Exclusive: Fox News Digital sat down with Skillstorm CEO Justin Vianello, who addressed the federal government’s hiring of workers, sometimes raised national security issues, and explained what his company did in simplifying the process.

The federal government has struggled for decades with personnel in key roles such as cybersecurity, technology and other high-skilled fields, a problem that was tagged back in 2001, according to the Office of Government Accountability. Vianello discusses how Skillstorm is trying to solve these problems.

"If we look at the procurement process and how it is structured," Vianello told Fox News Digital. "So it can actually take years to really award the bid. Then, ironically or paradoxically, the award will be rewarded and the agency will expect...a specific company to deliver a team within 10 days. So the process is inefficient and somewhat outdated."

Vianello explains that the current hiring process is “long” and “explosive”, sometimes taking years instead of months, and creating delays in which teams need to be properly mobilized and deployed.

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“One of the solutions to this problem is to actually allow two to four months to be spent on the ramp to customize teams with the right skills that have the right certifications based on the right location to quickly deploy teams and accelerate IT conversions and automation. This is really a skill model for Vianello.”

Vianello said in recent years, the company has spent millions of dollars to build a performance acceleration center of excellence, which is essentially a learning management training system with customized courses and content, as well as a “stable trainer” to “rapid skills and deploy people quickly.”

“How do we use this infrastructure to build solutions for the federal government?” Vianello said. "Well, what we have to do is leverage that infrastructure to speed up and train the team. The way the model works is that we both bring people into our program. We train their training between 10 and 16 weeks. We pay while we train them. We help them achieve their certification, and then we deploy them. We recover investment by charging their billing every hour."

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Vianello explained that the system means SkillStorm will take “all risks ahead of time” and restore the system by collecting payments from customers every hour.

“Now, this is an ideal solution to be able to customize technical teams, create net new talent for the ecosystem and be able to deploy these people over time. However, the government will have to change the procurement system to avoid deploying within 10 days in 10 days, but allow companies to build these teams in two, three months.”

Another issue is that the current hiring process could be associated with security permits and become a national security risk, Vianello told Fox News Digital.

"It's definitely part of that, but I think there's a bigger problem here if you're focusing more broadly on our model and some of the issues facing the market," Vianello said. "Well, if you look at SkillStorm's model, SkillStorm can provide innovative, cost-effective solutions for US-based tech teams that are custom-built in the United States for rapid deployment.

"Now, we're having a student debt crisis in this country, and at the same time, what are we doing? We're offshore the role of our kids to other countries, and we're using visa holders to take up places for entry-level technical roles. Now, if we don't invest in programs like Skill Stromstorm, if we do invest in those programs, then the next generation of experts will put it into practice?

“Where will a new generation of AI innovators come from? This is a national security issue and is crucial when driving innovation. Currently, as of January 2025, there are 500,000 open cybersecurity roles. We are family models, such as these apprentice models, that can support that gap to ensure we protect national security.”

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“The agencies accused of maintaining cybersecurity and digital infrastructure are losing the talent struggle to the private sector, and the slow, outdated process of getting started with liquidated workers is not consistent with the urgency of today’s threats.”

Murphy explained that the federal government needed a “new pipeline” that “provides license-compliant, ready-to-project professionals who accept task-specific tools.”

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"Skillstorm is doing exactly that, with technicians trained on specific technology platforms deploying "Stormers" for a big discount. It's a smarter, faster way to ensure the talent that our government is much needed.

Vianello told Fox News Digital Skillstorm and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have similar goals that can make the government more efficient.

“I think Doge does focus on IT automation, IT conversions and do it on an efficient and cost-effective basis. ” Vianello said.

“We believe that moving forward may drive more of the efforts of full-time employees and more of the efficient contractors that come in and accelerate project delivery. So, again, this really comes back to our beliefs.

"For the tender process, how do we tighten it? How do we make sure that once the reward is received and the technology is implemented, it is not outdated? Because, if that continues to happen, how will you continue to attract technicians, young technicians who want to be part of the change?"