Cory Minton is a Global Field CTO at Splunk with nearly a decade of experience translating boardroom priorities into technical execution across Observability, AIOps, IoT, and digital resilience. He has progressed through leadership roles at Splunk and Dell EMC after founding the Big Data Beard podcast and company, where he cultivated a talent for making emerging tech approachable and fun. Cory bridges strategy and hands-on innovation—serving as Splunk’s executive sponsor with McLaren F1 and leading global technical strategy teams to deliver measurable outcomes. His background in industrial engineering and an MIT professional education in big data give him a practical, systems-oriented lens for solving complex problems. Off-duty he’s a self-described Renaissance Man and dad, blending curiosity-driven storytelling with pragmatic delivery.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Tackling the Challenges of Big Data - Professional Education Computer Science, Tackling the Challenges of Big Data - Professional Education Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA Business Management, MBA Business Management at Tennessee Technological University
BS - Engineering Industrial Distribution, BS - Engineering Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University
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