Technology That Serves America’s Heroes

<p>How did one of the world’s biggest bureaucracies successfully develop a sleek, efficient, and user-friendly online benefits experience for veterans? Today’s guest, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesworthington/">Charles Worthington</a>, CTO of the <a href="https://www.va.gov/">U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs</a> shares how he applied a tech startup mentality to help make the VA’s services more accessible to our nation’s finest, and why he hopes to spark a “tradition of public service” in the tech industry.</p><p><strong>Tune in to learn:</strong></p><ul><li>An overview of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ digital services (2:55)</li><li>The effort to rebuild the VA website (5:00)</li><li>How the VA mobile app was launched (12:551)</li><li>The state of tech in the public sector   (28:50)</li></ul><p><strong>Mentions:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/va-health-and-benefits/id1559609596">VA: Health and Benefits</a> (App)</li><li><a href="https://presidentialinnovationfellows.gov/">Presidential Innovation Fellows</a></li><li><a href="https://www.usds.gov/">United States Digital Service</a></li><li><a href="https://digital.va.gov/careers/">Careers - DigitalVA - Veterans Affairs</a></li></ul><p>IT Visionaries is brought to you by Salesforce. With Salesforce’s low-code app dev tools, you can be more efficient, more productive and save money by reducing development time by up to 90%. Get Salesforce’s Low-Code Playbook and increase time to value for your team and your customers. <a href="https://www.salesforce.com/form/platform/low-code-application-development-playbook/?d=7013y000000a0PJAAY&nc=7013y000002NwOwAAK&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=offline_promo&utm_campaign=amer_itlobaw&utm_content=ITV_7013y000000a0PJAAY&utm_term=&ban=amer_podcast">Download the free playbook today</a>.</p><p>Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at <a href="https://mission.org/">mission.org</a>.</p>