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| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 36 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BusinessTechnology | |||

Modernization isn’t just a technology problem—it’s a funding model, risk model, and governance problem. In this episode of Optimize, Chris Hamm talks with Vaughn Noga, former EPA Chief Information Officer, about what it takes to modernize in governme... more
What’s really changing in the GovCon bid and contracts landscape—and what does that mean for the people doing the work? In this episode, host Chris Hamm brings the evaluator viewpoint (1,000+ proposals reviewed across written evaluations, orals, demo... more
In this episode of Optimize, host Chris Hamm sits down with Lisa Grant, a veteran acquisition leader whose career spans mission-critical federal contracting and senior procurement leadership, including serving as Deputy Clerk and Chief Procurement Of... more
In this episode of Optimize, host Chris Hamm sits down with Soraya Correa—former Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Procurement Executive at the Department of Homeland Security—to get specific about what it actually takes to modernize acquisition f... more
In this episode of the Optimize Podcast, host Chris Hamm sits down with David Rothzeid — Principal at Shield Capital, U.S. Air Force reservist, and former acquisition lead at Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) — for a candid look at how protests, OTAs, an... more
In this episode of the Optimize Podcast, host Chris Hamm (CEO, FIN Acquisitions & former SES at GSA AAS) sits down with Robert (“Bob”) Niewood, a career GSA acquisition and systems leader turned consultant, to unpack how federal procurement actually ... more
Rob Burton brings over three decades of legal and procurement experience to this candid episode of the Optimize Podcast. In conversation with host Chris Hamm, Rob dives into the growing use of AI in bid protests—some of which are generating “hallucin... more
Guest:
Alan Thomas, Founder of AlphaTango Strategies & Former Commissioner, GSA FAS
🎧 Host:
Chris Hamm, CEO of FIN Acquisitions & Former SES, GSA AAS Defense
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In this episode of the Optimize Podcast, host Chris Hamm kicks of... more









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