Andrew Puryear, PhD

Deep tech visionary who excels at connecting science & technology to solve customers’ hardest problems. Physicist and global expert in AI/ML and cyber, who has innovated at every level (individual, team, team of teams) across academia/R&D institutes, commercial tech and DoD/national security. Ten-year veteran of U.S. Navy / NSA Cyber Command, adept at forging university partnerships to operationalize R&D innovations in DoD/IC’s mission space. Advisor to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary on emerging technologies that could impact national security long-term, balancing protecting key tech with fostering innovation. Skilled people manager experienced at leading cultural transformation, while effectively leading teams of 1,000+ engineering staff. Initiator of advanced concept labs and centers that anticipate the next big tech disruptors by focusing first on a new or unmet customer need and then matching it to technology. Award-winning researcher (MIT/Lincoln Labs Best Paper Award, 2013, IEEE Gold Best Paper Award, 2010) and frequent speaker at IEEE, security, government and industry tech conferences over the last two decades. From my earliest days playing football in the hot Texas sun, I learned that nothing happens without a team and that with persistence and grit there is a way around every obstacle.