Hiring at the Frontier

​Hiring at the Frontier brings together leaders with different perspectives on public-sector hiring.

​Join Station DC and Ayla for an evening of networking, cocktails, and conversation with people working across government, GovCon, technology, and talent.

​The evening will include a 45-minute panel featuring:

​Alyssa Placa — Recruiting Lead at Kaizen Labs
Zack Abbott — Chief of Staff at the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

​Moderated by Javier Dutan of Ayla.

​The conversation will explore:

• ​How organizations find and evaluate talent for specialized technical work

• ​How hiring teams are responding to evolving demand and candidate expectations

​Agenda

​5:30–6:15 PM — Arrival, networking, light bites, and refreshments
6:15–7:00 PM — Panel discussion
7:00–7:30 PM — Networking

​This room is built for:

• ​Founders and hiring leaders at GovTech and defense startups

• ​Talent and workforce leaders across government, GovCon, and subcontractor organizations

• ​Business development, capture, and proposal leaders responsible for proposed staffing and post-award hiring

• ​Engineering, research, product, and program leaders responsible for building specialized technical teams

​About Ayla

​Ayla is an AI-powered talent platform built for government and defense, combining public-sector hiring intelligence from more than 500 official sources with sourcing agents that help teams identify matched candidates for open roles.