Start At Zero

Start at Zero is a conversation-first podcast about what it actually takes to modernize technology, build a business from scratch, and make sense of AI without the hype. Episodes range from focused 15-minute interviews with government leaders and tech founders to longer deep dives where I walk through what I'm building in real time - the AI agents, the automation stack, the hard lessons from 20 years of consulting.


The tone is direct and honest. I don't do scripted questions or softball setups. I want the story behind the story - what went wrong, what you'd do differently, what nobody in the room was willing to say. Guests should expect a conversation that feels like two people working through a real problem together, not a performance.


Topics include government technology, AI in the real world, entrepreneurship, consulting, procurement, and the messy intersection of all of them. Some episodes are interviews, some are just me thinking out loud about something I built or broke that week.


If you've got a real story - something you built, something that failed, a lesson that cost you - you'll fit right in here. I'll send a loose topic outline beforehand, but the best episodes happen when we go off-script.

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Making Innovation As The Focal Point In Knoxville, Tennessee With Tom Ballard

Making Innovation As The Focal Point In Knoxville, Tennessee With Tom Ballard

It is in the best interest of the government and innovators to join hands and move together into the future so they can better the lives of people. This episode’s guest, Tom Ballard, the Chief Allianc...

10 Nov 202225min

Keeping Electronic Payments Secure With Jaydeep Palka

Keeping Electronic Payments Secure With Jaydeep Palka

One of the biggest points that organizations should consider is how to give customers the confidence that they can transact with them in whichever way they want without compromising the security of th...

3 Nov 202240min

Intelligent Pavement Management with James Golden, CEO, PMG

Intelligent Pavement Management with James Golden, CEO, PMG

When we have somewhere we want to go, we often just think about where we are and where we want to go. We often overlook the roads that take us there and the work that is put into roadway management. J...

28 Okt 202238min

Leveraging IoT Technologies In The Public Sector With Nicole Raimundo

Leveraging IoT Technologies In The Public Sector With Nicole Raimundo

Innovation is everywhere. However, it’s a word that’s often used in the wrong connotations. For Nicole Raimundo, the Chief Information Officer at the town of Cary, North Carolina, innovation is all ab...

21 Okt 202235min

Navigating The Journey To City Management Through Civic Technology And Problem Solving With Noel Bernal

Navigating The Journey To City Management Through Civic Technology And Problem Solving With Noel Bernal

In this episode we will follow the journey of Noel Bernal into becoming the City Manager of Brownsville, Texas. Noel was really working and focusing on helping people to make an impact and serve which...

7 Okt 202244min

Create Simple Cybersecurity Solutions With Cybersecurity Professional James Leslie

Create Simple Cybersecurity Solutions With Cybersecurity Professional James Leslie

Creating simple cybersecurity solutions is important so people will use them. Abhijit Verekar presents James Leslie, a cybersecurity professional and the Chief Information Officer at Cambridge Housing...

30 Sep 202230min

Transformation Through Technology: Reaching Operational Sufficiency By Leveraging Tech With Ivory Mathews

Transformation Through Technology: Reaching Operational Sufficiency By Leveraging Tech With Ivory Mathews

How do you take a system inundated with outdated technology and bring it back to efficiency? You begin a transformation through technology, that’s how. In this episode, Abhijit Verekar gets into an in...

23 Sep 202227min

Cybersecurity & Enterprise Risk For Executives With Robert Kornovich

Cybersecurity & Enterprise Risk For Executives With Robert Kornovich

Cybersecurity and enterprise risk may sound like business buzzwords, but they are absolutely crucial to the stability of businesses. With the continuing rise of cyberattacks on businesses, not having ...

16 Sep 202244min

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