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Cory Patrick Retherford is a technology expert in the area's of technology systems adoption and implementation.

His background is diverse and includes technology expertise in higher education and corporate consulting for architecture and design, business intelligence, enterprise services, cloud, virtualization, cyber security and forensics, and application development. His vast project management methodologies include Rapid Application Development, Agile, and traditional waterfall. He has experience as a management and served on many governance and steering groups and emerging technology committees.

Cory is credited with writing several Microsoft (SharePoint, Windows, Active Directory), Business Intelligence, and Architectural papers in the field of information technology. He is also a professional Scuba Diver (PADI IDC Staff Instructor) and accomplished educator with a Bachelors degree in Underwater Archaeology and has written several publications in this field such as the identification of the Slobodna shipwreck in the Florida Keys.

His primary field of expertise in in emerging information technology which he facilitates discussion and vision for future technologies and human centric interactions. Subsequently Coryis very active in the community presenting various technologies that can advance mankind's interface with technology and methods to adopt to these disruptive technologies to help keep pace with quickly changing devices around the world.

Cory has a broad skillset and interest in physics, astronomy, cosmology, underwater sciences (archaeology and resource management), mechanics, and many others. This broad set of skills brings to the stage a vast number of topics during his presentations.

Cory has worked for Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana since 2000 and manages and evangelizes emerging technology and provides consulting expertise for various organizations using information technology for infrastructure and human interaction systems. In 2011 Cory accepted a new position as the Indiana University Lead Business Intelligence and Systems Architect position to facilitate the adoption of the modern reporting capabilities for analytics and predictive reporting and modeling.

Cory has been a key player in the adoption of various technologies at Indiana University such as facilitating the adoption various technologies such as the Microsoft SharePoint, OnBase Imaging, Tableau, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM software which promotes collaboration and relationships management at other institutions.