DevCast

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 they learned from the conference including significant trends and innovations including AI advance...

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 the company, touching on her early projects building ML pipelines to diving into the rapid progress an...

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 tools like ChatGPT have revolutionized data analysis and project efficiency. John and Abigail discuss th...

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, including business development and data architecture. The discussion highlights her latest project, the Executi...

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 assist the company’s internal departments. The interns discuss their approach of building the bot from...

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 our summer interns as they explore the intersection between people and technology, the unique aspects...

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 highlights the significance of the internship experience for students in the state. Ashley discusses V-TO...

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 authentication and authorization to enhance security. The conversation includes insights from Niroop's experi...

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 tasks like meeting transcription, scheduling, and research. Darryle shares his journey of adapting to using...

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 contracting. He also highlights the importance of understanding both users and customers and navigating the com...

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 innovations that help support her work on the cloud team at Dev. She also highlights the positive experience of...

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 how legacy systems are a critical part of the information technology infrastructure including strategies...

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 expectations by design, sharing insights on proactive contract transitions, Dev’s workforce management str...

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 the Dev culture and why we look for it when it comes to potential candidates. It is also reflective in...

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 our internship leads Bethany Hsiao and Mariana Ritchie, Senior Director of Talent Acquisition Christi P...

Coming off our April 5 th 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 increase leaderships appetite for innovation, measuring success and failures, building trust and psycho...

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 together over 130,000 innovators, industry, and leaders across the tech landscape. John and Niroop share their...

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 Darryle Stephens, Clement Yang, and Chris Kennedy about their experiences and skills from active duty, their...

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 conversation about women in technology at Dev and in the industry, reflect on our Top Companies for Women in Techn...

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 partners and subject matter experts for project success, and the IRS’ Scanning as a Service project, digitali...

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 project. Dev Technology’s internship program is an outstanding chance for college students to gain spec...

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 optimization, FinOps, continued modernization tracks, and distributed design systems that was present in the co...

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 o...