Episode 138 Jay Johnson - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"

This week we talk with one of our community's largest and most important employers about how to keep more of our young people in town. You can find my full discussion with Jay Johnson of General Dynamics Information Technology here.

 

Here are the questions I asked:

 

0:38 1. Jay, you are the Staff Vice President, Technology Shared Services, for General Dynamics Information Technology (or GDIT as many know it). GDIT is one of the largest and most important employers and companies that we have in our community.

 

Tell me about GDIT and some of the work that they do locally.

 

2:23 2. Tell me some about your position at GDIT and some of what it entails.

 

5:10 3. What can local parents do to ensure that their kids are properly prepared to have a career in STEM and/or cybersecurity?

 

15:45 4. Lastly, what do you see that we can do as a community to bolster your efforts at GDIT to recruit and retain the nation’s best and brightest?