{"id":1597,"date":"2026-03-04T10:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/?page_id=1597"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:01:49","slug":"kiera-rust","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/mentorship-team\/kiera-rust\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiera Rust"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Voiland College<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to The Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">The Frank Institute<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tMentor Team: Kiera Rust\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"792\" data-id=\"1596\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/KieraRust-792x792.jpg\" alt=\"Program mentor\" class=\"wp-image-1596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/KieraRust-792x792.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/KieraRust-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/KieraRust-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/KieraRust-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/KieraRust.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Business Development Manager at Polytron Inc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kierarust\/\">Kiera Rust on LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiera&nbsp;started her career interning at Rockwell Automation while studying mechanical engineering at Washington State, and went on to spend five years there growing from account manager to technology partner manager before moving into her current business development role at a systems&nbsp;integrator. She&#8217;s spent her career at the intersection of engineering and sales, helping manufacturing companies navigate digital transformation and build strategic technology partnerships. 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