Cory Devor is the Director of Business & Research Development of the University of Minnesota's Digital Technology Center (DTC). He is responsible for recruiting and supporting industry members of the DTC Associates Program as well as for expanding memberships within two NSF Sponsored I/U CRC Programs at the DTC. Additionally Cory is engaged in building interdisciplinary research teams seeking large government sponsored research grants in all six of the focused research areas at the DTC. Cory brings 30 years of executive experience to DTC in engineering, marketing and operations from large international corporations to venture backed start-ups. He is actively involved in the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) and a mentor for students.