- Dig into Part 3 of our series on Wash100 Award winners from the AI industry
- Learn more about the backgrounds and achievements of top GovCon executives like Kim Lynch from Oracle, David Levy of Amazon Web Services and Jeff Bohling from Empower AI
- Hear new business opportunities directly from industry experts like these at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29!
The Wash100 Award signifies more than just an accolade. It highlights the visionaries who are steering the future of government and industry. More and more, Wash100 Award winners are the architects of America’s AI revolution, leveraging the advanced technology to tackle federal challenges once considered unmanageable.
Why Are AI Industry Wash100 Winners Impactful?
Wash100 Award winners recognized for their AI contributions occupy a critical intersection of innovation and national priorities. Inclusion on this distinguished list reflects both current influence and the capacity to guide AI-driven transformation in the years ahead. The honor celebrates executives advancing efficiency, strengthening decision-making and elevating technological capabilities across vital federal missions.
Founded in 2014 by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson, the Wash100 Award recognizes leaders who exemplify innovation, vision and the delivery of mission-critical solutions. Within the AI domain, these executives are driving transformative initiatives while positioning their organizations to meet — and anticipate — the demands of the AI era, delivering advanced capabilities to some of the federal government’s most complex and high-stakes environments.
Dive into the latest business opportunities in defense research and development at the Potomac Officers Club 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29! Hear directly from top Pentagon officials like Michael Duffey, under secretary for acquisition and sustainment, on what the department needs to get critical technologies past the “valley of death” and into warfighters’ hands. Secure your seat today!
Who Are the Wash100 Award Winners from AI?
Kim Lynch
Oracle
2024, 2025
Lynch has landed a pair of Wash100 Awards for her advocacy of innovation and supplying federal agencies with AI and cloud technologies that meet their mission-critical requirements.
She helped Oracle remain as the Army’s modernization teammate. The company in October announced that the service moved its online human resources service, Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, to Oracle’s US Defense Cloud. This improved the security of sensitive data and provided cloud computing capabilities to Army personnel.
Lynch also led an Oracle initaitive to advance AI and cloud capabilities through big investments and significant industry collaborations. This included investments of over $1 billion and $1.2 billion to broaden AI and cloud services in Spain and Malaysia, respectively.
David Levy
Amazon Web Services
2018–2021, 2024, 2025
Levy has won an impressive six Wash100 Awards for his work leading technological innovation and earning major federal contracts. AWS, with Levy’s guidance, is leading digital transformation efforts across the federal government.
AWS and Levy are championing general AI, or GenAI, use through the AWS Public Sector Generative AI Impact Initiative. Through this 24-month effort, the company is delivering promotional credits, technical expertise access and training to the Generative AI Innovation Center to speed up GenAI adoption.
Levy and AWS teamed with Booz Allen to develop advanced technology applications for defense, civil, intelligence and commercial missions. Through this partnership, the firms will provide cybersecurity, cloud migration and GenAI technologies to enable federal agencies to digitally modernize.
Jeff Bohling
Empower AI
2024, 2025
Bohling won his second of two Wash100 Awards in 2025 for his work accelerating modernization in federal technology, specifically in AI. Empower AI, with Bohling’s leadership, was awarded a broad agency agreement from the Defense Logistics Agency to improve warfighter readiness through machine learning.
The Pentagon’s R&D request for FY 2026 is a whopping $179 billion, up 20 percent from last year. Position your GovCon firm to take advantage at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29! Check out our panel discussions on key emerging technologies such as AI, 5G and quantum computing. Buy your ticket today!
Troy Bertram
Google Cloud
2025
Bertram made his Wash100 Award debut in 2025 for his work at Google Cloud utilizing partnerships to provide new technologies to federal customers. The company in April 2024 opened a center of excellence created with Accenture Federal Services that provides access to AI tools such as the enterprise-focused Vertex AI.
Google Cloud, under Bertram, also secured high authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, for more than 100 Google Cloud services to enable a variety of federal mission use cases.
Steve Escaravage
Booz Allen
2022–2025
Escaravage played a key role in creating Booz Allen’s AI business and building it to its current position as market leader. Previously the senior leader in the analytics practice and AI business, Escaravage led the delivery of AI offerings, data science and machine learning to customers and took charge of the development of analytics strategy and vision.
He was also selected to chair Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 AI Group, a significant honor that allowed Escaravage to organize gatherings and create dynamic interactions between AI experts, decision makers and thought leaders across GovCon.
Amy Gilliland
GDIT
2018–2025
Gilliland has earned eight consecutive Wash100 Awards for her leadership and innovation in AI. With her leadership, GDIT issued a technology strategy to progress investments in key areas including AI.
As part of that strategy, GDIT rolled out a slate of digital accelerators and mission solutions that facilitated the rapid and affordable application of advanced capabilities, including AI. She also led the acquisition of Iron EagleX, a provider of AI and other technology services to the U.S. intelligence community and special operations forces.
