Publications

At Federal News Network’s Cloud Exchange 2024, Adam Grandt-Nesher, then Managing Director of GSA’s Cloud Adoption and Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence, joined USDA Digital Service Executive Director Arianne Gallagher-Welcher to discuss the future of federal digital services. The panel covered how cloud adoption, making agency data accessible across systems, and customer-centered design together allow agencies to offer the public a single, consistent experience across online and phone channels.

At the Nextgov/FCW Cloud Summit 2023 on October 19, Adam Grandt, then Acting Executive Director of GSA's Centers of Excellence, joined a panel on cross-agency collaboration around cloud-enabled technologies. Moderated by Defense One Senior Editor Lauren Williams and joined by former International Trade Administration CIO Joe Paiva, the panel explored how agencies can identify partnerships, build stakeholder buy-in, and set shared standards and best practices to collaborate on cloud at scale.

At Nextgov/FCW's CyberSmart Summit 2021, Adam Grandt, Managing Director of GSA's Cloud Adoption and Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence, sat down for an exclusive interview with Nextgov Senior Editor Aaron Boyd to discuss the unique security challenges public sector organizations face in the cloud. The conversation covered how agencies store data in the cloud, the threats cybercriminals pose to that data, and the approaches leaders have found most effective for protecting cloud infrastructure.

This GovForward webinar examined how the shift from Cloud First to Cloud Smart lets agencies rethink processes and workloads to drive digital transformation. Adam Grandt, Director of GSA's Cloud Adoption and Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence, joined NASA Associate CIO for Transformation and Data & Chief Data Officer Ron Thompson and ServiceNow's Hayri Tarhan to discuss using a platform approach to digitize manual processes, gain new visibility without reengineering legacy systems, and introduce new technologies and security practices while revitalizing workforce skills.

ACT-IAC's Agenda 2021 Presidential Election Project, Delivering Outcomes, Building Trust, assembled cross-government recommendations to help the incoming administration improve services and operations. Adam Grandt contributed to the project's work on transforming infrastructure and managing risk, offering recommendations aligned with his infrastructure modernization experience at GSA's Centers of Excellence.

This FedScoop article examined how the coronavirus pushed agencies to involve chief information security officers more directly in technology adoption. Adam Grandt-Nesher, director of GSA's Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence, described during an ATARC webinar how agencies shifted from a handful of VPN licenses to tens of thousands almost overnight, and how the CoE is helping CISO shops streamline authority-to-operate processes for SaaS tools and treat workforce reskilling as part of their mission.

Federal News Network's Executive Briefing Series, Leaders in Innovation: Cloud Edition, brought together cloud leaders from across government and industry to discuss how agencies are putting business first and creating standards to control cloud creep and secure data. Amiad 'Adam' Grandt-Nesher, Director of Infrastructure Optimization at GSA's Centers of Excellence within Technology Transformation Services, joined CIOs and CTOs from DOJ, SEC, CBP, USPS, State, and NSF to examine what belongs in the cloud, what should stay on-premise, and how hybrid environments work best for each agency.

At ATARC's Emerging Technology Virtual Conference, held June 11, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cloud and Infrastructure track examined how government was adopting cloud during the crisis. Adam Grandt, Director of GSA's Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence, joined the Cloud Panel on Migration to discuss the hurdles government cloud adopters face, the cloud services available during migration and sustainment, and whether commercial cloud features for migration assistance meet federal needs.

In this ATARC Visionary Panel, Adam Grandt, Director of GSA's Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence, joined government and industry peers to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the need for, the importance of, and the challenges around reskilling the federal technology workforce.

Nearly a year after Cloud Smart became official policy, this GovExec webcast gathered government and industry leaders to discuss practical approaches to managing multi-cloud complexity. Adam Grandt, then Director of GSA's Cloud Adoption and Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence, joined State Department Cloud Programs Director Brian Merrick and executives from ViON and Dell to share how agencies are pursuing application rationalization, cloud security, financially sustainable procurement, and the workforce needed to support a multi-cloud strategy.

In this Logic Magazine interview, conducted in late May 2020, Adam Grandt-Nesher discussed strategies for modernizing legacy infrastructure, the transition from the private to the public sector, and the challenges and rewards of government technology. The conversation traces his path from programming as a child in Israel through his work on mainframe modernization for the U.S. federal government.