This week on the Ameritocracy show, host Troy Edgar is joined in Washington, D.C. for an insightful conversation with Michael Parrish, Chief Acquisition Officer and Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Mike serves as a senior advisor to the Secretary and leads over 17,000 acquisition professionals, responsible for the Department’s $58 billion Supply Chain spend and over $100 billion in major programs. Mike and his team support the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States, providing care at over 1,200 healthcare facilities, to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA healthcare program.

Tune in for a deep dive into how the VA is adopting innovative procurement strategies and maintaining flexibility to respond to changing needs, artificial intelligence, and new technologies.

Follow-up links mentioned in this episode:

PathFinder, the VA's latest program, seeks your innovative solutions to make a lasting impact on Veterans, families, and caregivers. Discover more at: https://pathfinder.va.gov/

Veterans Legacy Memorial is an online memorial that honors nearly 10 million Veterans interred in VA National Cemeteries, VA grant-funded cemeteries, DoD-managed cemeteries (including Arlington National Cemetery); U.S. Park Service National Cemeteries, and thousands of private cemeteries where Veterans have received a VA-provided gravesite marker since 1996, explore more: https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/

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