What's Working in Washington

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What's Working in Washington - Ep 239 - Why supply chains are pivotal in times of disaster - Rosemary Johnston Jun 10, 2018

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Rosemary Johnston, senior vice president of operations at Savi Technologies, talks about how the chains of marketing, delivery, and in-transit visibility are vital for the dispersion of everything from breakfast cereal to the most dire supplies in humanitarian crises.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 238 - Filling the gaps in DC's cyber community - EXTRA Jun 03, 2018

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To understand how D.C.'s cyber technology community is growing and shaping the economy, we talk to Dr. Erran Carmel, professor at the Kogod School of Business; Jennifer Thornton, director of workforce initiatives at the Greater Washington Partnership; and Rob Terry, senior writer at the Washington Business Journal. Topics discussed include digital convergence, widening the talent pool, and spurring economic growth through the cyber industry.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 237 - Tech talent comes from more than just a computer science degree - Zuri Hunter May 31, 2018

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Zuri Hunter, front end engineer at open-source mapping platform Mapbox, talks about how the D.C. region's wide range of meetups, hackathons, and boot camps helped her gain experience and skills in the tech industry. Hunter explains that by diversifying the backgrounds of future developers, companies can tackle problems in new and innovative ways.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 236 - The startup giving education loans to international students - Manu Smadja May 29, 2018

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Manu Smadja, co-founder and CEO of MPOWER Financing, talks about how his company provides crucial student loans to international students that are in America's top universities. MPOWER has helped hundreds of students from across the world access the education that they strive for.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 235 - Riding the cryptocurrency wave in the DC region - Charlie Kiser May 27, 2018

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One of the most interesting up-and-coming technologies in the region is in the field of cryptocurrency. To talk about how the technology has a murky, but promising, future, we're joined by Charlie Kiser, CEO of Atlas Cloud Enterprises.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 234 - Teaching smart people how not to get scammed online - Pam Holland May 24, 2018

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Pam Holland, founder of Tech Moxie, talks about her company's efforts to teach people to use technology safely and effectively. Holland also explains how online scams like phishing can be so dangerous--and so convincing.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 233 - The student-built app helping physical therapy patients - Benjamin Pikus May 22, 2018

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Today we're joined by Benjamin Pikus, founder of MoTrack Therapy, a company that’s using motion tracking and gamification to assist patients with physical therapy exercises. Pikus and his group recently won a competition between 100 of the region's top student-led startups.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 232 - Gene technologies are making strides to cure terminal illnesses - Jeff Galvin May 20, 2018

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Jeff Galvin, CEO and founder of American Gene Technologies, discusses how new technologies in the realm of gene therapy are able to use viruses to heal terminal illness. Galvin believes that, within the next ten years, a large swath of terminal cancers and monogenic diseases can be effectively treated with these methods.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 231 - How DC is helping drone technology reach new horizons - EXTRA May 13, 2018

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For today's EXTRA episode, we speak with Anne Swanson, an attorney with Wilkinson Barker Knauer; Matt Scassero, director of the University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft System test site; and Mark Ryan, CEO of the Ryan Media Lab to learn about the wide variety of applications drones have, the regulatory and technological hurdles facing them, and how the greater Washington area is the perfect confluence of solutions to many of these problems.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 230 - Surprising findings from a new cybersecurity entrepreneurship survey - Erran Carmel May 10, 2018

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Professor Erran Carmel, American University's director of the Center for Business in the Capitol, discusses the results of a wealth of data suggesting the D.C. region is one of the largest in the world for cybersecurity. Other statistics discussed help show that while the region is still struggling on some key issues, it's holding firm as a great place for entrepreneurship.

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