Dr. Ron Spangler is a Director of Corporate Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he works to engage global corporations (and other organizations) in collaborations with the MIT innovation ecosystem. Dr. Spangler is a graduate of MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and spent 20 years in industry, including several start-up companies, before returning to MIT in 2013 to serve in the Office of Corporate Relations.