AFCEA New Horizons Diversity Series - Accelerating Change! Presents Mr. Jimmy Smith, Director, Office of Small Business Programs Department of the Navy. Mr. Jimmy D. Smith assumed the responsibilities of the Director for Small Business Program in June of 2019. He serves as the chief advisor to the Secretary on all small business matters. Mr. Smith has been charged with overseeing small business acquisition policy; strengthening government and...

A discussion of using Artificial Intelligence innovation to create cutting-edge Predictive AI, Image Recognition, and Reinforced Learning. About our Speaker: Greg McGregor is sought out for his expertise in innovation and technology. Leading the industry in Artificial Intelligence and AI innovation with the creation of cutting-edge Predictive AI, Image Recognition and Reenforced Learning. With a reputation of being ahead of the curve in techno...

The future of warfare rests on the ability of the armed forces to extract and unlock actionable insights from data to gain an advantage over adversaries on the battlefield wherever it may be--land, air, sea, cyberspace, or Space. To that end, the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is working on tools to help in joint, all-domain operations. JAIC officials have reported the center is involved in the Air Force’s A...

The AFCEA Intelligence Committee Webinar Series will look at the latest intelligence and security issues facing the nation. These conversations will feature members of AFCEA’s highly regarded Intelligence Committee, a volunteer group of public- and private sector intelligence professionals dedicated to strengthening government, industry, and academic collaboration for a safer future. The series will focus on identifying the most promisin...

AFCEA International's Changing Face of Federal Acquisition webinar series is a comprehensive and practical exchange of information providing important ground truth for knowing where to be from an acquisition perspective. This is about traditional contracting practices, streamlined procurements, rapid acquisitions and more! Brought to you by AFCEA's Small Business Committee. It seems like every day there is another notable acquisition within th...

On Thursday, 4 February, from 1130-1230, the Greater Omaha Chapter of AFCEA will receive a virtual presentation by Mr. Michael A. Lechtenberger, Chief Information Officer, Mutual of Omaha, Omaha NE. In this role, Mr. Lechtenberger oversees all of Mutual of Omaha’s technology, applications, information security and systems infrastructure. The topic of the presentation will be the tech talent crisis and actions Nebraska is taking to addres...

The recompete of one of the most important small business IT services, GWACs, is right in front of us. Polaris will host billions of dollars in federal technology services work throughout the 2020s and into the 2030s. GSA has indicated that they will use a scorecard methodology to decide which companies will be prime contractors on these vehicles for the next decade. BD Squared’s Stephanie Mitchell and Brian Friel, who have supported win...

AFCEA New Horizons Diversity Series Presents Ms. Caroline Mailloux, an independent consultant on designing organizations for diversity, belonging, and innovation. As part of AFCEA New Horizons, we are proud to bring you a Diversity series featuring speakers discussing the importance of diversity and inclusion in STEM and Technology. On January 27th, we welcome Ms. Caroline Mailloux, an independent consultant on designing organizations for dive...

CompTIA CySA+ is the only intermediate high-stakes cybersecurity analyst certification with both hands-on, performance-based questions and multiple-choice questions. The new CySA+ (CSO-002) course is now available (CS0-001 retired in October 2020). Get a jump start on updating your resume with the new CompTIA CySA+ Certification! · CySA+ focuses on the candidates ability to not only proactively capture, monitor, and respond to network t...

AFCEA Bethesda's January Breakfast Webinar: Speed and Security at Scale Adversaries are getting faster and smarter as they target the nation’s critical infrastructure, attempt to steal critical data from federal agencies, and launch malware and crippling denial of services attacks against government entities and municipalities. Meanwhile, the growth in the number of devices connecting to government networks and increase in a distributed,...