Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC

On this episode of Accelerating Government, host Dave Wennergren turns the microphone inwards and talk with the leaders of the ACT-IAC staff on upcoming ACT-IAC opportunities, insights on the federal market and the value of supporting good government work.  Guests:Carol Miller, chief corporate revenue officer, ACT-IAC. https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-miller-9459b3126/  Kisha Hemphill, chief experience officer, ACT-IAC. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kisha-hemphill-ms-cmp-pmp-4569869/  Tom Scanlon, chief financial officer, ACT-IAC. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-scanlon-99469/  Gary Washington, chief strategy officer, ACT-IAC. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-washington-995413a5/   Additional Resources:To learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Accelerating Government, host Dave Wennergren talks with a group of leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs who were the recipients of a 2026 ACT-IAC Innovation Impact Award for the “Ophthalmology Deep Learning AI Software” initiative.Guests:Manuj Kapur, M.D., VISN 7 CRH staff ophthalmologist (staff ophthalmologist at Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System). https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuj-kapur-ba88a1166/Amber Goetschius, M. Ed., RT, project manager - program analyst (director, VHA Innovation Ecosystem Fellowships). https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambergo/Brian Goldhagen, MD, attending Ophthalmologist, Bruce W. Carter VAMC, Miami FL, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami, Miami FLAmmer Saati, M.D., mathematical statistician, Atlanta VA R&D April Maa, M.D., Tele-Surgical director for VISN 23 CRH. https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-maa-06857539/  Additional Resources:To learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Accelerating Government, host Dave Wennergren talks with a group of leaders about ACT-IAC’s recently released Federal HR Management Technology Market Research Report.Guests:Jim Cook, founder and CEO, Action to Impact Strategies, LLC and chair, ACT-IAC Institute for Innovation.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cook-10ab23a/Gary Washington, chief strategy officer at ACT-IAC, former USDA CIO and past president of the American Council for Technology. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-washington-995413a5/Mark Abel, vice president, Capture and Strategic Growth and Go to Market Executive for Workforce Solutions, Maximus Federal. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-abel-2ab9931/Steve Krauss, principal, SLK Executive Advisory LLC and long-time ACT-IAC volunteer leader.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-krauss-b9b22/Additional Resources:To read the ACT-IAC Federal HR Management Technology Market Research Report: https://www.actiac.org/documents/federal-human-resource-management-technology-market-researchTo learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode, host Dave Wennergren talks with our 2026 Innovation Champion award winner Brittany Gains from CMS and Innovation Impact Award winners Rita Martess and Christopher Wong from TRM Labs.Guests:Brittany Gaines, special assistant, CPI Front Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-gaines-79a657121/ Rita Martess, Blockchain Intelligence, TRM Labs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-martess/ Christopher Wong, Global Investigator, TRM Labs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-wong-93b082285/  Additional Resources:To learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Accelerating Government, host Dave Wennergren talks with our 2026 Innovation Champion award winner, Rachel Schwind, from ASI Government, on the innovative CX work they’ve undertaken with TSA, and then chats with Jim Cook about the innovation awards program. Guests:Rachel E. Vincent Schwind, director, Strategy and Organization Development, ASI Government. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-vincent-schwind-pmp-acp-ccmp/ Jim Cook, founder and CEO, Action to Impact Strategies, LLC, Chair, ACT-IAC Institute for Innovation and ACT-IAC Strategy and Engagement Executive.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cook-10ab23a/ Additional Resources:To learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.