Jennifer Sample, Ph.D., serves as Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for driving the company’s technology vision, strategy, and execution on behalf of federal government customers. In this role she ensures that deployments of emerging technology deliver strategic value, support digital transformation goals, and meet agency missions.

Jennifer brings over two decades of experience driving impactful initiatives in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and advanced computing. In a previous position as Data & AI Managing Director at Accenture Federal Services, she was entrusted with shaping and executing the AI strategy. This included developing solutions for every federal cabinet-level agency, driving significant growth and establishing thought leadership.

Jennifer also held various leadership positions at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), where she led groundbreaking research and development initiatives. For intelligence and defense agency customers, she served as a senior leader on initiatives such as Project Maven to which she contributed her expertise in systems architecture for cloud-based and edge computing systems.

Jennifer Sample holds 10 patents; she received her B.S. in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and her MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.