{"684261":{"#nid":"684261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute Appoints Kenneth Allen as Chief Technology Officer ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is proud to announce the appointment of Kenneth W. Allen, Ph.D., as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAllen, who assumed this position Aug. 15, provides executive leadership for the Office of the CTO (OCTO), including stewardship of GTRI\u2019s 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\u2019s technology strategy.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am thrilled to welcome Ken as GTRI\u2019s new CTO,\u201d said Tommer Ender, Interim Director of GTRI and Senior Vice President for the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). \u201cKen 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\u2019s economic development, serve national security, improve the human condition and educate future technology leaders.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver his career, Allen has served in a variety of leadership roles within GTRI\u2019s 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.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/georgia-tech-research-institute-appoints-kenneth-allen-chief-technology-officer\u0022\u003ERead more in the GTRI newsroom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTRI\u0027s new Chief Technology Officer leads the organization\u0027s independent research and development (IRAD) program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTRI\u0027s new Chief Technology Officer leads the organization\u0027s independent research and development (IRAD) program."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2025-08-28 17:55:33","changed_gmt":"2025-08-28 18:03:17","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677844":{"id":"677844","type":"image","title":"Kenneth Allen, GTRI\u0027s New Chief Technology Officer","body":"\u003Cp\u003EKenneth Allen has been appointed as GTRI\u0027s new Chief Technology Officer.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1756402418","gmt_created":"2025-08-28 17:33:38","changed":"1756402694","gmt_changed":"2025-08-28 17:38:14","alt":"Kenneth Allen is GTRI\u0027s new Chief Technology Officer","file":{"fid":"261790","name":"2025_0828_image_Ken-Allen_01.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/08\/28\/2025_0828_image_Ken-Allen_01.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/08\/28\/2025_0828_image_Ken-Allen_01.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2069108,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/08\/28\/2025_0828_image_Ken-Allen_01.jpg?itok=07XyY1F0"}}},"media_ids":["677844"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193653","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["gtri.media@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}