AI Religions & Bot Forums: IBM’s Sandeep Shilawat on Why Guardrails Can’t Wait
An internet forum exclusively for AI agents. An AI-created religion. Bots comparing notes on their interactions with humans. For Sandeep Shilawat, those scenarios — all surfaced on Moltbook, an experimental forum for AI agents — confirm what he has argued for years: AI is a powerful tool, and it needs strong guardrails. As vice president
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2026: IBM Federal’s Sandeep Shilawat
Sandeep Shilawat Cloud CTO Lead, IBM Federal Sandeep Shilawat is a well-established leader and a prominent and trusted authority for agencies modernizing with AI-driven infrastructure and advanced cloud-based capabilities. In 2025, he played a critical role in guiding agencies to adopt integrated, mission-aligned AI capabilities built on secure hybrid cloud foundations. His leadership helped federal
WATCH: Driving Cloud, AI Adoption Across Government with IBM, LMI & SAIC
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with cloud and technology leaders in GovCon for a candid discussion on accelerating cloud and AI adoption across government. In this video panel, hear from: Alex Adamczyk, VP for sales engineering and rapid prototyping at LMI Ravi Raghava, CTO of the Civilian Business Group at SAIC, and Sandeep Shilawat, partner,
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2024: Octo’s Sandeep Shilawat
Sandeep Shilawat Vice President of Cloud Technology, Octo Sandeep Shilawat established the Cloud Center of Expertise for Octo, an IBM Company, prior to IBM’s acquisition of Octo. In this role, he now helps drive awareness of IBM as a leader in hybrid cloud and AI with U.S. federal agencies. He also worked with IBM’s government
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2023: ManTech’s Sandeep Shilawat
Sandeep Shilawat Vice President in Cloud and Edge Computing, ManTech In 2022, Sandeep Shilawat built ManTech’s 5G/IoT Lab with enterprise and tactical cloud environments for experimentation of emerging technologies customers are eager to pursue. The lab is a test bed for the implementation of various mission-critical use cases. For example, Shilawat’s team built a series
WATCH: Industry Cloud Execs Talk Navigating Multi-Cloud, Cloud Security, Federal Cloud Service Market
Cloud technology experts from industry join WashingtonExec for a video panel to discuss navigating multi-cloud, cloud security, the federal cloud service market and more. Each panelist explains how cloud plays into their broader focus areas in their roles, provides their perspective on the state of cloud service providers in a multi-cloud era, shares the importance
Gartner Predicts Huge Increase in Global Cloud Revenue in 2022, GovCon Execs Weigh In
Revenue from cloud-native technologies is expected to reach new highs in 2022 as enterprises across the globe continue moving away from legacy computing, according to IT research firm Gartner. According to Gartner, global cloud revenue is expected to reach $474 billion in 2022 — up from $408 billion in 2021 — and is on pace
Pinnacle Award Finalist Sandeep Shilawat: ‘Don’t Simply Accept the Status Quo — Challenge It’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Pinnacle Awards were announced Oct. 13, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place virtually Dec. 8. Next is Cloud Industry Executive of the Year (Public Company) finalist Sandeep Shilawat, who’s vice president of Cloud and Edge Computing at ManTech. Here, he talks key achievements, career advice, shaping
Top 20 Cloud Execs to Watch in 2021: ManTech’s Sandeep Shilawat
Government agencies typically operate between five to seven cloud systems from various service providers — but those operations aren’t always seamless. In 2020, Sandeep Shilawat led ManTech’s efforts at designing infrastructure that helps ensure full interoperability between diverse cloud systems — and end-to-end security. Supported by the development and deployment of a common security baseline
WATCH: ManTech’s Sandeep Shilawat on Multi-Cloud Integration, Emerging Tech in Government IT
WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sat down with Sandeep Shilawat, vice president of cloud and edge computing at ManTech, to discuss the ways cloud is driving innovation in government IT, and trends surrounding hybrid cloud environments and multi-cloud integration. Shilawat shares the challenges with multi-cloud integration, how to secure the cloud to prevent future hacks, and whether
Pinnacle Award Finalist Sandeep Shilawat: ‘Raised The Bar For Excellence In Performance’
The finalists for WashingtonExec’s Pinnacle Awards were announced Oct. 8, and we’ll be highlighting some of them until the event takes place virtually Nov. 12. Next is Cloud Industry Executive of the Year finalist Sandeep Shilawat, vice president of cloud strategy and Data at the Tactical Edge, or D@tE, lead at ManTech International. Here, he talks about achievements
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