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Revolutional’s Rod Fontecilla Named AI Executive of the Year

Kogod adjunct faculty member Rod Fontecilla received WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Award for Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year.

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Rod Fontecilla of Revolutional has won WashingtonExec’s Chief Officer Award for Artificial Intelligence Executive of the Year (Private & Public Company).

Key Takeaways

  • The Chief Officer Awards recognizes the executives shaping the future of government contracting
  • In his speech, Fontecilla discussed how a beginner’s mind and the capacity for accepting change are crucial to success in today’s AI-driven transformation landscape.
"The achievement I’m most proud of is building and scaling our AI Labs innovation platform,” Fontecilla said. “Today, the platform hosts more than 60 minimum viable products that our teams designed to support a wide range of missions across the federal government, from fraud detection to health research to workflow digitization.”

Read the full press release.

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