Top AI Execs to Watch: Patrick Biltgen, Perspecta
Patrick Biltgen, Ph.D., serves as director of Perspecta’s analytics offerings and has over 13 years’ experience in large-scale data processing, machine learning, decision support tools, and modeling and simulation methods. He directs internal research and development efforts in machine learning and analytics for the intelligence business group and collaborates across directorates in support of multiple
Top AI Execs to Watch: Shaun Bierweiler, Hortonworks
Shaun Bierweiler is president of Hortonworks Federal and vice president of U.S. public sector. Bierweiler’s 16-year public sector career includes experience at Red Hat and Raytheon as well as a software engineer internship for an Air Force project. He is a member of the AFCEA International Technology Committee. Why Watch: As head of a unit
Top AI Execs to Watch: Tiffanny Gates, Novetta
Tiffanny Gates is president and CEO of analytics technology firm Novetta, which serves nearly all government agencies related to defense and national security. Her career experience spans a range of leadership roles in the federal space at companies including Raytheon, Blackbird Technologies Inc. and Mantech International Corp. From 1995 to 2000, she served in the Navy as
Top AI Execs to Watch: Sanjay Sardar, SAIC
Sanjay Sardar is vice president of modernization and digital transformation at SAIC, a role he’s been in for about seven months. Prior to that, he served as SAIC’s vice president of advanced analytics and simulation. He joined the company from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, where he served as the chief information officer. Why Watch: Sardar
Top AI Execs to Watch: Aaron Dant, ASRC Federal
Aaron Dant is ASRC Federal’s chief data scientist and architect, designing cloud scale analytic environments using machine learning, Natural Language Processing, and human behavioral analysis capabilities. He’s a technology evangelist for solicitations and business development, training staff, expanding the artificial intelligence service offerings and conducting principal research. Dant most recently spent nearly 15 years leading
Top AI Execs to Watch: Gary Shiffman, Giant Oak
The founder and CEO of Giant Oak Gary Shiffman is a behavioral economist and retired Navy veteran who has served in policy roles at the Defense Department. He is a former chief of staff for Customs and Border Protection, where he helped revamp the border enforcement process. Today, his company offers technology designed to help
Top AI Execs to Watch: Balan Ayyar, Percipient.ai
Balan Ayyar is president and CEO of Percipient.ai, which he founded in January 2017 to deliver advanced artificial intelligence for national security missions. A retired U.S. Air Force general officer, Ayyar comes from a family that emigrated from India shortly before he was born. He went on to attend the Air Force Academy and build a
Top AI Execs to Watch: Wendy Anderson, SparkCognition
Recognized as one of the top 25 women in the U.S. to shape defense policy, Wendy R. Anderson brings 20 years of experience in national and international security to her position as general manager, defense and national security, at SparkCognition. The company provides advanced AI solutions to advance the most important interests of society, including
Top AI Execs to Watch: Melvin Greer, Intel Corp.
Melvin Greer is chief data scientist, Americas at Intel Corp., where he builds Intel’s data science platform through artificial intelligence and machine learning to accelerate transformation of data into a strategic asset. In his role, he supports the public sector as well as the major U.S. industries, i.e. financial services, energy, oil, gas, hospitality and retail. Greer
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