Ashley Nicholson

Ashley Nicholson has over 20 years’ experience in supporting federal clients in technology, including DHS, DoD, CMS, NIH, and other agencies. She was previously a Director at Calibre Systems and Cognosante (now part of Accenture), and Virtualitics, an AI start-up that spun out of Caltech research and has raised $68M in VC funding. Her team led the development of the ACT-IAC AI Playbook 2.0 for government leaders to implement AI solutions and is active in ACT-IAC and AFCEA. She holds a Masters in International Relations from Webster University and is currently enrolled in a Masters of Data Analytics at Georgia Tech. Ashley is the founder and CEO of Avenir Technology, an AI and data analytics company the supports federal and commercial clients.