Kellen Betts is a Course Lead in the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management and custom online courses for CTL partners. He is the current course lead for SC4x: Supply Chain Technology and Systems and was previously the course lead for SC3x: Supply Chain Dynamics.
Kellen also supports research at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics with the MIT Omnichannel Supply Chain Lab. His research experience includes the Warehouse of the Future Initiative, circular supply chains, the annual State of Supply Chain Sustainability report, and sustainable aviation fuels.
Kellen is currently completing a graduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in Artificial Intelligence, where he is taking coursework and pursuing applied research in AI-enabled systems, generative AI, robotics, machine learning, complex systems, values and ethics, and assured autonomy (security and safety). Previously, he completed an M.S. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington and an M.S. in Global Supply Chain Management at Portland State University.
Kellen has over fourteen years of industry experience in various supply chain and analytics roles, with technology startups, a small manufacturing business, and large corporations, including REI, Zulily, PACCAR, and his family's boat-building business.
Kellen is also an endurance athlete who competes in mountain running and cross-country skiing events. He recently completed the 2024 UTMB 100-mile run in France and the 2025 American Birkebeiner ski race. Currently, he is training for the 2025 Moab 240-mile endurance run in Utah.
