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The Contracting Experience
The Contracting Experience connects government contracting professionals to the world around them through conversations with acquisition influencers, insights into evolving hot topics, and by sharing lessons learned from the field.
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The Contracting Experience - Episode 72: Accidental Entrepreneur: Lauren Wittenberg Weiner's unruly success, from military spouse to hundred-million dollar CEO
This episode of The Contracting Experience welcomes Lauren Wittenberg Weiner, Founder and CEO of WWC Global, a company that grew from a small military...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 71: Timeless Wisdom: Tom Wells's 12 Enduring Principles for Contracting Success
This episode of The Contracting Experience welcomes Tom Wells, a retired member of the Senior Executive Service with over 35 years of Air Force acquis...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 70: Other Transaction Authority - Driving Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships with NSTXL and Navy Crane
This episode of The Contracting Experience explores the world of Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs) and their role in driving innovation within the...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 69: More than contracting - Maj. Gen. Alice Trevino on leadership, service, and the importance of "THINK"
This special episode of The Contracting Experience bids farewell to Maj. Gen. Alice Trevino, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, Office of the...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 68: From Data to Digital: Transforming Air Force Acquisition with contracting and finance data specialists
This episode of The Contracting Experience dives into the evolving landscape of data utilization within the Air Force, featuring Jon McGugin from the...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 68: Tackling the toil, putting minutes on mission - An AI outlook in Air Force Acquisition – Part 2
In this second installment of our conversation with Alexis Bonnell, we explore more practical applications of AI for the acquisition workforce. In thi...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 65: Commercial Solutions Opening Center of Excellence
In this episode of The Contracting Experience, we sit down with Elizabeth Midkiff and Kori McNabb from the Secretary of the Air Force/Acquisition Poli...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 64: Providing Insight into the Small Business Administration: A Conversation with the SBA Director of Government Contracting
In this episode, we partner with the Small Business Directorate, Air Force Materiel Command, and welcome our Small Business Co-Host, Marcy Bain, as we...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 63: CHANGE for the better!
In this episode, we sit down with Sara Leslie and Nate Armstrong, Co-Chairs of the CHANGE organization at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as we...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 62: Contracting is a team sport - a conversation with Tony Everidge
In this episode of The Contracting Experience, we are joined by Tony Everidge, Executive Director, Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Wright-P...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 61: Education with Industry - Insights from the 2023/2024 Fellowships
In this episode, we are joined by Capt. Ariel Parker and Senior Master Sgt. Ryan Ledford, two Air Force contracting professionals fresh off their fell...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 60: Setting the Tone at the Top – A Conversation with Maj. Gen. Trevino
In this episode of The Contracting Experience, we welcome Maj. Gen. Alice Trevino, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, Office of the Assistant...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 59: Providing Insight into the AbilityOne Program
In this episode, we welcome two guests to highlight the benefits and importance of the AbilityOne Program. Marine Corps veteran and outreach coordinat...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 58: A conversation with Tom Wells: ‘Good enough for government work’
In this episode of The Contracting Experience, we sit down with Tom Wells, a retired member of the Senior Executive Service with over 35 years of Air...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 57: A Conversation with the Air Force Office of Special Investigation
In this episode, we sit down with Special Agent Chris Graham, Director of Operations, Procurement Fraud Detachment, Air Force Office of Special Invest...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 56: The Program Manager Perspective
This episode of The Contracting Experience features Shane Boulware, Program Manager, for Airborne Warning and Control System E-3 Modernization Branch,...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 54: Introducing the new AFMC Contracting Technical Director
This episode of The Contracting Experience features a discussion with Robin Harrah, the new Contracting Technical Director at the Air Force Materiel C...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 53: A discussion on artificial intelligence
This episode of The Contracting Experience focuses on artificial Intelligence with guest Lt. Col. Dan Finkenstadt, an officer in the Air Force Contrac...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 51: The Great Power Competition and Air Force Contracting
In this episode of The Contracting Experience podcast we sit down with Head of Air Force Contracting, Maj. Gen .Alice Trevino. Trevino talks about the...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 50: Education With Industry
In this episode, we sit down with Capt. Alicia Binggeli, Heather Carino, and Capt. Oleksandr Bakuta who are Air Force contracting professionals who ha...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 49: Acquisition Toolbox – Elizabeth Midkiff, Laura Fuller, Justin Lyles
In this episode, we learn about the Air Force Acquisition Toolbox. There are three contracting folks that are part of this conversation. Two of the in...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 48: Critical Thinking – Roger Westermeyer
In this episode, we sit down with Roger Westermeyer, Director of Enterprise Solutions Support at the Air Force Installation Contracting Center. Roger...
The Contracting Experience Episode 47: Contract Data Specialist Positions
In this episode, we sit down with Rob Lorton, Branch Chief for Data eUtilization within the Air Force Materiel Command Contracting Digital Division....
The Contracting Experience - Episode 46: Career Perspective – Col. Eric Obergfell
In this episode, we sit down with Col. Eric Obergfell, Deputy Director of Contracts, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. Obergfell explains what p...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 45: Contracting Conversations: A Defense Acquisition University Podcast
This guest episode features the Defense Acquisition University’s (DAU) Contracting Conversations podcast hosted by DAU Department Chairs, Jim Valley a...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 44: The AFMC Strategic Plan with Gen. Duke Z. Richardson
In this episode, we sit down with Air Force Materiel Command Commander, Gen. Duke Z. Richardson. Richardson talks about visiting many AFMC centers an...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 43: CON-IT Update
In this episode, we sit down with two Air Force Contracting professionals leading the adoption and transition to CON-IT. Jay Olson comes to us from SA...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 42 Alignment, Prioritization & Simplification
This episode of the podcast is with Head of Air Force Contracting, Maj Gen
Alice Trevino and podcast guest interviewer and future Contracting...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 41: Follow-up: Collaborating with Industry
AFMC/PK Podcast Episode 41: Follow-up: Collaborating with Industry -
Chelsea Fulham & Abby Doorn
In this episode, we follow-up w...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 40: Sharpen the Claw
This episode of "The Contracting Experience" (TCE) podcast features a conversation between F-16 Systems Program Office (SPO) Director Col Timothy Bail...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 39: The Ghost Program
In this episode we sit down with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Program Manager, Maj. Paul Weisgarber, and Procurement Contracting Officer, No...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 38: Establishing Something New
What can you learn from establishing a new contracting squadron? For the first time in Department of Defense history, there was a transfer of a milita...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 37: Taming Task Lists, A Special Coaching Episode
In this episode, Certified Professional Coach and host, Amber Pecoraro, talks about a topic that she has worked on with Contracting Supervisors:
The Contracting Experience - Episode 36: Collaborating with Industry
In this episode, we sit down with Chelsea Fuhlam and Abby Doorn who are Air Force Contracting professionals doing Education with Industry (EWI) fellow...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 35: Digital Engineering via the Leadership Log Podcast
In this episode, we feature another great Air Force Materiel Command podcast. It is Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s podcast, The AFLCMC Leade...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 34: Accelerating Commander’s Initiatives – Kimberly Norman and Barbaralee Mariano Kelleher
This episode features Air Force Materiel Command's Commander's Initiatives Group Director Kimberly Norman, and Procurement Analyst Barbaralee Mariano...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 33: CON-IT Transition – Jay Olson
In this episode, we sit down with Chief of the Contracting Business Systems Division under the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting),...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 32: Digital Transformation – Kyle Hurst
In this episode, we sit down with the Department of the Air Force Digital Transformation Office Chief, Kyle Hurst. Hurst talks about the mission of th...
The Contracting Experience - Episode 31: The Acquisition Instructor Course
In this episode, we talk to the Commandant of the Acquisition Instructor Course or AQIC, Col. Steve Smith. The Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force di...