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Business Chief USA October 2019

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FOREWORD<br />

W<br />

elcome to the <strong>October</strong> edition<br />

of <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Chief</strong> <strong>USA</strong>.<br />

In our cover feature this month,<br />

we travelled to Washington D.C. to<br />

interview the United States Air Force.<br />

In our exclusive interview with the<br />

federal government, Nicolas<br />

M Chaillan, <strong>Chief</strong> Software<br />

Officer at the US Air<br />

Force, discusses the<br />

launch of the<br />

DevSecOps initiative<br />

amid significant<br />

technological change.<br />

“This is game changing<br />

for us,” affirms Chaillan. “The<br />

current process takes around six<br />

to eight months for someone to be<br />

granted access to a cloud to deploy<br />

software there.”<br />

Nicolas M Chaillan,<br />

US Air Force<br />

under-payed throughout the tech<br />

space, and how increased gender<br />

parity could add $12trn to the global<br />

economy by 2025.<br />

Also in the magazine are in-depth<br />

features with SAP Global Center of<br />

Excellence, City of Aurora,<br />

FireEye, Plaza Construction,<br />

Patelco Credit Union and<br />

YMCA of San Diego<br />

County that you won’t<br />

want to miss!<br />

Finally, be sure to check<br />

out this month’s City Focus<br />

on Houston as well as a countdown<br />

of the top 10 hotels in the United States,<br />

according to Travel and Leisure.<br />

Enjoy the issue!<br />

03<br />

Our leadership piece showcases<br />

technology leader, Helen Knight,<br />

as she takes an extended look at why<br />

women are underrepresented and<br />

If you have a story to tell, please email<br />

harry.menear@bizclikmedia.com<br />

Harry Menear<br />

www.businesschief.com

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