Mr. Al Di Leonardo

Black Cape

Mr. Al Di Leonardo is an experienced U.S. Intelligence and U.S. Special Operations Officer who utilized his military training to successfully found three companies and sell two companies in the private and public marketplaces. As a U.S. Army veteran, he earned the Bronze Star Medal from U.S. Special Operations Command for his work in Afghanistan and Iraq. Al is widely recognized as a subject matter expert in analytical tradecraft, and as an entrepreneur with expertise, vision, and leadership at the intersection of big data, analytics, and geography.

After more than 25 years of combined government and consulting experience, with a concentration in the Intel Community, he retired out of the Joint Special Operations Command. Prior to JSOC, Al specialized as a signals intelligence officer and spent almost a decade inside the National Security Agency.

In 2019, Al co-founded his third company called Black Cape. This company is an AI/Machine Learning software solutions and services company that develops unique AI/ML capabilities that serve the U.S. National Security community and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Al serves as a board member on the following non-profit boards: The American Geographical Society; The Global Special Operations Foundation; The National Cryptologic Museum Foundation; and The George Washington University’s Data Analytics program, and recently rolled off the board at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. Al holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Loyola University and a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University. Originally from Connecticut, Al, his spouse Melissa, and their two daughters reside in Arlington, Virginia.