The Washington, DC region is home to rapidly growing Cyber and AI industries as dozens of great entrepreneurs and innovators have chosen this area to build companies and help solve some of the biggest security issues facing our federal government, our national security, and millions of American consumers. 

Join DCA Live and our host committee to honor some of the great companies of the DC region’s high growth tech community. We’ll honor the leaders of these important companies as well as the entrepreneurs, investors, and community leaders that are solving big problems, creating thousands of jobs, and billions of new wealth in the region. 

Come enjoy an open bar, great food, and a chance to meet dozens of leaders from DC's tech community.  

DCA Live’s
2025 AI & Cyber Leadership Honorees

Adam Vincent, BrickLayer AI
Andre Yee, Tiga AI
Ben Harvey, AI Squared
Caraline Pellat, Aymara.ai
Chris Hamoen, Data Parrot
Christopher Etesse, Fusion Cyber
Cylton Collymore, Sirsi.ai
David DeWolf, Knownwell
Diana Burley, American U
Diya Wynn, Amazon
Doug Howard, Pondurance
Felipe Millon, OpenAI
France Hoang, BoodleBox
Gerald Kierce, Trustible
Grant Elliott, SimpleAI Product
Ian Garrett, Phalanx
Jason Dalton, DayBreak
Jennifer Sample, Empower AI
Josh Lospinos, Shift 5
Julie Holdren, SAIC
Kabir Kumar, Flourish Ventures
Kristin Wood, August Interactive
Martín Sajón, /q99
Melisa Bardhi, Excella
Mishal Thadani, Rhizome
Neil Serebryany, CalypsoAI
Noelle Russell, Fifty One AI
Peter Kant, Enabled Intelligence
Rachel Lee, BlueFoot AI
Ramya Possett, BlueFoot AI
Rick Gordon, Tidal Cyber
Ryan Joyce, GenLogs
Sanjay Rao, Tau Ventures
Sean Perryman, Uber
Seema Alexander, Virgent AI

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