Defense Mavericks

The Incentive to Accelerate with Nicolas Chaillan, Former First U.S. Air Force and Space Force Chief Software Officer

Apr 11, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Problem With Retention of Tenants on the Government Side

2min

The Importance of DevSecOps in Software Development

5min

The Importance of Continuous ATO in Software Development

3min

The Importance of Forgiveness

2min

The Entrepreneur Mindset in Contracting

2min

The Legacy of a Small Group of People

2min

The Pain Point of Non-Traditional Onboarding in the Government

5min

The Importance of Scalability in Agile

2min

10.

The Importance of DAU in the Defense Acquisition University

5min

11.

The Disgrace of Atlassian as an Enterprise Service

2min

12.

The Importance of Training

2min

13.

How to Bring Chatbots to the Government

5min

14.

The Disruption of AI in China

2min

15.

Cooey's Security Elements

2min

16.

How to Be a Successful JADC to CSO

2min

17.

Zero Trust in the Air Force

3min

18.

The Cost of Open AI

5min

19.

The Importance of Flexibility in Congress

4min

20.

The Importance of Top Cover

3min

21.

AI Proficiency Turning Tomorrow Into Today

2min

On today’s episode of AI Proficiency: Turning Tomorrow into Today, we are joined by Nicolas Chaillan, the former first U.S. Air Force and Space Force Chief Software Officer. Nicolas sat down with us today to discuss his early work with the Department of Homeland Security, Platform One, and the legacy his incentives have left within the department. Tune in to learn more about how the government should prioritize modernization in order to catch up to industry’s innovations, and why it’s so necessary to accelerate the measures taken to ensure national security.

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