You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. And Reggie Aggarwal, CEO of CVENT has always followed the law of dynamic leadership during his decades-long professional life. No wonder today he is regarded as a revolutionary force in Washington's high-tech and association community. If you want to know how the world admires him, here are some examples - Washington Business Forward magazine named him to its list of the Washington DC's 40 most influential business leaders, which also included the CEOs of Nasdaq, AOL, and Marriott.

Forbes magazine called him one of the rising stars of Washington and Meeting News called him one of the 25 most influential people in the $100 billion dollar meetings industry. Founder CEO of Cvent, the Arlington-based company that makes the leading online registration, e-marketing, and data analysis tool of the same name, Reggie Aggarwal's rise has been meteoric. In just one year since Cvent launched its product, over 1,300 professional meeting planners and marketers from companies such as Hilton, JP Morgan, Peoplesoft, AOL Time Warner and KPMG became users of Cvent.

A BS from the University of Virginia, Reggie earned a JD from Washington and Lee University Law School, and an LLM from Georgetown University Law School. Known for his scholarship, Reggie was presented with an honorary doctorate by Southeastern University for his contribution to the community development. In fact, it was during his studies that his leadership skills came to the fore when he was elected vice-president of the student's body at the University of Virginia and president of Georgetown's Graduate Law School.

A founder of the Indian CEO High Tech Council, a group which the Washington Post described one of the most successful association in the past decade, it was Reggie's unflagging efforts that the group grew from just 75 to over 2,500 CEOs and senior executives in three years. Known for his wide-ranging knowledge and administrative skills, he was appointed the chairman of the Information Officers Advisory Board by the Governor of Virginia in 2002. Reggie, who also served on the Washington Board of Trade and is a member of Board of Trustees of The Indus Entrepreneurs, has come a long way in a short span of time. No wonder, for a person like Reggie what matters is not the duration of a journey but the height of the destination.