Drew Bartkiewicz, CEO
Drew Bartkiewicz is the CEO of Leaderly AI and the Chairman and Founder of Patriapps, the longest running veteran founded venture studio. Patriapps has grown ventures with Disney, the NFL, the U.S. Army, the United Way, Amex and various Fortune 500 brands. The venture studio develops a portfolio of Impactful Software-as-a-Service Applications for leader development, mental performance, mindful creativity, AI and human potential. Previous to Patriapps Drew was part of two IPO’s as an executive at BroadVision, Mashery, UTC and salesforce.com.
In 2016, Goldman Sachs named Drew as a 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs and Forbes listed Patriapps (then lettrs) as a Top 25 Veteran Founded business that same year. He has been written about and published in the NYT, Wall Street Journal, the BBC, Time and many others.
Drew received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from West Point (’89) and his MBA from Yale University (’94), and he speaks 4 languages. He is an Army combat veteran of the 82nd Airborne and he received the Bronze Star during the Gulf War in 1991, serving under John Abizaid.
Drew began developing the operating system of Leaderly AI with his West Point Prep School roommate and fellow aerospace engineer, Albert Alba, in 2022.
Albert Alba, CLO
Albert Alba is the Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer of Leaderly AI. He is a combat military veteran with over 26 years of service. He earned a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Military Academy in 1989 and an MS in Applied Physics (Nuclear) from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1997.
Albert served three combat tours of duty and was awarded the Silver Star and 3 Bronze Stars. He also taught Physics and Nuclear Engineering courses at West Point and was the Professor of Military Science at the University of Texas at Arlington.
After retiring from the military, Al worked as an educational consultant in the United Arab Emirates. He is also authoring the book about his father’s life, who served as a Filipino immigrant and steward with the US Navy.