Meet Paul
Paul J. Corson
Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer
Paul J. Corson is the Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer for the University of Texas at Arlington. In this role, Paul leads efforts to spur regional innovation and economic development based on research and technology developed at UTA.
Previously, Paul catalyzed Utah’s technology-based economic development by building the innovation management operations and leading comprehensive efforts to form, launch, and grow startup companies for the University of Utah’s PIVOT Center.
Paul was also Chief of Staff for the Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the University of California Office of the President, where he spearheaded efforts across the UC System to enhance, expand, and promote technology commercialization, as well as student and faculty entrepreneurship.
Paul has held executive-level positions in the public and private sectors, including Executive Director of Innovation Fund America; acting director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the U.S. Department of Commerce; as well as at multiple startup companies in the United States and abroad. Paul began his career as Country Director, Caucasus for a USAID-funded economic development program in Armenia and Georgia.
Paul holds an MA in International Relations from The George Washington University and a BA in Political Economies from Franklin and Marshall College. Both degrees concentrated on Soviet and post-Soviet studies. He also completed an executive management program at Singularity University.
