MindSET

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How does technology allow us to adapt to a rapidly changing world? Join host Shaunté Newby as she speaks to people passionate about finding solutions to complex problems facing our world today. How do we apply IT infrastructure to modern-day space exploration? What’s a zero-trust strategy and how do we actually adopt it? What’s the future of AI trust? We’ll be engaging in conversations with some of Leidos’s brightest minds to answer these questions and more.

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Episodes

Big Robot Boats with Donnelly Bohan

On this week’s MindSET episode, Leidos Vice President and Maritime Systems Division Manager Donnelly Bohan talks about her work and experience in maritime autonomy, or as her team calls it “big robot boats.” Donnelly tells us about her role working with Sea Hunter, the Leidos designed and built Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV), which became the first ship to successfully autonomously navigate from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and back without a single crew member onboard, except very ...

Jun 04, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Rapid Prototyping Success through an Exceptional Team

How passionate are you about your work team? Are they the reason you joined the company and what makes your work exceptional? In this episode of MindSET, we are talking with Trip Ferguson, Director of Manufacturing at Dynetics, a Leidos company. “I want to be surrounded by the smartest people in the industry, and I believe Dynetics provides that, and I feel very confident that the resources will be available for me to succeed.” Trip leads the team responsible for safety, quality supply and manuf...

May 21, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Digital Modernization with Doug Jones

Today on MindSET we’re speaking with Doug Jones, Director of Leidos Digital Modernization Accelerator. Doug has spent almost 20 years working in this arena. He started off with a focus on large scale, mission critical, software systems for the government, in particular for DHS and the FBI and delivering these projects. He then pivoted into information technology and cloud DevOps, before taking a sojourn into running cyber operations for DHS. Now he’s working out of the Leidos corporate technolog...

May 07, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Practical Measures for COVID-19 Prevention

As many contemplate how to safely return to work, this week’s MindSET explains what proactive and preventative measures one company has taken to protect employees and customers from the transmission of COVID 19. QTC, a Leidos company and the largest provider of medical disability and occupational health exam services in the United States, has continued to operate throughout the coronavirus pandemic to deliver its mission critical services. In this special podcast episode, Grant Kim, CEO of QTC, ...

Apr 23, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Software Factories and Maintaining a Great Culture with Mike Raker

If great culture is what you look for in an organization, then you should look no further than Leidos. Today we talk with Mike Raker, Vice President and Chief Engineer for Leidos, specializing in C4 operations. Mike has worked at Leidos for over 19 years and having been involved in a number of different positions, from modeling and simulation ops research, to software development, he considers himself blessed to have had such a wide ranging career with so many different opportunities working in ...

Apr 09, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Combatting Coronavirus with Dr. Donald Kosiak

The world is shutting down: travel is curtailed, socialising is taboo, shops are closed, COVID-19 has every community, globally, in a state of panic. And if there's ever a company designed to step into the void and say, “we're here to help”, it's Leidos. “Because of the depth and breadth that Leidos can bring to the table, particularly around disease surveillance, the processing of new medications, new technologies to be applied in the healthcare space, we think we're at a unique advantage to he...

Mar 26, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Separating Science From Science Fiction in AI with Ron Keesing

“I’ve always been fascinated with AI - an early opportunity for me professionally was to work with NASA on a spacecraft mission called Deep Space, where we built the first software that could actually control a deep space mission. It was such an exciting experience - it ignited a lifelong passion in me for working with AI.” Ron Keesing, Vice President and Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Leidos is a huge advocate of AI and ML and today shares with us his passion for ho...

Mar 12, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introducing MindSET

Introducing MindSET launching in March 2020. For more information, visit https://www.leidos.com/mindset

Mar 02, 2020•2 min

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