Episode 107 Russ Mathers - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"

Director of STRIKEWERX, Russ Mathers, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:31 1. You are the Director of STRIKEWERX, the innovation hub of the US Air Force Global Strike Command. In a little while, I want you to tell me about a couple of STRIKEWERX projects and the problems they helped solve.

 

But before you do that, tell me about the origins of STRIKEWERX - when, why and how it started.

 

3:18 2. You were part of Operation Secret Squirrel. Take me behind the scenes and tell me about this incredible mission.

 

22:41 3. Choose two projects STRIKEWERX has been involved in. Tell me the problems they were trying to solve and how STRIKEWERX became part of the solution.

 

36:16 4. It has been suggested to me that there are growing needs and business opportunities locally to support the type of work taking place at Barksdale. I would like to spend the remainder of our discussion here.

 

First, what businesses currently exist today in our community that are supporting needs at Barksdale?

 

40:28 5. Lastly, as you see it, what are the gaps that still exist in our community in order for us to best support the evolving needs at Barksdale and for the military as a whole?