2023 summer interns about their experiences, things they are working on, and their intern run Hackathon...
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Reflections from the AWS Public Sector Summit
Join Chief Technologist John Janek and Technical Director for Biometrics Niroop Gonchikar as they talk about their attendance at the AWS Public Sector Summit held in Washington, DC on June 7-8. They share highlights on the conference from using the cloud and AI/ML, to the major themes of...
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Modernizing Tech and Data for People and Talent
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…
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Reflections on the Grace Hopper Celebration 2022
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…
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2022 Internship Experiences
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…
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AWS GameDay
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...
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Your Work Community Matters
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…
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Mental Health Awareness and the Technical Community
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.
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2021 Interns in Review
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...
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A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth
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.
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People-Centric Methods of Increasing Industry-Government Collaboration
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...
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Winning with Women Leaders and Leading the Way
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...
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Kanban vs Scrum
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…
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Ageism: Working Across Generations
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...
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Topics of Interest: Accessibility and Dealing with Misinformation
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...
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Make Stand-up Meetings Work for your Team
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.
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DevCast Black History Month Edition: A look into Micro-Aggression and Code Switching
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.
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Women of Color in Cybersecurity with Renata Spinks and Sherri Elliott
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...
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Planning and Hosting a Hackathon with Jeremiah Akinbohun
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...
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Experiences from a Remote Internship Program
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...
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How Effective Discovery Supports a Successful Cloud Migration
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...
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Preparing for a Cloud Migration
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...
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Using Data Analytics to Improve the User Experience
Adam and John are joined by special guest, John Bobosh of IQ solutions. John specializes in using data analytics for improving websites. John Bobosh discusses how data analytics can be used to improve the user experience of website and applications by using data to identify areas for improvement.
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Agile Transformations with Dr. David Bishop
John and Adam are joined by special guest, Dr. David Bishop, to talk about agile transformations. Dr. Bishop is the founder of the company Agile Worx and recently published a book titled “Metagility: Managing Agile Development for Competitive Advantage.” Topics discussed in this episode include:...
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and the Importance of a Controlled Vocabulary
John and Adam meet with Josh Powers, Dev Technology’s Technical Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Josh discusses the importance of a controlled vocabulary and how the government can make AI/ML a functional part of the customer experience and government service delivery....
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The Future of Fingerprints and Touchless Biometrics
COVID-19 poses many unique challenges to law enforcement agents and officers regarding their safety. Niroop Gonchikar discusses how touchless biometrics could potentially help improve agent and officer safety, and he discusses some of the challenges that still exist with this method of collecting...
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Team Communication and Effectiveness in a Remote Work Environment with Becky Crane and Michelle Scheuerman
Adam and John continue to check in with our teams to see how the initial sudden shift to remote work went, and how the adjustment has been over the past month, and what we can learn from these experiences. Topics discussed include: The mental shift to expecting to see people on video calls, and…
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Making Work Fun through Gamification
John and Adam bring on special guest, Dr. Glenn Platt, to discuss gamification in the workplace, and specifically how to make remote work fun through gamification. Dr. Glenn Platt is the Chair of the Armstrong Interactive Media Studies Program at Miami University in Oxford Ohio, which is a…
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Checking in on a Remote Agile Team with Terry Sherbondy
We are checking in with one of our Project Managers, Terry Sherbondy, to hear about how his team is doing with the move to remote work 100% of the time. Terry’s team is experienced with working remotely, but they still have some challenges to consider for moving forward—like onboarding their…
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The History and Future of Women in IT with Michelle Scheuerman and Becky Crane
The end of March marks the end of Women’s History Month, and to finish out the month, we are replaying an episode that we recorded last year about the history and future of women in IT. When the first programable digital computer in the United States was being developed in the 1940s, computer...
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DevCast, hosted by John Janek, is a show where our team members meet to discuss technology topics and the technical details of implementing IT systems for the federal government. We also have occasional culture discussions on relevant topics or things of interest to our team members.
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