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Competitive Intelligence – A critical tool for A&D and Federal leadership to bring clarity to strategic planning
Competitive Intelligence – A critical tool for A&D and Federal leadership to bring clarity to strategic planning
For what seems like as long as collective memory allows, the Federal Government has not enacted the regular…
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Derek Heiss reposted thisDerek Heiss reposted this𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Over the past few days, several Kellogg-WHU alumni from #KW23 embraced a new #LifelongLearning opportunity by joining the 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 in Portugal. Designed for senior leaders, the five-day program combined academic exploration of AI and behavioral science with Portugal's rich cultural traditions. The academic sessions were led by world-class professors Sergio Rebelo and Alexander Chernev, bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas into the classroom. For our alumni, however, the experience was about more than continuing their education. It was also an opportunity to reunite with their peers, strengthen relationships built during their Executive MBA, and continue their #HighImpactLowEgo journey together. And learning extended well beyond the classroom. The group experienced the Portuguese harvest firsthand at a local vineyard- from picking grapes to discovering the winemaking process. New knowledge, shared experiences, and lasting connections: this is what lifelong learning within the #KelloggGlobalNetwork is all about. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐖23 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬! #KelloggLeader #KelloggWHUforyou #EMBA #LifelongLearning
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Derek Heiss shared thisI’m excited about our new Booz Allen Hamilton + Andesite partnership because it’s focused on a practical question: How do we give defenders the speed and scale of AI without giving up human judgment? By combining Andesite’s Human-AI SOC with Booz Allen’s cyber expertise and mission experience, we can help security teams move from drowning in alerts to identifying what matters, investigating faster, and making higher-confidence decisions. This is what I believe the best technology partnerships should do: combine complementary capabilities to solve a problem neither company could solve as effectively alone. That’s a partnership worth building. #Cybersecurity #AI #AICybersecurity #NationalSecurity #Partnerships #BoozAllen #Andesite https://lnkd.in/eVvmrVA3
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Derek Heiss shared thisGovernment buying is evolving from who sells the technology to who makes the technology work. As agencies contract more directly with defense and commercial tech providers, the premium shifts to integration, adoption, and mission execution. The future belongs to ecosystem builders - last mile missionization becomes the strategic advantage. #boozallen #defensetech #partnershipsBooz Allen's view of itself in a world of more direct tech contractsBooz Allen's view of itself in a world of more direct tech contracts
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Derek Heiss reposted thisDerek Heiss reposted thisA16Z American Dynamism presents: Ulysses. Mariana Minerals. Radiant. Coming soon.
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Derek Heiss shared thisExcited about the latest from Corsha. Identity-first machine2machine security is foundational to AI, autonomy, and mission systems. Booz Allen Hamilton invested in Corsha last year and we have been growing our partnership since then. Looking forward to seeing Corsha continue to shape secure, zero-trust infrastructure for the future.Derek Heiss shared this📣 NEWS: Corsha Builds Out Leadership Team to Secure the Industrial AI and Data Revolution Today we announced that Corsha welcomes Melissa Keohane as Chief Operating Officer Kevin Bocek as Chief Product Officer Eric Kumar taking on an expanded role as Chief Customer Officer With investments in modernizing manufacturing, critical infrastructure, and defense accelerating, Corsha is at the center of connecting operational technology (OT) and defending against a rapidly evolving threat landscape. To fuel this next phase of innovation and growth, Corsha is thrilled to expand its executive team. “We envision a wildly more prosperous, productive, and safe world where defense, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure can securely connect to the AI and data revolution. Corsha unlocks customers to identify and securely connect every machine that manufactures, controls, processes, and transports to the AI and data revolution. I'm thrilled to welcome Melissa and Kevin to the Corsha team, and see Eric take on an expanded role as we help secure more customers, said Anusha Iyer, CEO and Founder of Corsha. 📈 Leading our operations and continued growth, meet Melissa Keohane, our new Chief Operating Officer... “Corsha has built a team, culture, and platform that’s changed how we secure our world and it’s proven out every day by the excitement and support that Corsha customers show. I am delighted to dive in and continue building out Corsha’s talent and operations for innovation and growth." -- Melissa Keohane 🤖 Driving the next chapter of our product strategy, meet Kevin Bocek, our new Chief Product Officer... “As a member of the Corsha Advisory Board, I’ve loved watching how Corsha approached long standing problems in OT with fresh, new thinking to solve customer problems. Using the proven power of Machine Identity, Corsha is helping critical industries go beyond traditional OT networking and security limitations. It’s an exciting next step to come on board and help the Corsha team protect more customers." -- Kevin Bocek 🤝 Expanding our commitment to customer success, congrats to Eric Kumar on his expanded role as Chief Customer Officer... “I am thrilled to step into this new role as we are witnessing a pivotal shift in the OT security landscape. I look forward to driving success for our customers by delivering secure connectivity to the environments that need it most. By leveraging identity security, we are empowering these organizations to safely connect, innovate, and scale." -- Eric Kumar Corsha securely connects the operational systems that run our world. Corsha is forging a new identity-driven approach to OT security to stop attacks in real time, operate with agility, and modernize with confidence. Read the full news here: https://lnkd.in/eYsm-wbd #Corsha #IndustrialIdentity #OTSecurity #ICSsecurity #CorshaTeam
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Derek Heiss shared thisAcross 3,389 test runs, one widely used Chinese model produced 130% more vulnerabilities when framed as coding for a U.S. government agency, while the American model did not. Many of these flaws passed standard scanners, revealing why single‑shot acceptance tests fail to capture distribution‑level behaviors. Join my #BoozAllen cyber colleagues, Brad Medairy, Justin P., and Eric Syphard when they discuss the latest What's in America's Code research and what it reveals about AI-generated software, software supply chain risk, and today's evolving cyber landscape. Register for the webinar: https://lnkd.in/eHTsFPpQ
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Derek Heiss shared thisI may have been on vacation last week, but my amazing colleagues on the AWS Partnerships team (Alexis Larson Lundeen, Molly Rose Kirby (Malaney)) were hard at work at AWS DC Summit. At #AWS Summit DC, #BoozAllen showcased mission-ready tech built to strengthen cyber defenses, accelerate decision-making, and extend AI-powered capabilities from the tactical edge to space.
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Derek Heiss shared thisBooz Allen has entered into an agreement to acquire the Ultra I&C Mission Solutions business, a defense tech leader in mission-critical software, encryption, and edge compute technologies. Together, Booz Allen and Ultra Mission Solutions will expand access to mission-ready technologies that drive greater scale, interoperability, and impact for customers across domains and around the world. https://lnkd.in/epy_nTfE
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Derek Heiss shared thisI had the opportunity to join some of my #BoozAllen colleagues at last week's #Databricks Data + AI Summit and one thing was clear: the AI race is shifting from building models to building trusted, interoperable platform ecosystems. Announcements like Genie One (agentic coworker for business data and processes), Genie Ontology (contextual, real-time knowledge graph that grounds AI agents in enterprise data), and Agent Bricks (expanded autonomous, multi-step AI agent building) demonstrate how quickly the focus is moving toward governed, enterprise-scale AI that can be deployed securely and responsibly. For those of us in public sector partnerships, delivering mission outcomes won't be about a single platform—it will require technology providers, systems integrators, and government working together to operationalize AI at scale. The future belongs to open collaboration, strong governance, and partner ecosystems that can accelerate innovation while maintaining trust, security, and measurable impact. Super excited, indeed!
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Derek Heiss liked thisDerek Heiss liked thisThis week, HCL Group celebrated its 50th birthday. HCLTech is one of many companies proud to be part of the HCL family, and it's been great to see our 200,000+ people celebrate the milestone by sharing stories of our past and committing to the next 50 through a "journey to the moon" competition, where we tracked our activity in an app (and massively surpassed) the 384,000 km distance to the moon. Just hitting the five year mark myself, I'm thrilled to have played a small part in our evolution. A group of our marketing leadership gathered together this week, and we spent hours telling our origin and journey stories. No surprise - but what got us here, and what keeps us engaged, is the people and the culture. Cheers to everyone, especially our founder Shiv Nadar, chairperson Roshni Nadar and CEO & MD Vijayakumar C. #HCL50 #TheNext50
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Derek Heiss liked thisDerek Heiss liked this𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Over the past few days, several Kellogg-WHU alumni from #KW23 embraced a new #LifelongLearning opportunity by joining the 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 in Portugal. Designed for senior leaders, the five-day program combined academic exploration of AI and behavioral science with Portugal's rich cultural traditions. The academic sessions were led by world-class professors Sergio Rebelo and Alexander Chernev, bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas into the classroom. For our alumni, however, the experience was about more than continuing their education. It was also an opportunity to reunite with their peers, strengthen relationships built during their Executive MBA, and continue their #HighImpactLowEgo journey together. And learning extended well beyond the classroom. The group experienced the Portuguese harvest firsthand at a local vineyard- from picking grapes to discovering the winemaking process. New knowledge, shared experiences, and lasting connections: this is what lifelong learning within the #KelloggGlobalNetwork is all about. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐖23 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬! #KelloggLeader #KelloggWHUforyou #EMBA #LifelongLearning
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Derek Heiss liked thisDerek Heiss liked thisVantor has been awarded a contract by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific to support maritime domain awareness missions across the Indo-Pacific. Through Maritime Sentry, Vantor will deliver AI-powered vessel detections, satellite imagery and maritime intelligence to support the Indian Navy and regional partners participating in the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness. Maritime Sentry helps users identify and monitor vessels—including “dark vessels” that turn off, manipulate or never transmit AIS signals—by analyzing characteristics visible in satellite imagery. Learn more about Maritime Sentry: https://lnkd.in/gptkVCGX
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Derek Heiss liked thisDerek Heiss liked this#Congratulations to Marc Melkonian on joining Parsons Corporation as Vice President of Business Development for the Defense Engineering Solutions Sector. Marc brings extensive experience in strategic capture, growth and business development across the defense and national security markets. Prior to Parsons, he held several leadership roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, most recently serving as director of strategic capture and growth for its National Security Sector. Best wishes to Marc in his new role. #ExecutiveMoves #GovCon #BusinessDevelopment #Parsons
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Derek Heiss liked thisThis is a big one for the Federal market. As agencies move AI into production, there won’t be one model for every mission. Dynamically routing to the right model — while maintaining consistent security, governance and control — is going to be critical. Excited to see Kong and NVIDIA coming together here. A lot more to come.Derek Heiss liked thisKong is teaming up with NVIDIA to make intelligent model routing easier for enterprises building agentic AI. 🤝 With NVIDIA NeMo Switchyard integrated into Kong AI Gateway, organizations can dynamically route AI requests to the right model for the job - optimizing for cost, performance, and quality while maintaining centralized control and governance. The result? Smarter model selection, better token economics, and more efficient AI infrastructure, without adding complexity for developers. See how Kong AI Gateway + NVIDIA NeMo Switchyard are bringing intelligent LLM routing to production: https://bit.ly/45ljuX8
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Derek Heiss liked thisDerek Heiss liked thisBig week at Babel Street. Last week we officially kicked off our work with Google—and I’m incredibly excited about what we’re setting out to build. This is an opportunity to rethink what the next generation of AI-powered adversarial risk intelligence can look like—and build the foundation to make it real. Great teams. Big ideas. Ambitious roadmap. Now we get to build it. More to come. Stay Tuned!
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Derek Heiss liked thisDerek Heiss liked thisUnity has joined the Alliance for OpenUSD 🎉. This is an exciting step toward learning how to enable USD in Unity Workflows (we already have some ideas) and contributing to the standard. https://lnkd.in/eCH6fgDZAlliance for OpenUSD Drives Global 3D Data Interoperability and Agentic AI Workflows with New Core Specification Milestones and MembersAlliance for OpenUSD Drives Global 3D Data Interoperability and Agentic AI Workflows with New Core Specification Milestones and Members
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Derek Heiss liked thisDerek Heiss liked thisLast week, I had the pleasure of accompanying a group of our students for their 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. Walking onto the #Evanston campus, you suddenly see what a global network can really look like. People from different parts of the world, different industries, and different backgrounds, all in the same place. A network that stretches across continents, campuses, and cultures. For our #KW29 cohort, this was the first time meeting their peers from across the #KelloggGlobalNetwork in person and getting a first glimpse of just how far this network reaches. For me, it was an opportunity to share the week with dear colleagues from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA, Guanghua-Kellogg Executive MBA Program, Kellogg-HKUST EMBA. And, perhaps most importantly, to see our students become part of something much bigger than their home campus. I am already looking forward to the next time we come together, when we get to welcome our colleagues and students to #Vallendar and have the honor of being their hosts. If you are considering the Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA and would like to learn more about the program, the people, and the network behind it, I would be very happy to connect. Schedule a 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭 and let's have a conversation: https://lnkd.in/g_MtNQPC
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