This week on Leaders and Legends, Tom Lash, CEO of Vibrint and an Amazon Web Services veteran, joins host Aileen Black to talk about leading technology teams through rapid growth and change. Lash is a recognized leader in the intelligence technology sector with a 30-year career deeply rooted in serving the national security mission. An engineer by training who holds a patent in intelligent database technology, Lash has extensive experience building technology-focused teams that design and...

Sarah Hess, west coast director of the Silicon Valley Defense Group, and an investor/operator at Lux Capital joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends.  Throughout Hess' career she has focused on national security and leveraging innovative technologies. In her work, she has helped the US and its allies secure democracy through innovation. Previously, Hess served as deputy lead to launch the NATO Innovation Fund, a venture capital fund modeled off of In-Q-Tel During the...

This week on Leaders and Legends, host Aileen Black intervews Lisa Sanders, director of Science and Technology for Special Operations Forces, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (SOF AT&L), U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.  Sanders has over 35 years of civilian federal service. As SOFAT&L director, she is responsible for all pre-programs of record research and development funded activities. During the show, Sanders decribes herself...

Former Google executive Milo Medin joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends. Medin has been part of the Internet development community for almost 40 years. He recently left Google where he was the vice president of access services. During his time there, he worked on a number of projects to improve access to the Internet, building both fiber and wireless networks, and in shaping spectrum policy and products.  Medin holds several patents in the field of network access...

Retired US Air Force Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss the principles of leadership. Throughout his career, General Hinote served at the leading edge of change as he developed novel tactics, revised dated battle plans, reinvented staid organizations, led complex alliances, and disrupted dated doctrine. In his role as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the Air Force, he led a 400-person organization that became "Air Force Futures,”...

This week on Leaders and Legends, host Aileen Black interviews Eric Traupe, a former public sector executive with 30+ years of combined experience in the CIA and the US Marine Corps. Traupe is the former assistant director of the CIA for the Near East and served on the front lines of U.S. counterterrorism efforts for more than 20 years. He remains a trusted advisor to our nation’s highest-ranking leaders, having advised CIA directors, presidents, cabinet and military officials, and members of...

Deborah Sills, consultant and advisor at Debbie Sills LLC, joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends. Sills is a versatile leader with over thiry years of experience helping organizations transform their business through strategy and technology based innovation. Prior to forming her own consulting company, Sills served as the global leader for Deloitte's Government and Public Sector practice and as the leader of its Government and Public Sector (GPS) Sustainability, Climate...

US Navy Rear Admiral Julius S. Caesar (Ret.) joins host Aileen Black on this week’s Leaders and Legends. Admiral Caesar is a career Surface Warfare Officer who has had a distinguished career in the military and industry. He is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI Fellow in Foreign Politics, International Relations, and the National Interest. He has also served as a chief operating officer, sector vice president, senior vice president and general manager in public and privately...

Major General Johnny Davis, commanding general of US Army Recruiting Command and Fort Knox, joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends. During his career, General Davis has served as deputy commanding general for Operations for the 25th Infantry Division, commanding general of the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command at Fort Bliss, Texas, and chief of staff at U.S. Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas. During the show Davis discusses his leadership style which he says is...

Austin Yerks, president and founder of AJY III Government Strategies, joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss leadership and how to solve difficult client challenges. AJY III is a business focused on supporting strategic alliances between commercial firms and agencies of the federal government. Prior to forming his own company, Yerks was president of CSC's North American Public Sector (NPS) Defense and Intelligence Group. He has been a senior executive in the...

US Army Major General Deborah Kotulich joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss how to create a collaborative and productive working environment.

Former National Security Agency deputy director William Crowell joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends, to discuss how to lead during an organizational transformation.

Mark Amtower, founder and managing partner of Amtower & Company and a Washington DC legend in marketing to the government, joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss leadership in government marketing.

Steve Bowsher, president of In-Q-Tel joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss the leadership traits of a successful tech founder.

Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), joins Aileen Black on Leaders and Legends to talk about how to lead with empathy and compassion while still driving results for your company.

Jacqueline Tame, founder of PsiQuantum, and former acting deputy director at the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), joins Aileen Black on Leaders and Legends to discuss how leading with candor and authenticty can help create a postive and healthy workplace environment.

Dan Pelino, co-founder of Everyone Matters and co-author of Trusted Healers joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to talk about the state of the US healthcare system.

Stacy Schwartz, vice president of US Public Sector and Education at RingCentral, joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss the keys to being an effective leader.

Mary Davie, deputy associate administrator for the Mission Support Directorate at NASA, joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss the importance of value based leadership.

Major General Dustin Anne Shultz joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss how to be a transformational leader at your organization.

Anne Altman, CEO of Everyone Matters,  joins Aileen Black on Leaders and Legends to discuss leadership and how to lead during times of crisis.

Former federal CIO Tony Scott joined host Aileen Black on Leaders and Legends to talk about crisis leadership and how to lead during challenging times.

Hampton University President and retired Lieutenant General Darrell Williams joins Aileen Black on Leaders and Legends to discuss leadership and why people are the key to any organization's success.

Retired Lieutenant General Mary Legere joins Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to share the leadership lessons she learned during her long military career.