Matthew Potrawski

Director of Corporate Relations, College of Engineering

Matthew Potrawski is Director of Corporate Relations for Purdue University’s College of Engineering, serving on the Corporate Relations team in the Dean’s Office. He draws on extensive technology, industry, and relationship management experience to help companies and industry partners engage with the College and its schools.

This marks Matthew’s return to Purdue. He previously served as Managing Director of the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) and nanoHUB. He later served as Managing Director of the Institute for Defense Innovation (IDI) and its five centers of excellence: the Purdue Center for Systems Integrity (PCSI), Center for Electronic Defense Systems, Center for Predictive Materials Modeling and Simulation, Center for Thermal Engineering of Military Power Systems, and Center for Impact Science and Engineering.

Earlier in his career, Matthew held leadership roles in IT management and consulting, including Vice President of Operations at Precision Systems Concepts, Director of Software Engineering at Pitney Bowes, and CIO/HISO and IT Director at Logansport State Hospital.

Between his Purdue appointments, Matthew focused on intellectual property, technology commercialization, and innovation. He served as a Technology Manager at the Purdue Research Foundation and held leadership roles with two startups built on Purdue-affiliated research: Vice President of Product at Dattus, Inc., an asset monitoring and sensing company, and Director of Customer Development at SensorHound, Inc., an IoT cybersecurity software company.

Education
BS, Computer Science, Business Management, Ball State University