Podcasts about united states digital service usds

Join host Brian Fox as he interviews Frank McNally, an acquisition strategist with the United States Digital Service (USDS), about the pivotal role of procurement in government tech modernization. Frank shares insights from his career, spanning from the TSA to private consulting and now USDS, where he helps agencies tackle modernization challenges alongside top designers and engineers. He highlights the Digital IT Acquisition Professional training program and the importance of “failure as an option” to foster agile, adaptable solutions. Tune in for valuable insights into the evolving landscape of federal acquisition.

Florence Kasule is the director of procurement at U.S. Digital Service (USDS), and leads a team focused on   building amazing digital experiences for the American public by modernizing the acquisition process. Jordan Ginn is Director of Talent Acquisition for United States Digital Service (USDS) and initially joined the organization  in 2016 under the Obama administration to make sure the organization that rescued Healthcare.gov remained fully staffed with top talent from the private sector. On this episode, Florence and Jordan speak with AfroTech's Will Lucas about getting a tech job inside the White House, securing a government contract for your small business, and why tech disruption on the federal level takes so long. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 95, Rajkumari Neogy, Executive Coach at iBelong, joins Melinda in an in-depth discussion about how exclusion and epigenetics, the study of how behavior and environment can affect the way our genes are expressed and inherited, can impact our sense of belonging. They explore meaningful practices of empathy and representation to address transgenerational trauma and recover the affected parts of our brains from discrimination, racism, and other stressors that destroy our psychological safety. Rajkumari also suggests how managers and employees can work better together to create pathways for healing and cultures of belonging in the workplace. About Rajkumari Neogy (he or she)Rajkumari has worked with organizations worldwide, including HelloSign, Slack, Glympse, Salesforce, Gainsight, Twilio, Google, Guidewire, Intera, WhiteOps, Trumaker, Stratus, Ever AI, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wells Fargo, Cisco Systems, Facebook, United States Digital Service (USDS), Shuddle, HopSkipDrive, Autodesk, Amazon, and Adobe. In 2013, S/He founded iRestart, which provides expertise in the areas of leadership development and organizational epigenetics. S/He is the creator of the iRestart coaching framework, the Disruptive Diversity Boot Camp, and the author of The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self.Possessing a rare blend of techno-babble and touchy-feely, Rajkumari brings my keen insight and systems-thinking perspective to provide holistic and integrative solutions when addressing complex problems. S/He believes that the qualities of passionate self-reflection and dedicated curiosity (two sides of the same coin) define true leadership.Find Leading With Empathy & Allyship useful? Subscribe to our podcast and like this episode!For more about Change Catalyst, and to join us for our monthly live event, visit https://ally.cc. There, you'll also find educational resources and highlights from this episode.Connect With Rajkumari Neogy On SocialLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rneogyConnect With Us On SocialYouTube: youtube.com/c/changecatalystTwitter: twitter.com/changecatalystsFacebook: facebook.com/changecatalystsInstagram: instagram.com/techinclusionLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/changecatalystsProduction TeamCreator & Host: Melinda Briana EplerCo-Producers: Renzo Santos & Christina Swindlehurst ChanCreative Director @ Podcast Rocket: Rob Scheerbarth[Image description: Leading With Empathy & Allyship promo and photos of Rajkumari Neogy, a French-Canadian/East Indian nonbinary person with short salt and pepper hair and a navy blue button-down with a black suit jacket; and host Melinda Briana Epler, a White woman with red hair, glasses, and orange shirt holding a white mug behind a laptop.]Support the show

Today, in the Invent Like An Owner Podcast, Dave speaks with Eric Benson to discuss his myriad early software engineering projects at a time when Amazon was rapidly growing as a company. He implemented Book Matcher (which didn't last long) and the Similarities feature, and later built the original version of Weblabs that helped test which Amazon features were optimal. Eric also mentored many of the new software engineers, and later worked to port Amazon from Digital Unix to Linux (along with Bob Vadnais, and others).Eric Benson joined Amazon in 1996 as the 5th software engineer. He is currently a Software Consultant at United States Digital Service (USDS), a government agency composed of a group of technologists from diverse backgrounds working across the federal government to transform critical services for the people. Episode Resources: Eric Benson's LinkedIn and Twitter Find Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter What to Listen For: 00:00 Intro 02:39 Amazon's multi-day outage in 1997 05:15 Back then there was no backup server, just one customer database 07:09 Joining Amazon in 1996 10:00 Improving the website software was one of the first tasks 12:52 Book Matcher: people get recommendations after posting a rating 15:36 Developing the Similarities feature 24:10 Instant Recommendations    25:31 Promoting unusual items to show up in recommendations 27:00 Building v1 of Weblabs 34:16 People get burned out when there's too much information 37:34 CatSubst is putting marks in the HTML file to notify the software it serves 39:44 Experimenting between showing 3 and 5 similar items 41:09 Is every new feature slowing down the site? 42:54 The biggest problem with CatSubst 45:11 The hardware cost per unit was very high 49:21 Hardships of the engineering team while using Linux 53:27 Rufus the Dog and several site launches 57:26 Helping new engineers with language and coding 01:01:13 Software engineering at Amazon was too advanced for packaged software solutions from 3rd parties 01:04:05 From a small business to becoming a huge company

On this episode of Black Tech Unplugged I want you to meet Zeryn Sarpangal (Chief Financial and People Officer at Code for America), Chris Kuang (Co-Founder and Director of Operations of Coding it Forward), and Andréa Viza (Director of Talent for the United States Digital Service (USDS)). These 3 individuals are leaders in the civic tech sector and it is about time that you not only learn about these civic tech rockstars, but also learn about civic tech as a career path. So on episode 041 you hear all about what is civic tech, how you can get into the sector, and how they are walking the walk when it comes to hiring diverse candidates. *Note: This episode comes courtesy of a panel I moderated back in September. You can watch that panel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcYvJggxOCU Community vote for Black Tech Unplugged's SXSW panel: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/111059 Full show notes here: https://blacktechunplugged.com/2020/11/12/ep-041-civic-tech-unplugged/ ————————————————————————- Stay Connected with Black Tech Unplugged: www.twitter.com/blktechunplged www.instagram.com/blacktechunplugged www.facebook.com/blacktechunplugged www.linkedin.com/blacktechunplugged blacktechunplugged@gmail.com ————————————————————————- Use the hashtag #BlackTechUnplugged on IG & Twitter to discuss this & other episodes!t

A sense of belonging is a human need. People need personal connections to feel accepted and supported. Without it, the feeling of exclusion can create toxic environments at home and at work.   According to my guest, the key to these personal connections to feel accepted and supported can come from the traits, tragedies, and traumas of our ancestors for over 200 years in our cellular biology.   Rajkumari Neogy is an epigenetic coach and executive consultant who approaches belonging from a neurobiological view - how getting in touch with any deep-rooted trauma can help dismantle toxic work cultures.   Rajkumari has worked with my organizations worldwide, including HelloSign, Slack, Salesforce, Gainsight, Twilio, Google, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wells Fargo, Cisco Systems, Facebook, United States Digital Service (USDS), Shuddle, HopSkipDrive, and Amazon.   In 2013, s/he founded iRestart, which provides expertise in the areas of leadership development and organizational epigenetics.   Rajkumari is also the creator of the iRestart coaching framework, the Disruptive Diversity Boot Camp, and the author of The WIT Factor: Shifting the Workplace Paradigm by Becoming Your Optimal Self.   Rate, Review, & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts   "Love Molly's podcast in both style and substance. She is emblematic of what every public relations leader should hope to be: completely in command of her subject matter and bold / brave in the way she conveys her wisdom ... A regular must-listen on my list of favorite podcasts."   Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’m also adding bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out.   Subscribe now.   Links mentioned in this episode: The Biology of Belonging (6-week boot camp) Epigenetics with Rajkumari Neogy Safe and Sound Protocol Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain's Capacity for Healing. Book by Sarah Peyton   © Molly McPherson 2020

Sherika Ekpo (she/her), a native of the D.C. Metropolitan area, joined Google as the Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lead for the Artificial Intelligence and Research product area. Prior to Google, Sherika served as the Head of People Operations at the United States Digital Service (USDS). Sherika has over 15 years of experience and a diverse set of skills in recruiting, data analysis, diversity, training and public policy. She has worked in both the public and private sectors with enterprises such as JP MorganChase, General Electric, and the Department of Homeland Security, just to name a few. She received her Masters of Business Administration from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland and Bachelors of Business Administration from Howard University.    Outside of her professional experiences, she is a loving wife to Anyanime, and mother of three children, Oshae, Amari, and Ayanna. In her spare time, she loves to travel, spend time with friends, and watch Grey's Anatomy. 

Can you dampen friction in the bureaucracy-laden, ego-filled halls of the United States government? Yes-- you can, says Jennifer Anastasoff. As head of people for the United States Digital Service (USDS), a non-partisan tech group in the federal government created to better deliver government services and improve the lives of people in America, Anastasoff looked for people who cared about the USDS mission more than their own glory. In this episode, Anastasoff and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton talk about the importance of working behind the scenes to build consensus, and valuing results over recognition.

[Kevin Carter](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinrcarter/), Digital Service Expert with the United States Digital Service (USDS) joins us at the Pentagon. We'll engage in a discussion about how customer and employee experience concepts can be combined to improve government services for agencies across government. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Dan Pink Article](https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/04/07/manage-talented-people-bossing-around/) - [President's Management Agenda](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Presidents-Management-Agenda.pdf) - [Move.mil](https://www.move.mil/) - [USDS Fall 2017 Report to Congress](https://www.usds.gov/report-to-congress/2017/fall/) - [USDS Digital Services Playbook](https://playbook.cio.gov/) - [User Research Is Not Illegal, Uncle Sam (Erie Meyer)](https://medium.com/@ErieMeyer/user-research-is-not-illegal-uncle-sam-51f2f92a280a) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

Cloud computing can help government organizations increase innovation, efficiency, agility, and resiliency—all while reducing costs. This session highlights perspectives on how small, highly empowered United States Digital Service (USDS) teams within the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are breaking down innovation barriers, tackling mission-critical operations, and delivering more value with the cloud in highly regulated, unclassified environments.