Mike Pansky, Chief Product Officer at IntelliBridge, sits down with Bonnie Evangelista this week to talk about how to keep up with and scale emerging technology. Mike shares his own journey navigating the challenging landscape of piloting, prototyping, and contracting new technology at scale in the DoD. Tune in to learn all about tangible strategies and tactics for incentivizing systems integrators and the DoD as a whole to bring the best technology forward.

TIMESTAMPS:

(1:56) Mike’s career path from defense to commercial tech

(4:27) What chokepoints to avoid when scaling a defense startup

(7:36) How to create quick entry points via piloting or prototyping

(10:07) How to identify the real “sherpas” in the department

(14:05) Is it fair to ask industry to be the knowledge source?

(18:00) Working with the right Systems Integrators

(24:24) Why the government can’t pivot fast

(28:00) Key wins we’re seeing in defense innovation

LINKS:

Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepansky

Follow Bonnie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-evangelista-520747231/

CDAO: https://www.ai.mil/

Tradewinds AI: https://www.tradewindai.com/

Scaling Technology Adoption with Mike Pansky