Virginia Economic Review

Our quarterly publication, Virginia Economic Review, provides an insider look at Virginia’s economy, its diverse array of world-class companies, its amazing talent, and its stunning natural beauty, as well as insights from national thought leaders.

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Third Quarter 2024

Strong Partnerships Fuel Virginia’s Aerospace Ecosystem

The global aerospace industry is reinventing itself, with innovation spanning materials, engineering, and a more expansive vision for how we take to the skies. Virginia sits at the heart of this transformation as a breeding ground for ingenuity.

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Third Quarter 2024

Veterans Bring Adaptability, Clearances to Virginia Workforce

With one of the highest shares of active duty troops relative to state residents, Virginia employers stand to benefit as service members prepare to transition into civilian life - and take their talents with them. 

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Third Quarter 2024

Private Sector Solutions to Public Sector Challenges

Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector (GPS), talks with VEDP President and CEO Jason El Koubi spoke about GPS’ work with public and private sector partners to leverage Google technology to serve U.S. citizens.

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Third Quarter 2024

AI Innovation, Done Responsibly

Prem Natarajan, Ph.D., is chief scientist and head of enterprise AI at Fairfax County-based Capital One Financial Corporation. He discussed his work managing technology strategy, architecture, and development for the company’s enterprise data, machine learning, and analytics initiatives.

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Third Quarter 2024

Data Center Solutions at Scale

Shannon Kellogg, vice president of public policy at Amazon, joined VEDP Interim VP of Knowledge Work Megan Welch to talk about Amazon's cloud investments, his public policy efforts supporting Amazon Web Services and other tech innovation the company is spearheading.

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Third Quarter 2024

Organizing the Skies

Fairfax-based ANRA Technologies works to create order from unmanned chaos, with an assist from VEDP’s VALET program.

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