Where Innovation Meets Execution

About me

I’m a growth and innovation leader with 20+ years of experience driving transformation across regulated industries — from federal and state government to healthcare, finance, and education.

As the first Chief AI Officer in the GovTech space, I bring a unique blend of executive-level AI expertise, hands-on marketing and communications leadership, and a track record of high-impact revenue growth. I've helped organizations win over $1.5B in new business by aligning strategy, technology, and storytelling.

I’m a trusted advisor to C-suites across sectors, known for helping teams harness data, embrace emerging tech, and activate their story to fuel meaningful results.

Above all, I’m a builder — someone who moves seamlessly from vision to execution, thrives at the intersection of innovation and growth, and brings energy, urgency, and a bias for action to every challenge.

My mission is to fix what is broken and build what does not exist.

Work History

Innovation SME
BoostGTM
2025-present

Senior Vice President
ClassWallet
2023-2025

Chief Marketing Officer
Empower AI (formerly NCI)
2021-2023

Chief AI Officer
NCI (later Empower AI)
2018-2021

Co-Founder and Head of Sales & Marketing
CrossChx (later Olive AI)
2012-2018

Communications Director & Vice President
U.S. Congress & Professional Organizations
2003-2012

Education

I'm a proud graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (Go Redhawks!) where I received both my Bachelor of Arts (2002) and Master of Arts (2003) degrees.

I attended both undergraduate and graduate school on a full-tuition scholarship and was the recipient of the Miami President's Scholarship, Maher Award, and President's Distinguished Service Award.

I'm honored to continue serving the Miami community as a long-time member of the Miami University Library Advisory Board.

Awards and Recognition

I've been fortunate to work alongside exceptional teams and visionary organizations that have been recognized for leadership in AI, marketing, innovation, and workplace culture. These honors reflect the collective drive to push boundaries and deliver impact where it matters most.

🏆 CMO of the Year – Chief Officer Awards
🏆 40 Under 40 – AFCEA International
🏆 AI Excellence Award – Business Intelligence Group
🏆 Top Exec to Watch (AI & Marketing) – 2x Winner – WashingtonExec
🏆 Government Innovation Award – 2x Winner – Nextgov
🏆 Best Place to Work – 3x Winner – Top Workplaces

Testimonials

Brad’s ambition and enthusiasm are contagious; he is persistent in leading our teams to embrace new and ever-evolving AI technologies. Brad is a great leader and continues to improve our overall employee engagement across the enterprise.

Bridget Medeiros
Chief Growth Officer, Empower AI

”Brad’s leadership empowered the entire company workforce to embrace AI and helped fully reimagine the company as our AI-enabled work reached over $1.5 billion. Brad has been the catalyst behind NCI’s AI success – differentiating our AI-as-a-Service offering by providing our government customers with a proven, American-made product.”

Paul Dillahay
President & CEO, NCI

”Brad is hands down one of the most creative, inventive, hard-working professionals I've ever worked with. There are few people I'd say this about, but I'd be comfortable putting Brad in almost any position in an organization, and knowing he'll thrive.”

Chris Paulitz
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Acrisure

”The first and very last thing you'll experience with Brad is an enormous driving energy through every project he's involved in. I don't know if I have ever met a person that handles multiple projects as effectively as he does—every project is THE project in his eyes.”

Joel Chakra
Managing Partner, The Tebow Group

”Some have bold visions of business and opportunity with the strategic mind to develop a plan for success, and others who can see the smallest but most vital details that can have significant impact. Brad is the rare leader who can do BOTH, shifting effortlessly from creating the grand vision to developing and executing the detailed project plan.”

Jason Hart
Vice President, ClassWallet

”I've been fortunate enough to work with Brad on more than one occasion and his leadership and insight continues to be one of his best traits. He's dedicated to helping those around him be the most successful they can be, easily balancing how to lead and support everyone's efforts."

Zach Hardison
Product Leader, Oracle