Amor Montes de Oca is the Strategic Initiatives Program Manager at mHUB, where she leads initiatives focused on pilot readiness, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization for hardtech startups and growing companies. Her work connects emerging technologies with industry partners, manufacturers, and technical resources to help companies navigate the path from prototype to pilot, production, and market adoption.

At mHUB, Amor develops and manages programs that help companies assess technical and commercial readiness, identify manufacturing and supply chain partners, and prepare for corporate pilot opportunities. She works across the climate and energy, advanced manufacturing, and industrial technology sectors, building partnerships that connect startups with the expertise, infrastructure, and industry relationships needed to advance commercialization.

Amor also chairs a working committee within the National Laboratory of the Rockies' Channel Partner Working Group, supporting collaboration and pathways that connect emerging technologies with commercialization resources and industry opportunities.

Previously, Amor served as Executive Director of Illinois Women in Cannabis, where she led statewide entrepreneurship, workforce development, mentorship, and business capacity-building initiatives. Earlier, she co-founded 2112, Chicago's first creative industries incubator, and the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, developing programs and partnerships that supported more than 1,000 entrepreneurs across creative and technology-driven industries.

Amor holds a B.A. from DePaul University and brings more than a decade of experience in program strategy, entrepreneurship, ecosystem development, and cross-sector partnerships.