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Join us at AFCEA West 2025 to explore the future of naval warfare.

Find us at Latent AI Booth 4518 and

HP Booth 1515 at West 2025

January 28–January 30, 2025 | San Diego, CA

Meet our team to learn more about our cutting-edge solutions and how they can enhance your naval capabilities.

See how we’re powering project AMMO with our MLOps platform and edge optimization capabilities. We’ll demonstrate how LEIP enables adaptive AI for real-time applications. Using LEIP, operators can easily integrate new data, train and deploy updated models, empowering them to quickly respond to evolving threats.

To schedule a meeting with Retired Rear Admiral Doug Small or a demo with our team, please fill our event form.

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Event Details

Panel Discussion: Accelerating AI Adoption in the Military

Latent AI, in partnership with HP, is enabling the deployment of AI at the edge to accelerate mission-critical operations and enhance national security.

Join Rear Admiral (Retired) Doug Small, Latent AI Vice President of Federal Neal Byrd, and Chief Technology Officer for HP Federal Tommy Gardner for a discussion on the current state of AI in the military. Hear perspectives from a leading software vendor, hardware vendor, and seasoned military leader.

Event Speakers

Rear Admiral (Retired) Doug Small

DWS Strategies, LLC

Rear Admiral (Retired) Doug Small is a distinguished naval officer with a strong background in engineering and acquisition. He has held leadership positions in various naval organizations, including the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems and the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. Small provides his insights on naval warfare, technology, and leadership.

Neal Byrd

VP of Federal, Latent AI

Neal Byrd is a multi-disciplined public sector sales leader who has more than 29 years of experience leading, scaling, and over delivering on revenue goals for public sector enterprise software sales teams. Neal is serving as the VP of Federal for Latent AI offering edge-based mission critical artificial intelligence models to enhance better decision making for all of those who serve in the U.S. Government.

Tommy Gardner

Chief Technology Officer, HP Federal

Tommy Gardner is HP’s Chief Technology Officer for HP Federal, spanning the US Federal Agencies, Higher Education, K-12 Education, State and Local government customer segments, as well as Federal Systems Integrators. His current responsibilities include technology leadership, strategic technology plans, product and technology strategies, sales force technical support, and customer and partner relationships.