Meet the Innovators: Jay McNallie, Director of Product Development

Today, we’re pleased to introduce Jay McNallie, Director of Product Development. Jay has been with Octo since 2015 and supports the Chief Technology Officer’s (CTO) organization. A critical part of innovation conducted at Octo’s oLabs™ R&D facility, Jay works to understand customers’ problems and finds solutions that work, including the OctoCX™ suite of products designed to bring 360° situational awareness to users even at the tactical edge.

Achieving Search Success: Meshing Data with User Friendly Search Experiences   

We’ve learned a bit about Data Mesh recently, and Octo offers its data mesh solution with processes and tools to address data management challenges. Let’s flip the script now and talk about how we can improve customer digital experiences in our applications by “meshing” all this data into user friendly search experiences — in other words, “Just give me what I’m looking for” in two clicks or less.

Meet the Innovators: Elvira Bianco

We’re pleased to introduce Elvira Bianco, Senior Consultant and Training and Change Management Lead for the General Services Administration, Contract Acquisition Life-cycle Management (GSA CALM) program. Elvira has been with Octo for 20 months and offers an interesting take on creativity and innovation.

Meet the Volunteers: Josi Brown

It’s a core value of Octo’s – seva, meaning serving a greater purpose. And it’s why we have such a strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) program providing opportunities for employees from all locations and backgrounds to collaborate on activities that make a difference. In this series, we feature employees who are giving back by offering their time and expertise. Meet Josi Brown.

Meet the Innovators: Jason Smith

Meet Jason Smith, a Senior Project/Program Design Manager in Octo’s Department of Defense/Intelligence Community Business Unit.

Meet the Interns: Aashish Gatamaneni 

Aashish Gatamaneni is a rising senior majoring in business information technology at Virginia Tech. Aashish loves traveling, playing basketball, and watching sports and anime. What else interests this talented intern? Read on.

Meet the Interns: Caitlin Tran

Here at Octo, we value innovation and rising professionals. We’re excited that we’ve had a new group of talented interns join us this summer and that we’ve been able to highlight them in our series, Meet the Interns. In our last installment, we turned the spotlight on Calvin Nguyen, a Mechanical Engineering major at George Mason University and an admirer of Stephen Hawking. Today we introduce Caitlin Tran, a rising senior graduating in 2023 with a computer science degree from Virginia Tech.  

Federal Government Organizations Should Adopt Data Mesh Now

Federal government organizations should become early adopters of data mesh because most stand to benefit from pivoting from a traditional approach to data mesh as soon as possible. 

Meet the Interns: Calvin Nguyen

In this installment of Meet the Interns, we feature Calvin Nguyen, a Mechanical Engineering major at George Mason University, who loves cruise ships, football, video games – and innovation!

Meet the Innovators: Gwen Forkin

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