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