Indiana Tech has named Nate Cheviron as executive director of Junction 36, its new advanced manufacturing innovation center initiative under development at Electric Works in Fort Wayne. Cheviron will begin his service at the university on Feb. 10. In his role as executive director, he will lead the development of community partnerships, the programs and services to be provided via Junction 36, the fundraising efforts to support the initiative and the project team members who will serve regional students, entrepreneurs and companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheviron comes to Indiana Tech after a five-year stint of co-founding and serving as CEO of multiple companies, including a real estate brokerage, a coaching, training, and consulting company, a home\/auto insurance company as well as a prototype design and development firm. All these companies continue to thrive today. Prior to building his own businesses, Nate worked nearly a decade within Allegis Group, focusing on technical recruiting, consulting and engineering services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With an extensive background in technology-driven business development, operational strategy and leadership, Cheviron has spent his entire working career leading strategic partnerships, market expansion and innovation initiatives across multiple industries and numerous technical disciplines\u2014key components that align with Junction 36\u2019s mission of advancing innovation and industry collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheviron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Physics Teaching from Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, as well as multiple certifications in project management, business development and leadership training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indiana Tech first announced the Junction 36 initiative in August 2024 when it received a five-year, $21 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. in support of the project. Junction 36 is comprised of three central components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indiana Tech President Dr. Karl Einolf commented, \u201cAll of us at Indiana Tech are pleased to welcome Nate Cheviron to our team. Nate\u2019s entrepreneurial background, engineering and technical experience and passion for this project and the advancement Northeast Indiana overall stood out among the many excellent candidates for this critical position. I\u2019m confident he will be an outstanding leader for Junction 36. He\u2019ll help us turn our ambitious vision for the initiative into a real-world operation that will serve as a great asset to our area\u2019s students, entrepreneurs and companies for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to join the Indiana Tech team and lead the Junction 36 initiative,\u201d commented Mr. Cheviron. \u201cNortheast Indiana has been longing for a facility of this kind to drive innovation, collaboration and economic growth in our region. This is a unique opportunity to build something truly transformative\u2014where industry and education converge to create lasting impact. I look forward to enhancing partnerships, supporting entrepreneurs and empowering the next generation of talent in advanced manufacturing and hard tech development.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-158033","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n