Cory Hallam is the Director of the Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE), a faculty of the Colleges of Business and Engineering, and is Chief Commercialization Officer of UTSA’s Office of Commercialization and Innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in Technology Management and Policy, an MS in Technology and Policy, and an M.Eng in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at MIT he headed the design and development of the Aero/Astro Learning Laboratory. He has worked as an aerospace and telecommunications engineer, program manager on manned and unmanned aircraft programs, and in lean enterprise transformation with small, medium, and large companies. Current research efforts focus on lean enterprise transformation, technology entrepreneurship and commercialization, and renewable energy technology policy. Dr. Hallam has business startup experience, and holds a number of patents.