The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is proud to announce the appointment of Kenneth W. Allen, Ph.D., as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
 

Allen, who assumed this position Aug. 15, provides executive leadership for the Office of the CTO (OCTO), including stewardship of GTRI’s independent research and development (IRAD) portfolio with an annual operating budget of nearly $25 million. He will also serve on the GTRI Executive Council (EC) where he will collaborate with other EC members on the development and oversight of GTRI’s technology strategy.
 

“I am thrilled to welcome Ken as GTRI’s new CTO,” said Tommer Ender, Interim Director of GTRI and Senior Vice President for the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). “Ken is a visionary leader with deep technical expertise, an innovative mindset, and a strategic perspective that will support GTRI in fulfilling its core mission to enhance Georgia’s economic development, serve national security, improve the human condition and educate future technology leaders.”  
 

Over his career, Allen has served in a variety of leadership roles within GTRI’s Advanced Concepts Laboratory (ACL) as a Project Director, Chief Engineer for the Electromagnetics Division, Division Chief for the Signals and Systems Division in an interim capacity, and as a Laboratory Chief Scientist. 
 

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