Empower AI announces that Ryan Hopper has joined the company as the new leader of the mission-critical Military Services Business Unit. Ryan succeeds Darryl Jackson, who will remain with Empower AI to focus on our Army customer for TEIS IV task orders. We thank Darryl for his continued leadership and contributions to the mission and the team.

Ryan brings over 24 years of experience working with the Department of War and Intelligence customers, with a proven track record of successfully leading high performing programs and teams. He is deeply committed to mission success and driving the faster adoption of AI-enabled, automated, and modernized IT solutions to solve challenging military customer IT use cases. Most recently, Ryan served as a Vice President at Peraton, where he led a large operating unit for strategic programs and combatant commands.

"Ryan is a powerful addition to our Business Unit leadership team," said Jeff Bohling, CEO of Empower AI. "He delivers a strategic outcome-based mindset for growth, a clear dedication to our military customers, and a strong focus on applying emerging technology at scale, which will help Empower AI achieve our collective goals. We are very happy to have Ryan join the team.”

“I’m extremely excited to join the Empower AI team and to move the needle for some of our nation’s most critical military customers,” said Ryan Hopper. “I’m even more excited to enable our customers to implement AI and modernized IT systems faster across a variety of use cases, to drive efficiencies at scale and stay ahead of our adversaries.”

Empower AI remains committed to delivering AI-enabled technology services that advance defense and federal missions to sustain long-term customer success.