Biography:Misty Blowers
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| Education | State University of New York Syracuse University |
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| Institutions | US Marine Corps Air Force Research Laboratory George Mason University Peraton ICF MTSI Datalytica |
Misty Blowers is an American computer scientist and chief executive officer of Datalytica, a Maryland-based business. She previously served as chief technology officer to the deputy commandant for information of the United States Marine Corps and as the Marine Corps' service-level coordinator for artificial intelligence.[1]She was awarded the 2018 Early Achievement Award from SPIE.[2]
Early life and education
Blowers attended Oneida High School in Madison County, New York.[3] She attended State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, where she earned a Bachelors degree in Paper Science in 1995. After graduating she spent six years working at Chemical Process Equipment Suppliers designing new pulp mill systems. Blowers completed a Masters in Computer Science at Syracuse University in 2003.[4] She obtained her doctorate in Applied Science and Engineering at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2009.[3]
Career
Blowers is the chief executive officer of Datalytica, LLC, a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital engineering, and data analytics.[5] A 2019 profile published by SPIE also identified her as the company's chief executive officer.[6]
Blowers began to work for the Air Force Research Laboratory.[3] She managed Cyber Operations and looked after over $175 million government contracts.[4] Blowers has several patents for detection and tracking.[7] She designed and developed a machine learning-based approach to monitor complex systems in real time and provide actionable alerts.[8] In 2014 she was named "Technologist of the Year" by the Technical Association of Central New York, and is the only woman ever to win the prize.[9]
She and a group of government/military leadership and the US Defense Industrial Base wrote the book Evolution of Cyber Operations and Technologies to 2035 in 2015.[10] She founded Datalytica LLC in 2015.[11] Blowers is involved with the development of programs for the US Department of Defense.[12] She is an adjunct professor in Blockchain Technologies at George Mason University.[8] Blowers was corporate director of strategic development at Peraton and performs similar work several other companies.[13]
She was awarded the 2018 Early Achievement Award from SPIE.[14] She was appointed to a NATO task force on Mission Assurance of Autonomous Unmanned Systems.[8]
Blowers is the chief executive officer of Datalytica, a company based in Laurel, Maryland.[15] In a 2026 interview, she emphasized the need to evaluate artificial intelligence systems under normal, stressed, and adversarial conditions before deployment, and called for measurable assessments of their reliability and limitations.[15]
References
- ↑ Smith, Mark R. (2026-08-01). "Growing pains: working through AI’s early days". The Business Monthly. https://bizmonthly.com/news/business/technology/2026/08/growing-pains-working-through-ais-early-days/.
- ↑ "Dr. Misty Blowers - Senior Fellow - ICF". https://www.icf.com/company/about/our-people/b/blowers-misty.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "College News" (in en). http://www.oneidadispatch.com/article/OD/20100803/NEWS/308039994.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Misty Blowers". http://datalytica.net/misty-blowers.html.
- ↑ "Dr. Misty Blowers". https://datalytica.net/dr-misty-blowers.
- ↑ Power, Emily (2019-04-05). "#FacesofPhotonics: CEO of Datalytica Dr. Misty Blowers". SPIE. https://photonicsforabetterworld.blogspot.com/2019/03/facesofphotonics-ceo-of-datalytica-dr.html.
- ↑ "Misty Blowers Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search" (in en). https://patents.justia.com/inventor/misty-blowers.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2018 AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium: Session Speaker: Dr. Misty Blowers" (in en). http://events.afcea.org/afceacyberops18/public/SpeakerDetails.aspx?FromPage=Sessions.aspx&ContactID=119315.
- ↑ "Celebration of Technology Award winners". http://www.tacny.org/Technologists/AwardWinners/CelebrationofTechnologyAwardwinners.aspx.
- ↑ (in en) by government/military leadership and the US Defense Industrial Base. 83319235844 Evolution of Cyber Technologies and Operations to 2035 | Misty Blowers | Springer. https://www.springer.com/us/book/97written by government/military leadership and the US Defense Industrial Base. 83319235844.
- ↑ "About". http://datalytica.net/about.html.
- ↑ AFCEA International (2018-05-16), Delivering Solutions for Enhanced Command and Control, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_am9kTpf4cg, retrieved 2018-08-20
- ↑ "Dr. Misty Blowers, award winner and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning - Peraton" (in en-US). Peraton. 2018-04-19. https://peraton.com/r-misty-blowers-award-winner-and-pioneer-in-the-field-of-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning/.
- ↑ "Misty Blowers honored with 2018 SPIE Early Achievement Award". http://spie.org/about-spie/press-room/press-releases/misty-blowers-honored-with-2018-spie-early-achievement-award-?SSO=1.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Smith, Mark R. (2026-08-01). "Growing pains: working through AI’s early days". The Business Monthly. https://bizmonthly.com/news/business/technology/2026/08/growing-pains-working-through-ais-early-days/.
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